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 : 28

THE PSEUDONIGERIA GROUP

(males of mickevichae , pseudonigeria and saimedres unknown)

51(3). Scutum with anterior median white spot of broad scales ( Huang 1988b, Figs. 2 A; 3A)........................................................................................................................52 Scutum with anterior median white spot of narrow scales ( Huang 1988b, Fig. 2 C) .............................................................................................................................. 53

52(51). Hindtarsomere 3 with basal 0.33 white on dorsal surface; hindtarsomere 5 all white ( Huang 1988b, Fig. 3 D) ........................................................... pseudonigeria Hindtarsomere 3 with basal 0.25 or less white on dorsal surface; hindtarsomere 5 all dark ( Huang 1988b, Fig. 2 B) ............................................................... saimedres

53(51). Hindtarsomere 3 all dark; hindtarsomere 4 all white; hindtarsomere 5 all dark ( Huang 1988b, Fig. 2 D) ....................................................................... mickevichae Hindtarsomere 3 with basal 0.33 or more white on dorsal surface; hindtarsomere 4 with basal 0.63 or less white on dorsal surface; hindtarsomere 5 all white ( Huang 1988b, Fig. 5 ) .................................................................................. chemulpoensis 2 2 Palearctic species ( Korea, N.E. China).

Figures

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).

FIGURE 5. Aedes (Stg.) unilineatus — A, thorax (dorsal view); C, head and proboscis (dorsal view); Aedes (Stg.) granti — B, head and proboscis (dorsal view); D, thorax (dorsal view).