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Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen 



Aedes cinereus Meigen, 1818, Syst. Beschr, Eur. Zweifl. Ins., 1:13. 



ADULT FEMALE. — Medium sized to rather small species. Head: Proboscis 

 brown scaled; palpi short, brown. Occiput dorsally with a median longitudinal 

 stripe of narrow pale-yellow to light golden-brown scales, the stripe broader 

 posteriorly, narrowed anteriorly and projecting forward between the eyes; 

 median stripe bounded on either side by a large submedian patch of broad 

 appressed brown scales, these submedian patches margined anteriorly along eye 

 margin by a line of narrow pale scales. Lateral region of occiput clothed with 

 broad brownish-white dingy-yellow scales. Erect forked scales numerous on 

 dorsal surface of occiput, pale brown to brown. Thorax: Integument of scutum 



Fig. 129. Aedes cinereus Meigen. A, Male terminalia. 

 B, Head appendage of male. 



reddish brown, evenly clothed with fine narrow golden-brown scales, paler on 

 anterior margin, lateral margin above wing base, and on prescutellar space. 

 Posterior pronotum with narrow golden-brown scales dorsally, paler ventrally. 

 Abdomen: Tergites each with a narrow basal whitish-scaled band dorsally, 

 abruptly broadened on either side to cover the entire lateral margin; remaining 

 surface brown scaled. Venter whitish-yellow scaled. Legs: Legs brown scaled 

 except for pale inner surfaces of femora and tibiae. Wing: Scales narrow, 

 brown. 



