Aedes aegypti

Yiau-Min Huang, 2004, The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae), Zootaxa 700, pp. 1-120 : 23

THE AEGYPTI GROUP

13(3). White knee­spot present on all femora( Fig. 1 B) .................................................. 14 White knee­spot absent on all femora ( Figs. 2 B,C) ............................. mascarensis 1

14(13). Abdominal tergite 1 with a large, median patch of pale scales; female terga II–VII with a row of small white scales along posterior border ( Fig. 3 E).......................... ......................................................................................................... aegypti 0 aegypti Abdominal tergite 1 without any median patch of pale scales; female terga II–VII without a row of small pale scales along posterior border ( Fig. 3 F) ....sp. formosus 1 Malagasy species ( Mauritius).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Aedes (Stg.) aegypti — A, thorax (dorsal view); B, male fore­, mid­ and hindlegs (anterior view); Aedes (Stg.) albopictus — C, male fore­, mid­ and hindlegs (anterior view); D, thorax (dorsal view).

FIGURE 2. Aedes (Stg.) mascarensis — A, female tarsal claws (fore­, mid­ and hindlegs); B, female fore­, mid­ and hindlegs (anterior view); C, male fore­, mid­ and hindlegs (anterior view); D, male tarsal claws (fore­, mid­ and hindlegs).

FIGURE 3. Aedes (Stg.) aegypti — A, female tarsal claws (fore­, mid­ and hindlegs); D, male tarsal claws (fore­, mid­ and hindlegs); E, female abdomen (dorsal view); ssp. formosus — F, female abdomen (dorsal view); Aedes (Stg.) africanus — B, thorax (dorsal view); C, female fore­, mid­ and hindlegs (anterior view).