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RIBEIRO, H. & RAMOS, H. Cunha -- <str<strong>on</strong>g>Research</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> rnosquitoes <strong>of</strong> <strong>Angola</strong> m X<br />

--Mes<strong>on</strong>otum without silvery spots; with or without<br />

pre-alar scales ...................................................<br />

25 -- Pre-alar scales present ..........................................<br />

--No pre-alar scales ................................................<br />

261 Costa (at least in female) with a small spot <strong>of</strong> pale<br />

scales at base; hind tibia usually with an anterior pale<br />

stripe, sometimes faint (<strong>of</strong>ten <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r tibiae and middle<br />

femur also more or less distinctly striped) ............ univittatus<br />

--Wing scales all dark; hind tibia always dark, except for<br />

<strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>spicuous white spot at tip ........................... 27<br />

27 -- Postspiracular scales present; scutum with many brassy-yellow<br />

scales besides dark-brown <strong>on</strong>es, <strong>the</strong> former<br />

being abundant both <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> anterior and posterior<br />

halves <strong>of</strong> scuturn ................................................<br />

--No postspiracular scales; scales <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> anterior 3 <strong>of</strong><br />

scutum mostly brown ..........................................<br />

28--Abdominal sternites with narrow dark apical bands<br />

(usually extending forwards al<strong>on</strong>g <strong>the</strong> medium line<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> segment); proboscis all dark ........................<br />

25<br />

26<br />

29<br />

simps<strong>on</strong>i<br />

28<br />

chorleyi<br />

in part<br />

--Sternites each with a median l<strong>on</strong>gitudinal dark stripe<br />

but without transverse bands; proboscis pale in middle<br />

beneath ............................................................. zombaensis<br />

29--Abdominal tergites dark or nearly so (without distinct<br />

pale bands or spots) ...........................................<br />

--Tergites with at least some distinct pale markings<br />

(bands and/or spots) ..........................................<br />

30- Abdominal tergites with pale basal bands, even if nar-<br />

row ..................................................................<br />

--At least some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tergites without complete bands<br />

(though basal lateral pale spots present) ..................<br />

chorleyi<br />

in part<br />

Estud., Ens. e Doc. 134 39<br />

30<br />

31<br />

38

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