Aedes africanus

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 : 31-32

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.166051
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5616496
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CE87C5-FF98-E508-0B26-FD225E529976
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Aedes africanus
status

Treatment

THE AFRICANUS View in CoL GROUP

(male of maxgermaini unknown)

16(4). Claspette with numerous simple setae on the expanded distal portion and bearing no stronger, spinelike seta on the apicomesal corner ( Huang 1990, Figs. 10 View FIGURE 10 C; 16C)......................................................................................................................17 Claspette with numerous simple setae on the expanded distal portion and bearing 13 stronger, spinelike setae on the apicomesal corner ( Huang 1990, Figs. 13 View FIGURE 13 C; 20A, B; 23A, B).................................................................................................... 18 17(16). Claspette with distal expanded portion oval in dorsal aspect, with numerous simple setae on the apicolateral portion, and with some rather short setae on the apicomesal portion (dissected) ( Huang 1990, Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 C) ........................ luteocephalus Claspette with distal expanded portion subtriangular in dorsal aspect (narrows towards the apicolateral angle, becomes broader apicomesally, with apicomesal corner rounded), with numerous simple setae on the expanded distal portion (dissected) ( Huang 1990, Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 C) ................................................................ africanus

18(16). Claspette with distal expanded portion subtriangular or oval in dorsal aspect ( Huang 1990, Figs. 13 View FIGURE 13 C; 20A, B)......................................................................... 19 Claspette with distal expanded portion square in dorsal aspect ( Huang 1990, Figs. 23 View FIGURE 23 A, B) ............................................................................................................... 21

19(18). Claspette with distal expanded portion subtriangular in dorsal aspect (narrows towards the apicomesal angle, becomes broader apicolaterally, with apicolateral corner rounded), with 1 stronger, spinelike seta on the apicomesal angle ( Huang 1990, Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 C) .............................................................................................. corneti Claspette with distal expanded portion oval in dorsal aspect ( Huang 1990, Figs. 20 View FIGURE 20 A, B) ................................................................................................................ 20

20(19). Claspette with 2 stronger, spinelike setae on the apicomesal corner; gonostylar claw rather short and stout, about 5.3 times as long as wide ( Huang 1990, Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 A) ..................................................................................................... neoafricanus Claspette with 3 stronger, spinelike setae on the apicomesal corner; gonostylar claw long and slender, about 8.5 times as long as wide ( Huang 1990, Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 B) .... .................................................................................................................. ruwenzori

21(18). Apicomesal angle of claspette with a narrow thumblike projection and bearing 2 stronger, spinelike setae ( Huang 1990, Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 B) ........................ pseudoafricanus Apicomesal angle of claspette without such a projection, with 1 strong, spinelike seta on the apicomesal angle and with 1smaller spinelike seta laterad of it ( Huang 1990, Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 A) .................................................................................. opok