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SPECIES OF ANOPHELIN.E 



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B. Tips of hind tarsi not white. 

 Apical band of palps only broad. 

 First tarsus not spotted. 

 Fringe spots narrow. 

 Femur speckled 

 Femur not speckled 

 Fringe spots broad 

 First tarsus spotted 

 Two palpal bands broad. 

 A few scales on abdomen 

 Many scales on abdomen . . 



A. costalis. 



A. pseudocostalis. 



A. merus. 



A. ardensis. 



A. marshallii. 

 A. stephensi. 



Group 10. Palps markedly shaggy. Bifurcations of second and fourth 



veins (one or both) dark scaled. Head scales flattened. 

 (Myzorhynchella. Theobald. Type species M. nigra. Theobald.) 

 General characters of group. 



Appearance. Black species. Palps shaggy. 



Markings. Costa with four main dark spots, the light interruptions 

 in some cases bridged by dark on first longitudinal. 

 Palps. Unbanded or with four bands. 

 Legs. May be ornamented. 



Scale structure. Head scales flattish. Prothoracic tuft present. 

 Mesothorax scaled. Abdomen free from scales. 

 Species. 



A. nigrti. Theobald. 

 A. lutzi 1 . Cruz. 

 A. parva. Chagas. 

 A. nigritarsis. Chagas. 

 A. tibiomaculata. Neiva. 

 A. gilesa. Neiva. 



(c) Abdomen with lateral scale tufts. 



Group ii. 



(Cellia. Theobald. Type species A. pharoensis. Theobald.) 



Fig. 39. Anopheles (Cellia) pulcherrimus. (Group n.) 

 1 There are three species of A . lutzi, of which A . (Myzomyia) lutzi Theobald 

 was first so named. A. (Myzorhynchella) lutzi Cruz, therefore, requires 

 renaming if generic distinctions between the Anophelinae are dropped. 



