Table 3 The terminology used for wing venation since 1938 [25] is given
From: Key to the females of Afrotropical Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)
Evans [25] | Snodgrass [29] | Harbach & Knight [22] | McAlpine [30] | Cumming & Wood [24] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa |
Sub-costa | Sub-costa | Sub-costa | Sub-costa | Sub-costa | Sub-costa | Sub-costa |
1 | 1st vein | 1st vein | R1—1st vein | R1—radius-one | R1—anterior radius | R1—anterior radius |
2 | 2.1—2nd vein upper branch 2.2—2nd vein lower branch | 2nd vein upper branch 2nd vein lower branch | R2—2nd vein upper branch R3—2nd vein lower branch | R2—radius-two R3—radius-three R2+3—stem of vein | R2—upper branch of 2nd radius R3—lower branch of 2nd radius R2+3—2nd branch of radius | R2—upper branch of 2nd radius R3—lower branch of 2nd radius R2+3—2nd branch of radius |
3 | 3rd vein | 3rd vein | R4+5—3rd vein | R4+5—radius-four-plus-five | R4+5—3rd branch of radius | R4+5—3rd branch of radius |
4 | 4.1—4th vein upper branch 4.2—4th vein lower branch | 4th vein upper branch 4th vein lower branch | M1+2—4th vein upper branch M3—4th vein lower branch M—stem of vein | M1—media-one M2—media-two M1+2—stem of vein | M1—1st branch of media M2—2nd branch of media | M1—1st branch of media M2—2nd branch of media |
5 | 5.1—5th vein upper branch 5.2—5th vein lower branch | 5th vein upper branch 5th vein lower branch | Cu1—5th vein upper branch Cu2—5th vein lower branch Cu—stem of vein | M3+4—media-three-plus-four CuA—cubitus anterior M—stem of vein | CuA1—1st branch of anterior cubital CuA2—2nd branch of anterior cubital | M3+4—3rd + 4th branch of media CuA—anterior cubital |
6 | 6th vein | 6th vein | A—anal vein | 1A—anal vein | A1—anal vein | CuP—posterior cubital |