A monograph of the Anopheles mosquitoes of India / by S.P. James and W. Glen Liston.

  • Sydney Price James
Date:
1904
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Credit: A monograph of the Anopheles mosquitoes of India / by S.P. James and W. Glen Liston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table for the Identification of Anopheles l-WINGS SPOTTED. A —Palpi unbanded. 1. A. limUsayi (Giles) ... ... Wings with one large white spot near the apex. Femora of hind legs with a broad white band. 2. A, gig as {Giles) ... ... ... A large species with three creamy white spots on the costa. ;i. ?>ar6iroA‘^rw (Van der wulp) ... A very large species with black densely-scaled palpi. Costa with two small light spots. B.—Palpi with four white bands. 1.—Legs baxdbd and femora and tibi.® speckled with white spots. 4. A. pulcherrimus (Theobald) ... The third, fourth, and fifth hind tarsal segments white. Abdomen covered with scales. -5. .4. (James) ... ... None of the hind tarsal segments pure white. No scales on abdomen. A very broad band at the tibio-metatarsal joint of hind legs. 6. A. punctulatus {Domtz) ... ... No broad white band at tibio metatarsal joint. 2.—Legs banded but femora and tibi^ not speckled. 7. A. sinensis (Wiedmann) and its allied species A. nigerrimus (Giles), &c. None of the hind tarsal segments pure white. 8. J. A:ar?riari (James) ... ... The fifth tarsal segment of the hind legs pure white. C.—Palpi with three white bands. 1. —Tips of palpi black. 9. A. turkhudi (Liston) ... ... None of the hind tarsal segments white. 10. A. nagpori {Ja,mes) ... ... The fourth and fifth hind tarsal segments pure white. 2. —Tips of palpi white. (a) Tarsal joints banded and one or more of the hind tarsal segments white. 11. A. fuliginosus {Giles) 12. A. jamesi (Theobald) A. maculipalpis (Giles) 14. A. theobaldi (Giles) 15. 16. 17. 18. ... The third, fourth and fifth hind tarsal segments pure white. Femora and tibia3 not speckled. ... As No. 11, but femora and tibiae speckled. ... As No. 12, but palpi have two broad and one narrow bands instead of one broad and two narrow ones, and the palpi as well as the legs are speckled. ... Legs speckled, but only the 4th and 5th hind tarsal segments are pure white. ... Only the fifth hind tarsal segment is pure white. ... Differs from No. 15, in having many scales on the abdomen. (6) Tarsal joints banded, but none of the hind tarsal segments whiU, A. rom (Giles) ... ... ... Femora and tibiae not speckled. A. stephensi {Ltiston) ... ... Femora and tibiae speckled. Abdomen covered with scales. (c) Legs uniformly coloured xcithout distinct bands or white segments. A. maculatus (Theobald) A. willmori (James) 19. A. listoni (Liston) 20. A. jeyporiensis (James) 21. A. culicifacies (Giles) The third long vein of wing white scaled ; the sixth mostly dark scaled. Six white patches on wing fringe. The third long vein of wing white scaled ; the sixth mostly light scaled. Seven white patches on w ing fringe. The third long vein of wing black scaled. Two white patches on wing fringe. I!.—WINGS UNSPOTTED. A —Palpi unbanded. 22, .<4. aitkeni (James). 2.8. A. culiciformis (Liston). B. Palpi distinctly lighter coloured in their outer third. 24. . iwimacw/aiws (Theobald). 32]