TABLE 2.

Diagnostic characters differentiating An. pholidotus from other Anopheles (Kerteszia) species.

Stage	Character
Female	Palpomeres 2–5 with apical white scales (4 pale bands on palpi)
	Mesepimeron with one long ventrally projecting row of long white scales
	Vein M1 with pale fringe spot adjacent to tip
	Terga V–VII with distal transverse rows of long erect dark scales
	Hindtarsomeres 2 and 3 with narrow apical white bands from dorsal view
Male	Internal spine of gonocoxite with flattened tip
	Anterior lobe of ventral claspette broadly rounded, not bent downward
Pupa	Trumpet pinna short (<0.33 of trumpet length)
	Seta 1-VII inserted cephalad of segment posterior margin
	Seta 9-V approximately 0.5 length of 9-VI
	Apical 0.5 of lateral margin of paddle with spicules gradually increasing in length, most apical spicules very long and straight, not wavy
Larva	Seta 3-A long and tapered, much longer than 2-A
	Seta 3-C moderately long, slightly more stout than 2-C, with long attenuated tip
	Seta 11-P moderately developed, long
	Seta 1-I long, single
	Seta 1-II–VI with brush-like palmate setae (5 pairs)
	Seta 6-VI with several strong basal branches
	Seta 9-IV–VI single
	Pecten with two rows of spicules on each spine