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
BOHARTIUS
REINERT, HARBACH & KITCHING
,
SUBGEN. NOV.
Type species:
Aedes
(
Stegomyia
)
pandani
Stone, 1939
.
Subgenus
Bohartius
includes the species placed in the
Pandani
Subgroup of
Bohart (1957)
. The subgroup was described on pages 33–34 and this taxonomic information now forms the description of the subgenus. Additional character information in support of the subgenus is included in the data matrix (Appendix 1) of the present study.
Bohart (1957)
provided a description of the type species of the subgenus including the male, male genitalia, female, pupa and fourth-instar larva, illustrations of the male genitalia, female, pupa and fourth-instar larva, and information on distribution and bionomics.
Reinert (2000g)
illustrated the female genitalia of
St. pandani
and provided a description of the female genitalia for the subgenus (as
Pandani
Assemblage).
Bohart (1957)
also included descriptions and illustrations of the other species included in the subgenus.
Stone (1945)
provided descriptive information for
St. pandani
and
St. saipanensis
(Stone)
.
Included species
Stegomyia agrihanensis
(Bohart)
,
St
.
neopandani
(Bohart)
,
St. pandani
,
St. rotana
(Bohart & Ingram)
and
St. saipanensis
.
Etymology
Bohartius
is named in honour of Dr Richard M. Bohart in recognition of his important contributions to the taxonomy of mosquitoes, especially in the southwestern Pacific area and the western United States. The subgeneric name is masculine, formed from his surname and the masculine Latin suffix ‘-
ius
’. Recommended subgeneric abbreviation =
Boh
.