title: A pictorial key to the species of the Aedes (Zavortinkius) in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae).
abstract: Six species of the subgenus Zavortinkius of Aedes Meigen in the Afrotropical Region are treated in a pictorial key based on diagnostic morphological features. Images of the diagnostic morphological structures of the adult thorax and leg are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 37012, MSC C1109, MRC 534, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, U.S.A.; Email: huangy@si.edu.
authors.forename: Yiau-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Entomology Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, U.S.A. Mailing address: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Museum Support Center (MRC 534), Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746, U.S.A.; Email: ruedapol@si.edu.
authors.forename: Leopoldo M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rueda
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male