TABLE 2 in The insupportable validity of mosquito subspecies (Diptera: Culicidae) and their exclusion from culicid classification

TABLE 2. Differences between adults of the subspecies of Aedes lasaensis. Anatomical featuregyirongensislasaensisFemales—wingRadius, dark scales at baseMore numerousNormalCubitus (base?)White scales more numerous thanWhite scales not more numerousdark scalesthan dark scalesMales—genitaliaNinth tergal lobesEach lobe with 3–7 simple andEach lobe with 6 or 7 simpleforked spine-like setaespine-like setaeGonocoxite—scalesRelatively numerous, spatulateRelatively few, truncateGonostylusSlender, gently curved distallyStout proximally, sharply curveddistallyBasal mesal lobe (BML)Quadrate in dorsal view, setaeSomewhat trapezoidal in dorsallongerview (slightly narrower at base),setae relatively shortParabasal setae, insertionsOpposite mid-basal margin ofAt distal basal margin of BML,BML, larger hooked seta insertedlarger hooked seta insertedlaterad of smaller setaproximad of smaller setaLine of needle-like setaePresentAbsentat level of lower edge ofBMLDorsomesal apical lobe,More numerous, longerSparse, shortsetaeClaspette, stemWith prominent preapical mesalSlightly and evenly tapered toprotuberancebase of filament