A pictorial key to the species of the Aedes (Zavortinkius) in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae)

Yiau-Min Huang; Leopoldo M Rueda

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.9

A pictorial key to the species of the Aedes (Zavortinkius) in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae)

Zootaxa. 2015 Oct 6;4027(4):593-9. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.9.

Authors

Yiau-Min Huang¹, Leopoldo M Rueda²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 37012, MSC C1109, MRC 534, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, U.S.A.; Email: huangy@si.edu.
² Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Entomology Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, U.S.A. Mailing address: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Museum Support Center (MRC 534), Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746, U.S.A.; Email: ruedapol@si.edu.

PMID: 26624200
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.9

Abstract

Six species of the subgenus Zavortinkius of Aedes Meigen in the Afrotropical Region are treated in a pictorial key based on diagnostic morphological features. Images of the diagnostic morphological structures of the adult thorax and leg are included.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Africa
Animals
Culicidae / classification*
Female
Male