Aedes pseudonigeria

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 : 17

THE PSEUDONIGERIA GROUP

DIAGNOSIS. (1) Maxillary palpus with white scales; (2) scutum with dorsocentral setae; (3) scutum with a distinct patch of broader crescent­shaped white scales on fossal area; (4) subspiracular area with broad white scales; (5) postspiracular area without scales; (6) paratergite with broad white scales; (7) scutellum with broad white scales on all lobes; (8) white knee­spot present on all femora; (9) all tibiae with a white band; (10) hindtarsus with a basal white band at least on tarsomeres 1 and 2, and tarsomere 3 with or without a basal white band; and (11) hindtarsomere 4 all white (African species) or with a basal white band ( chemulpoensis ).