Aedes granti

Yiau-Min Huang, 2004, The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae), Zootaxa 700, pp. 1-120 : 17

THE GRANTI GROUP

DIAGNOSIS. (1) Maxillary palpus with white scales; (2) scutum with dorsocentral setae; (3) scutum without a distinct patch of broader crescent­shaped white scales on fossal area; (4) scutum with a long, median longitudinal white stripe of narrow scales externding from anterior margin to about the level of wing root; (5) subspiracular area with broad white scales; (6) postspiracular area without scales; (7) paratergite with broad white scales; (8) scutellum with broad white scales on all lobes; (9) white knee­spot present on all femora; (10) all tibiae with a median white line on anterior surface; (11) midfemur with a median white line on anterior surface; (12) hindtarsus with a basal white band on tarsomeres 2­4; (13) hindtarsomere 5 all white; (14) female fore­ and midlegs with tarsal claws equal, all simple; and (15) male fore­ and midlegs with tarsal claws unequal, the larger one toothed, the smaller one simple.