Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae)
Author
John F. Reinert
Author
Ralph E. Harbach
Author
Ian J. Kitching
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2009
157
700
794
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00570.x
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STEGOMYIA
THEOBALD SUBGENUS
MUKWAYA
REINERT, HARBACH & KITCHING
,
SUBGEN. NOV.
Type species:
Stegomyia simpsoni
Theobald, 1905
.
Subgenus
Mukwaya
includes the species placed in the
Simpsoni
Group of
Huang (2004)
. The group was described on pages 14 and 17 and now forms the description of the subgenus.
Huang (2004)
included a list of the then known life stages that were described, illustrated and brief information on immature and female bionomics for species currently placed in subgenus
Mukwaya
. Partial illustrations for most known stages of included species, including the type species
St. simpsoni
, were also provided. Previously,
Huang (1979
,
1986
) published information (as
simpsoni
complex
) concerning species now included in the subgenus.
Reinert (2000g)
provided a description of the female genitalia of the
Simpsoni
Assemblage (=subgenus
Mukwaya
) and illustrated the female genitalia of
St. simpsoni
. Considerable important information concerning the type species ecology, behaviour, physiology, morphology, etc. was provided in a series of papers by
Pajot (1975
,
1976a
,
b
,
1977
).
Edwards (1941)
included descriptive information and some illustrations for
St. kivuensis
(Edwards)
,
St. simpsoni
,
St. subargentea
(Edwards)
and
St. woodi
(Edwards)
.
Hopkins (1952)
described the fourth-instar larvae of
St. simpsoni
,
St. strelitziae
(Muspratt)
and
St. subargentea
. See descriptions and/or illustrations in
Mattingly (1971c)
,
Hinton (1981)
and
Linley & Service (1994)
for the egg of
St. woodi
. The present study includes taxonomic information (see Appendix 1) concerning known life stages of
St. bromeliae
Theobald
,
St. simpsoni
and
St. woodi
.
The works of
Mattingly (1952
,
1953
) provide taxonomic information and distribution data for most species and that of
Muspratt (1956)
provides this information for species occurring in southern Africa.
Included species
Stegomyia bromeliae
,
St
.
gandaensis
(Huang),
St. josiahae
(Huang)
,
St. kivuensis
,
St. lilii
Theobald
,
St. sampi
(Huang)
,
St. simpsoni
,
St. strelitziae
,
St. subargentea
and
St. woodi
.
Etymology
Mukwaya
is named in honour of Dr Louis Godfrey Mukwaya in recognition of his many contributions to medical entomology and our knowledge of
St. simpsoni
. The subgeneric name is a masculine patronymic formed from his surname. Recommended abbreviation for
Mukwaya
=
Muk
.