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Aedes aegypti

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Description

THE AEGYPTI 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 (except in mascarensis); (9) all tibiae anteriorly dark, without any white band; (10) hindtarsus with a basal white band on tarsomeres 1–4; and (11) hindtarsomere 5 all white.

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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 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.166051

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Culicidae
Genus
Aedes
Species
aegypti
Taxon rank
species