Jupp P G, Kemp A
Department of Virology, University of the Witwatersrand, Sandringham, South Africa.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1999 Mar;15(1):86-8.
Individuals in families of Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquitoes reared from females collected at Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal, were identified as Aedes demeilloni or Aedes segermanae or were indeterminate because tarsal claw morphology, the distinguishing character, varied. Similarly, Aedes (Stegomyia) simpsoni and Aedes (Stegomyia) bromeliae reared from ovitraps exposed at Ndumu, northern KwaZulu-Natal, showed variation in tarsal claw morphology. Variation existed between tarsal claws on individual specimens, which made identification difficult at Ndumu, indicating that tarsal claws may not be taxonomically significant.
从夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省克鲁夫采集的雌性埃及伊蚊（白纹伊蚊亚属）所育后代中的个体，经鉴定为德氏伊蚊或塞氏伊蚊，或因作为鉴别特征的跗爪形态各异而无法确定。同样，从夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省北部恩杜姆放置的诱蚊产卵器中育出的辛氏伊蚊（白纹伊蚊亚属）和凤梨伊蚊（白纹伊蚊亚属）也表现出跗爪形态的变异。在恩杜姆，单个标本的跗爪之间存在差异，这使得鉴定变得困难，表明跗爪在分类学上可能并不具有重要意义。
