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 : 16

THE AFRICANUS GROUP

DIAGNOSIS. (1) Maxillary palpus with white scales; (2) scutum with dorsocentral setae; (3) scutum with a distinct patch of broad white scales on fossal area; (4) subspiracular area with broad white scales; (5) postspiracular area without scales; (6) paratergite with broad white scales; (7) white knee­spot absent on all femora; (8) midfemur with 3 large, white patches on anterior surface (on basal, median and apical areas); (9) hindtarsus with a basal white band at least on tarsomeres 1­3; (10) hindtarsomere 4 with a basal white band, or all dark; and (11) hindtarsomere 5 all dark.