a handbook of the mosquitoes of north america - Systematic Catalog ...
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ted before <strong>the</strong> apex by a narrow chitinous bridge. . . .<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . apicalis /c ?<br />
Lateral plates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mesosome with processes , . . . . . 2<br />
Apical<br />
Apical<br />
Apical<br />
Apical<br />
CULICINI<br />
Vertex not as above ; all <strong>the</strong> recumbent scales flat. . . .<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @osus ”<br />
Males<br />
Lateral plates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mesosome without processes, uni-<br />
lobe branched ........................... 3<br />
lobe unbranched ......................... 5<br />
lobe with three branches ..............<br />
.piCosz~~ ‘-<br />
lobe with two branches ................... 4<br />
Eighth segment deeply cleft on <strong>the</strong> lower surface. . . .<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . peccator “‘.I<br />
Eighth segment not cleft on <strong>the</strong> lower surface. . . . . .<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iwhibitator “‘.<br />
Apical lobe with five or s,ix appendages . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Apical lobe with at least eight appendages . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Mesosome without median or lateral processes, con-<br />
sisting <strong>of</strong> two recurved plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . territazzs JL--<br />
Mesosome with median and lateral processes . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Tenth sternites, heavily chitinized, each terminating in<br />
a large, rounded knob, crowned with blunt and point-<br />
ed spines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tarsalis ’<br />
Tenth sternites slightly chitinized, sharply pointed, and<br />
bearing only pointed spines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . salivtarius - ’<br />
Median process <strong>of</strong> mesosome expanded leaf-like dis-<br />
tally; without a blunt, tubular process. . quinquefasciatzu ‘-‘--<br />
Median process <strong>of</strong> mesosome long and curved but not<br />
expanded distally; with a blunt, tubular process, . . .<br />
,<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pipiens .<br />
L.arzae<br />
A stalked, ovoid tracheal gill at <strong>the</strong> base <strong>of</strong> each an-<br />
tenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fdosm ‘7’ ’<br />
No such tracheal gill present. . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
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