Aedes africanus
Creators: name: Yiau-Min Huang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Culicidae
Aedes
Aedes africanus

description: THE AFRICANUS GROUP
(male of maxgermaini unknown)
15(9). Hindfemur anteriorly with a large pale band at base and with 2 large, white patches on median and apical areas (Huang 1990, Figs. 8 A, B) ....... luteocephalus Hindfemur anteriorly without such a pale band at base, or hindfemur anteriorly with 3 large, white patches on basal, median and apical areas (Huang 1990, Figs. 2 A, B, C; 4A, B, C; 5C; 6A, B, C; 7B, D; 8C) .................................................... 16
16(15). Posterior dorsocentral yellow line of narrow scales well developed, reaching forward to the posterior end of the fossal white patch; lateral lobe of scutellum with broad dark scales (Huang 1990, Fig. 7 C) ................................................. ruwenzori
Posterior dorsocentral yellow line of narrow scales not developed or, if present, not reaching to the posterior end of the fossal white patch; lateral lobe of scutellum with broad white scales (Huang 1990, Figs. 1 A; 3A, D; 5A, D; 7A)............ 17
17(16). Posterior dorsocentral yellow or white line of narrow scales present (Huang 1990, Figs. 5 A, D; 7A) ................................................................................................... 18
Posterior dorsocentral yellow or white line of narrow scales not developed (Huang 1990, Figs. 1 A; 3A, D) ......................................................................................... 20
18(17). Fossal white patch rather broad at base along scutal margin; prescutellar line well developed, with narrow yellow scales and with some broad, flat, metallic silvery white scales posteriorly (Huang 1990, Fig. 7 A) ............................................... opok Fossal white patch rather narrow at base along scutal margin; prescutellar line not developed or, if present, with only narrow yellow scales (Huang 1990, Figs. 5 A, D) .............................................................................................................................. 19
19(18). Anterior median white stripe rather long, 2.5–3.0 times as long as wide; hindleg with tarsal claws equal and simple (Huang 1990, Figs. 5 D, E) ...... pseudoafricanus Anterior median white stripe short and broad, about 2 times as long as long as wide; hindleg with tarsal claws equal and toothed (Huang 1990, Figs. 5 A, B) ....... ............................................................................................................ maxgermaini
20(17). Hindtibia with a white stripe on ventral surface in basal 0.20 or more; male fore­ and midlegs with tarsal claws unequal, the smaller one toothed, the larger one simple; hindleg with tarsal claws equal and toothed (Huang 1990, Figs. 2 A, B, C; 4A; 3B, C).................................................................................................................... 21 Hindtibia without, or with a very short white stripe on ventral surface in basal 0.08 or less; male fore­ and midlegs with tarsal claws unequal, all simple; hindleg with tarsal claws equal and simple (Huang 1990, Figs. 4 B, C; 3E, F) ..................... ............................................................................................................. neoafricanus
21(20). Hindfemur with 3 large, white patches on the anterior surface (on basal, median and apical areas) (Huang 1990, Figs. 2 C; 4A)........................................... africanus Hindfemur with at most 2 large, white patches on the anterior surface (on median and apical areas) (Huang 1990, Figs. 2 A, B) ................................................. corneti
description: Published as part of Yiau-Min Huang, 2004, The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae), pp. 1-120 in Zootaxa 700 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.166051