Culicidae
Creators: name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae

description: Key for the Identification of Adult Female Mosquitoes Associated with Dengue Virus Transmission in the South Pacific Islands and Australian Region 1. Head. Vertex with erect forked scales numerous, not restricted to occiput (Fig. 44); proboscis with submedian white band (Fig. 45) <i>Ochlerotatus (Finlaya) notoscriptus</i> a Head. Vertex with erect forked scales not numerous, restricted to occiput (Fig. 46); proboscis without submedian white band (Fig. 47)..................................................... 2 2 (1). Thorax. Scutum black or brown with a pair of submedian­longitudinal white stripes, but without median­longitudianal white stripe, or with white lyre­shaped markings (Fig. 48). Head. Clypeus with white scale patches (Fig. 49)....................................... <i>......................................................................................... Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti</i> b Thorax. Scutum with a narrow median­longitudinal white stripe (Fig. 50). Head. Clypeus without white scale patches (Fig. 51)......................................................... 3 3 (2). Abdomen. Abdominal terga with complete basal white bands (Fig. 52). Thorax. Mesepimeron with white scale patches not separated, forming a V­shaped white patch (Fig. 53) <i>........................................................... Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus</i> c Abdomen. Abdominal terga without complete basal white bands (Fig. 54). Thorax. Mesepimeron with white scale patches separated, or if not separated not forming Vshaped white patch (Fig. 55)..................................................................................... 4 4 (3). Thorax. Lower mesepimeral white scale patch absent or very small, with no morethan 3 scales (Fig. 56).................................................. <i>Aedes (Stegomyia) rotumae</i> d Thorax. Lower mesepimeral white scale patch present or well developed, with more than 3 scales (Fig. 57)............................................................................................... 5 5 (4). Leg. Hindtarsomere 5 not entirely white or with basal one­half white (Fig. 58)......... <i>......................................................................................... Aedes (Stegomyia) hensilli</i> e Leg. Hindtarsomere 5 entirely white (Fig. 59) …………………………….............. 6 6 (5). Abdomen.Some abdominal terga with complete subbasal white bands (Figs. 60 and 61) <i>........................... Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris</i> f and <i>Aedes (Stegomyia) hebrideus</i> f Abdomen. Abdominal terga without or with incomplete subbasal white bands (Fig. 62).................................................................................................................................... 7 7 (6). Leg. Hindtarsomere 4 usually white for less than 0.67 (Fig. 63)................................ <i>............................................................................................ Aedes (Stegomyia) cooki</i> g Leg. Hindtarsomere 4 usually white for more than 0.67 (Fig. 64)............................. <i>............................................................................... Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis</i> g
description: Published as part of <i>Leopoldo M. Rueda, 2004, Pictorial keys for the identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with Dengue Virus Transmission, pp. 1-60 in Zootaxa 589</i> on pages 27-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.169153