Table 4.

Anatomical components and markers aiding mosquito classification.^26-30

Species	Thorax	Abdomen	Wing	Leg
Aedes aegypti	Dark with white lyre-shaped pattern and patches of white scales	Dark with narrow white basal bands	Dark	Dark with white basal bands
Aedes infirmatus	Brown with patches of white scales	Dark with basal triangular patches of white scales	dark	dark
Aedes taeniorhynchus	Dark with patches of white scales	Dark with white basal bands	Dark	Dark with white basal bands
Anopheles crucians	Gray-black	Dark	Light and dark scales; dark costa; white wing tip; 3 dark spots on sixth vein	dark with pale ‘knee’ spots
Anopheles quadrimaculatus	Gray-black	Dark	Light and dark scales; 4 distinct darker spots	Dark with pale ‘knee’ spots
Anopheles stephensi	Broad bands of white scales		Four dark spots on costa extending to first vein	speckling; narrow white band on fifth tarsomere
Culex coronator	Dark with white scales on the apical and third segments	Sterna without dark triangles; mostly pale scaled		Distinct basal and apical bands on hind tarsomeres
Culex nigripalpus	Brown copper color; white scales	Dark with lateral white patches	Dark	Dark
Culex salinarius	Copper; sometimes distinctly red; patches of white scales	Dark with golden basal bands; golden color on seventh segment	Dark	Dark