TABLE 6 in The insupportable validity of mosquito subspecies (Diptera: Culicidae) and their exclusion from culicid classification

TABLE 6. Differences between the males of the subspecies of Toxorhynchites inornatus.
Character (♁)albitarsisinornatusMaxillary palpus, lengthAbout as long as proboscisDistinctly longer than proboscisPostpronotum, scaling*Mostly white-scaledMostly green-scaledScutum, scalingDusky green, pale green at sidesStrongly metallic, greenish, particularly at sidesAbdomen, dorsalTergum I pale blue in middle, white at sides; other terga dark blue, shining pale blue at sidesShades of green at base to shades of blue towards tip, or terga bluish, purplish caudadAbdomen, ventralPurple with some golden scales laterally on sterna V and VIBoard median purple stripe, broadened on sternum IV and at bases of sterna II, V, VI and VIILateral scale-tufts of segment VI*BlackAbout half white and half blackMidtarsomere 2*Almost entirely white, few black scales at apexWith basal white bandHindtarsomere 1Dark-scaledBasal white band sometimes presentHindtarsomere 2*Almost entirely white, few black scales atWith basal band at most 0.5 length ofbase and apextarsomere