Aedes simpsoni

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 : 28-29

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scientific name	Aedes simpsoni
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THE SIMPSONI View in CoL GROUP

(males of gandaensis , kivuensis and sampi unknown)

54(7). Scutellum with broad white scales on midlobe and with broad dark scales on lateral lobes (Fig. 31C) ............................................................................................. 55 Scutellum with broad white scales on all lobes ( Figs. 27 View FIGURE 27 A; 29A; 31A,B; 32A). 56

55(54). Fore and midtarsi with a basal white band on tarsomeres 1–5; hindtarsomere 4 with basal 0.6 white on dorsal surface ( Fig. 26 View FIGURE 26 A) ................................. gandaensis Fore and midtarsi with a basal white band on tarsomeres 1,2; hindtarsomere 4 all dark ( Figs. 26 View FIGURE 26 B,C) .......................................................................................... woodi

56(54). Hindtarsomere 4 with a basal white band or all white ( Figs. 27 View FIGURE 27 B; 28A; 29B; 30A,B,C)...............................................................................................................57 Hindtarsomere 4 all dark ( Figs. 28 View FIGURE 28 B,C; 32B; 33A,B,C; 34A,B,C) ..................... 60

57(56). Hindtarsomere 4 with a basal white band ( Figs. 30 View FIGURE 30 A,B,C) ................................. 58 Hindtarsomere 4 all white ( Figs. 27 View FIGURE 27 B; 28A; 29B)............................................... 59

58(57). Hindfemur anteriorly with basal 0.33–0.40 white, and with a large white spot about 0.67 from base, the white spot not connecting with the basal white area; hindtarsomere 5 with basal 0.40–0.67 white on dorsal surface ( Figs. 30 View FIGURE 30 B,C) .................. ............................................................................................................. subargenteus

Hindfemur anteriorly with a broad white stripe in basal 0.57; hindtarsomere 5 all

white ( Fig. 30 View FIGURE 30 A) ............................................................................................... sampi 59(57). Hindfemur anteriorly with a broad white stripe in basal 0.50, and with a white spot

about 0.62 from base, the white spot not connecting with the basal white stripe;

tergum I without a median white spot ( Figs. 29 View FIGURE 29 B,C,D) ............................. kivuensis

Hindfemur anteriorly with a broad white stripe in basal 0.600.66; tergum I with a

median white spot ( Figs. 27 View FIGURE 27 B,C,D; 28A) .................................................... josiahae 60(56). Hindtibia with a white stripe on ventral surface in basal 0.250.30 ( Figs. 28 View FIGURE 28 B,C)

.................................................................................................................. strelitziae

Hindtibia without a white stripe on ventral surface in basal area ( Figs. 32 View FIGURE 32 B;

33A,B,C; 34A,B,C) ............................................................................................. 61 61(60). Fore and midtarsomere 2 with basal 0.80 or more white on dorsal surface; female

fore and midlegs with tarsal claws equal and simple ( Figs. 32 View FIGURE 32 B; 33A; 34A; and 31D)

............................................................................................................. simpsoni

Foretarsomere 2 with basal 0.64 or less white on dorsal surface; midtarsomere 2

with basal 0.75 or less white on dorsal surface; female fore and midlegs with tar

sal claws equal and toothed ( Figs. 33 View FIGURE 33 B,C; 34B,C; and 31E,F) ........................... 62 62(61). Midtarsomere 2 with basal 0.50 or less white on dorsal surface; hindtarsomere 5

with basal 0.500.75 white on dorsal surface ( Figs. 33 View FIGURE 33 B; 34B) ......................... lilii

Midtarsomere 2 with basal 0.54 or more white on dorsal surface; hindtarsomere 5

all white, or all white except tip ( Figs. 33 View FIGURE 33 C; 34C) .................................... bromeliae