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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FF54FCF6FEC05971" bold="true" box="[151,337,857,884]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Toxorhynchites</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FE30FCF6FDD25971" bold="true" box="[499,579,857,884]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">rutilus</emphasis>
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subspecies
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(Coquillett, 1896)
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—original combination:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FD3DFC31FC2459B3" box="[766,949,926,950]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Megarhinus rutila</emphasis>
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[
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]. Distribution: Extreme southeastern
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA440A20FA94FC31FA0D59B3" box="[1367,1436,926,950]" name="United States of America" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">United</collectingCountry>
States—
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,
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(mainly coastal),
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(
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Harrison
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. 2016
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(coastal) (
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;
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).
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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FECFFC56FE345E14" bold="true" box="[268,421,1017,1041]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">septentrionalis</emphasis>
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(
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)—original combination:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FC58FC55FB245E17" box="[923,1205,1018,1042]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Megarhinus septentrionalis</emphasis>
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(subspecific status by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA440A20FF04FBB7FE405E35" author="Jenkins, D. W. &amp; Carpenter, S. J." box="[199,465,1048,1073]" pageId="119" pageNumber="120" pagination="31 - 47" refId="ref161601" refString="Jenkins, D. W. &amp; Carpenter, S. J. (1946) Ecology of the tree hole breeding mosquitoes of nearctic North America. Ecological Monographs, 16 (1), 31 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1943573" type="journal article" year="1946">Jenkins &amp; Carpenter 1946</bibRefCitation>
). Distribution: Eastern North America, northward from northern Florida to
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(southwestern
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) and westward to
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,
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and
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(
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;
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Wood
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FC1EFB97FB9B5E4A" box="[989,1034,1079,1103]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">et al</emphasis>
. 1979
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;
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).
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(1896) indicated that
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FDC7FBD6FDE95E97" box="[516,632,1144,1170]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Tx. rutilus</emphasis>
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, as
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FD64FBD7FCE55E97" box="[679,884,1144,1170]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Megarhinus rutila</emphasis>
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, was described and named based on
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and
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from
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and
<collectorName id="3347530DBA440A20FDB8FB33FD635EB3" box="[635,754,1180,1206]" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Georgiana</collectorName>
,
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA440A20FD3CFB33FCC55EB3" box="[767,852,1180,1206]" country="Uruguay" name="Florida" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Florida</collectingRegion>
.
<collectorName id="3347530DBA440A20FC9EFB33FC425EB3" box="[861,979,1180,1206]" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">According</collectorName>
to
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA440A20FC3AFB33FA9F5EB2" author="Stone, A. &amp; Knight, K. L." box="[1017,1294,1180,1207]" pageId="119" pageNumber="120" pagination="196 - 202" refId="ref179951" refString="Stone, A. &amp; Knight, K. L. (1957 c) Type specimens of mosquitoes in the United States National Museum: VI, Miscellaneous genera, addenda, and summary. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 47 (6), 196 - 202." type="journal article" year="1957">Stone &amp; Knight (1957c)</bibRefCitation>
, the original collection included
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from
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,
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA440A20FD28FB6FFCAD5EDF" box="[747,828,1216,1242]" country="Uruguay" name="Florida" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Florida</collectingRegion>
and seven from undisclosed localities in
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA440A20FADBFB6FFAFD5EDF" box="[1304,1388,1216,1242]" country="Uruguay" name="Florida" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Florida</collectingRegion>
, but none from
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.
<collectorName id="3347530DBA440A20FE05FB4BFD915EFB" box="[454,512,1252,1278]" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">They</collectorName>
selected a male from
<collectorName id="3347530DBA440A20FD30FB4BFCF65EFB" box="[755,871,1252,1278]" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Georgiana</collectorName>
bearing a type label to be the
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.
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is located on
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on the eastern side of central
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.
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described and named
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, also as a species of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FB54FA83FA8F5F43" box="[1175,1310,1324,1350]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">Megarhinus</emphasis>
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, from a collection of
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and
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from localities in the
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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.
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considered a male from Woodstock,
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bearing a type label to be the
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA440A20FF04FA13FB715C1B" blockId="119.[151,1437,1144,1567]" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">
The subspecific status of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FE2CFA13FD045FD3" box="[495,661,1468,1494]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">septentrionalis</emphasis>
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was established by
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, and reinforced by
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based on conclusions drawn from a study that included specimens form a narrow zone of overlap and apparent integration with the
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form. Jenkins described the evidence for integration as follows.
</paragraph>
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<collectorName id="3347530DBA440A20FF34F9E1FE9D5C60" box="[247,268,1614,1637]" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">In</collectorName>
the zone of overlap of ranges of the two subspecies, all
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of integrations occur.
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the northern part of the zone in
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, the male intergrades have segments [tarsomeres] 2 and 3 of the fore tarsi with white areas or with isolated white scales surrounded by purple.
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typical intergrades from
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,
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,
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and
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(1945) [
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FD73F915FD5E5CD4" box="[688,719,1722,1745]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">i.e.</emphasis>
1946], have the following markings on the fore tarsi:
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1.-2nd segment [foretarsomere 2] with basal three-fourths silvery white; 3rd segment [foretarsomere 3] with three white scales. Specimen 2.- 2nd segment, (left) with six white scales, (right) with 4 white scales; 3rd segment, (left) with 3 white scales, (right) entirely purple.
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the southern part of the zone of overlap in
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, the fore tarsi of the intergrade males are usually typical
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FDECF8E4FD0A5D67" box="[559,667,1866,1890]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">T. r. rutilus</emphasis>
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with the second and basal two-thirds of the third segment silvery white, but interspersed with several dark purple scales.
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intergrades were observed from
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,
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, and
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,
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA440A2FFF34F819FB1A5B3A" blockId="119.[199,1384,1614,2034]" lastBlockId="120.[199,1383,151,319]" lastPageId="120" lastPageNumber="121" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">
The amount of white on the fifth segment [tarsomere 5] of the hind tarsi of the males is variable. There is a decided tendency for this segment to be mostly white in
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA440A20FD36F874FCF35DF7" box="[757,866,2010,2034]" italics="true" pageId="119" pageNumber="120">T. r. rutilus</emphasis>
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specimens, and mostly dark purple in the main part of the range of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFE9DFF38FDB15AAA" box="[350,544,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">T. r. septentrionalis</emphasis>
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. This is quite variable and a specimen of the subspecies from Falls Church,
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has this segment almost entirely white. The
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of intergradation described for the fore tarsi and often observed on the fifth hind tarsal segment [hindtarsomere 5]. An unusual amount of white was observed on the fore tarsi of males from Duval Co.,
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Co., and Orange Co.,
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that had the 2nd, 3rd and about half of the 4th segments [foretarsomeres 2, 3 and 4] silvery white. A few specimens exhibited white scales on the apical tip of the tibiae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF04FEC2FEB55BAE" blockId="120.[151,1436,365,427]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">
Jenkins summarized his findings and previous observations (
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFC5EFEC2FB495B82" author="Jenkins, D. W. &amp; Carpenter, S. J." box="[925,1240,365,391]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="31 - 47" refId="ref161601" refString="Jenkins, D. W. &amp; Carpenter, S. J. (1946) Ecology of the tree hole breeding mosquitoes of nearctic North America. Ecological Monographs, 16 (1), 31 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1943573" type="journal article" year="1946">Jenkins &amp; Carpenter 1946</bibRefCitation>
) in the form of conclusions:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF34FE74FD7D5813" blockId="120.[199,1383,475,787]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">
The tropical genus
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFE02FE74FDCB5BF6" box="[449,602,475,499]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Toxorhynchites</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is represented in the
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by two closely related forms which are considered to be subspecies for the following reasons.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF34FD8CFC34583E" blockId="120.[199,1383,475,787]" box="[247,933,547,571]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">1. The distributions of the two forms overlap in part of their ranges.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF34FDE8FAA5585A" blockId="120.[199,1383,475,787]" box="[247,1332,583,607]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">2. A complete series of intergrades between the two forms occurs throughout the zone of overlap in ranges.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF34FDC4FEB858A2" blockId="120.[199,1383,475,787]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">3. The only known character separating the two forms is a color difference of the males which is subject to variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF34FD1CFE8C58EA" blockId="120.[199,1383,475,787]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">4. No significant differences have been found to separate the two forms in the male genitalia, larvae, pupae, or females.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF34FD55FB405916" blockId="120.[199,1383,475,787]" box="[247,1233,762,787]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">5. The life histories, habitats, and breeding habits of the two forms have been found to be similar.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF04FCEEFBB259A6" blockId="120.[151,1437,833,1831]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">
It is important to note that conclusions 3 and 4 have been repeated, apparently without further detailed morphological study, by later authors (
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFDA1FCCAFC365985" author="Carpenter, S. J. &amp; LaCasse, W. J." box="[610,935,869,896]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" refId="ref147571" refString="Carpenter, S. J. &amp; LaCasse, W. J. (1955) Mosquitoes of North America (north of Mexico). University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, vii + 360 pp., 127 pls." type="book" year="1955">Carpenter &amp; LaCasse 1955</bibRefCitation>
;
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Wood
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFBC5FCC9FBAC597A" box="[1030,1085,869,895]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">et al</emphasis>
. 1979
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Harrison
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFAC9FCC9FAD0597A" box="[1290,1345,869,895]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">et al</emphasis>
. 2016
</bibRefCitation>
). Conclusion 5 is meaningless as it applies to species of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFD3FFC26FC3759A6" box="[764,934,905,931]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Toxorhynchites</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in general.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF04FC02FD5E5F72" blockId="120.[151,1437,833,1831]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">
It is surprising to find that the subspecific status of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFCD3FC02FC2759C2" box="[784,950,941,967]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been accepted by taxonomists without question since the studies of
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFE1CFC7EFC8B59EE" author="Jenkins, D. W. &amp; Carpenter, S. J." box="[479,794,977,1003]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="31 - 47" refId="ref161601" refString="Jenkins, D. W. &amp; Carpenter, S. J. (1946) Ecology of the tree hole breeding mosquitoes of nearctic North America. Ecological Monographs, 16 (1), 31 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1943573" type="journal article" year="1946">Jenkins &amp; Carpenter (1946)</bibRefCitation>
and
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, and has not since been re-examined using genetic and molecular tools. There are four records of DNA sequences in GenBank: 28S rRNA,
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFACFFC5AFAFC5E0A" box="[1292,1389,1013,1039]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">MT-CYB</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFF54FBB6FF6B5E36" box="[151,250,1049,1075]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">MT-ND5</emphasis>
, Colony, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, recorded as
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFC0BFBB5FBAD5E36" box="[968,1084,1049,1075]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Tx. rutilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFB88FBB6FAC55E36" author="Krzywinski, J. &amp; Wilkerson, R. C. &amp; Besansky, N." box="[1099,1364,1049,1075]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="479 - 487" refId="ref163307" refString="Krzywinski, J., Wilkerson, R. C. &amp; Besansky, N. (2001) Evolution of mitochondrial and ribosomal gene sequences in Anophelinae (Diptera: Culicidae): implications for phylogeny reconstruction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 18 (3), 479 - 487. https: // doi. org / 10.1006 / mpev. 2000.0894" type="journal article" year="2001">
Krzywinski
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFB1BFBB5FA9B5E36" box="[1240,1290,1049,1075]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">et al</emphasis>
. 2001
</bibRefCitation>
a); mt
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFA50FBB5FF565E52" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">- COI</emphasis>
(partial), mt
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFE94FB92FE0B5E52" box="[343,410,1085,1111]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">-COII</emphasis>
and tRNA
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFDD6FB91FDD85E52" box="[533,585,1086,1111]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">-Leu</emphasis>
, York County, Pennsylvania, recorded as
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFBE7FB91FA095E52" authority="(Mitchell et al. 2002)" baseAuthorityName="Mitchell" baseAuthorityYear="2002" box="[1060,1432,1085,1111]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Toxorhynchites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rutilus">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFBE7FB91FB085E52" box="[1060,1177,1085,1111]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Tx. rutilus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFB6AFB92FA015E52" author="Mitchell, A. &amp; Sperling, F. A. H. &amp; Hickey, D. A." box="[1193,1424,1085,1111]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="163 - 174" refId="ref170409" refString="Mitchell, A., Sperling, F. A. H. &amp; Hickey, D. A. (2002) Higher-level phylogeny of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): mtDNA data support a derived placement for Toxorhynchites. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 33 (2), 163 - 174. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631202 X 00118" type="journal article" year="2002">
Mitchell
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFAD1FB91FAD55E52" box="[1298,1348,1085,1111]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">et al</emphasis>
. 2002
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; mt
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFF76FBCEFF7F5E7E" box="[181,238,1121,1147]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">-COI</emphasis>
,
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA4B0A2FFF3FFBCEFEC55E7E" box="[252,340,1121,1147]" country="Canada" name="Ontario" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Ontario</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA4B0A2FFE9CFBCEFE275E7E" box="[351,438,1121,1147]" name="Canada" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Canada</collectingCountry>
, recorded as
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFD8BFBCDFC545E7E" authority="(Cywinska et al. 2006)" baseAuthorityName="Cywinska" baseAuthorityYear="2006" box="[584,965,1121,1147]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Toxorhynchites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rutilus">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFD8BFBCDFD2A5E7E" box="[584,699,1121,1147]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Tx. rutilus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFD0AFBCEFC2C5E7E" author="Cywinska, A. &amp; Hunter, F. F." box="[713,957,1121,1147]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="413 - 424" refId="ref149665" refString="Cywinska, A., Hunter, F. F. &amp; Hebert. P. D. N. (2006) Identifying Canadian mosquito species through DNA barcodes. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 20 (4), 413 - 424. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2915.2006.00653. x" type="journal article" year="2006">
Cywinska
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFC81FBCDFCE25E7E" box="[834,883,1121,1147]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">et al</emphasis>
. 2006
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; and 18S rDNA, Stonington, Connecticut, recorded as
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFEE6FB29FC845E9A" authority="(Shepard et al. 2006)" baseAuthorityName="Shepard" baseAuthorityYear="2006" box="[293,789,1157,1183]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Anopheles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="theileri" subSpecies="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFEE6FB29FD805E9A" box="[293,529,1157,1183]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Tx. r. septentrionalis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFDE0FB2AFC9C5E9A" author="Shepard, J. J. &amp; Andreadis, T. G. &amp; Vossbrinck, C. R." box="[547,781,1157,1183]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="443 - 454" refId="ref178156" refString="Shepard, J. J., Andreadis, T. G. &amp; Vossbrinck, C. R. (2006) Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary relationships among mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the northeastern United States based on small subunit ribosomal DNA (18 S rDNA) sequences. Journal of Medical Entomology, 43 (3), 443 - 454. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 43.3.443" type="journal article" year="2006">
Shepard
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFD48FB29FD2E5E9A" box="[651,703,1157,1183]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">et al</emphasis>
. 2006
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Unfortunately, because the researchers did not produce the same molecular sequences, it is not possible to conduct a meaningful analysis of relationships. That aside, the identity of the records attributable to
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFDF8FB61FD3F5EE2" box="[571,686,1229,1255]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Toxorhynchites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rutilus">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFDF8FB61FD3F5EE2" box="[571,686,1229,1255]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Tx. rutilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are problematic. The records from
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA4B0A2FFBFDFB62FB035EE2" box="[1086,1170,1229,1255]" name="Canada" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Canada</collectingCountry>
and Pennsylvania must certainly be based on specimens of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFDE8FB5EFD405F0E" box="[555,721,1265,1291]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Megarhinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFDE8FB5EFD405F0E" box="[555,721,1265,1291]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and it is not possible to know whether the Florida colony was derived from specimens of
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFE13FABAFD205F2A" box="[464,689,1301,1327]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFE13FABAFD885F2A" box="[464,537,1301,1327]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Toxorhynchites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="rutilus">rutilus</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA4B0A2FFDE1FAB9FD205F2A" box="[546,689,1302,1327]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
or intergrades. It should be noted, however, that researchers who conducted ecological studies of treehole mosquitoes in eastern North America (
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFBCFFA96FAC35F51" author="Bradshaw, W. E. &amp; Holzapfel, C. M." box="[1036,1362,1337,1364]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="889 - 893" refId="ref146280" refString="Bradshaw, W. E. &amp; Holzapfel, C. M. (1975) Biology of tree-hole mosquitoes: photoperiodic control of development in northern Toxorhynchites rutilus (Coq.). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 53 (7), 889 - 893. https: // doi. org / 10.1139 / z 75 - 102" type="journal article" year="1975">Bradshaw &amp; Holzapfel 1975</bibRefCitation>
, 1977;
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFF54FAF2FED85F7D" author="Chambers, R. C." box="[151,329,1373,1400]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="25 - 53" refId="ref147668" refString="Chambers, R. C. (1985) Competition and predation among larvae of three species of treehole-breeding mosquitoes. In: Lounibos, L. P., Rey, J. R. &amp; Frank, J. H. (Eds.), Ecology of mosquitoes: proceedings of a workshop. Florida Mededical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida, Vero Beach, Florida, pp. 25 - 53." type="book chapter" year="1985">Chambers 1985</bibRefCitation>
) did not recognize
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFDE2FAF2FD565F72" box="[545,711,1373,1399]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Megarhinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFDE2FAF2FD565F72" box="[545,711,1373,1399]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF04FA2EFDB85C76" blockId="120.[151,1437,833,1831]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">
As there is no indication of intermediates in the geographically separated populations, there is little doubt that specific traits are being maintained outside the zone of introgression. This is evidence for independent species cohesion, and we believe that molecular systematic studies will reveal that the two forms are separate species that hybridize in a narrow zone where the two species overlap. This supports the taxonomic conclusion that the
<typeStatus id="41098879BA4B0A2FFAAFFA42FA0D5C02" box="[1388,1436,1517,1543]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">type</typeStatus>
form and
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFEC1F9BEFE395C2E" box="[258,424,1553,1579]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Megarhinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFEC1F9BEFE395C2E" box="[258,424,1553,1579]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are distinct species; therefore, we hereby formally return
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFBE5F9BEFB5D5C2E" box="[1062,1228,1553,1579]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Megarhinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFBE5F9BEFB5D5C2E" box="[1062,1228,1553,1579]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to its original rank as a species:
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFEECF99BFBD25C4B" bold="true" box="[303,1091,1588,1615]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFEECF99BFCB85C4A" baseAuthorityName="Dyar &amp; Knab" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[303,809,1588,1615]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Toxorhynchites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septentrionalis" subGenus="Lynchiella">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFEECF99BFE705C4A" bold="true" box="[303,481,1588,1615]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Toxorhynchites</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFE30F99BFDFC5C4A" bold="true" box="[499,621,1588,1615]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Lynchiella</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFDBCF99BFCB85C4A" bold="true" box="[639,809,1588,1615]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFCFAF99BFBAA5C4B" author="Dyar, H. G. &amp; Knab, F." box="[825,1083,1588,1615]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="241 - 258" refId="ref152580" refString="Dyar, H. G. &amp; Knab, F. (1906 a) The species of mosquitoes in the genus Megarhinus. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 48 (3), 241 - 258." type="journal article" year="1906">Dyar &amp; Knab, 1906a</bibRefCitation>
)
</emphasis>
, which is currently listed as a species in the Encyclopedia of Life.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA4B0A2FFF04F9D2FCA15D22" blockId="120.[151,1437,833,1831]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFF04F9D2FDB35C92" baseAuthorityName="Dyar &amp; Knab" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[199,546,1661,1687]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Toxorhynchites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFF04F9D2FDB35C92" box="[199,546,1661,1687]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Toxorhynchites septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a single synonym,
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFCFDF9D2FB615C92" authority="Theobald, 1906" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1906" box="[830,1264,1661,1687]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Megarhinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="herrickii">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFCFDF9D2FBA15C92" box="[830,1072,1661,1687]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Megarhinus herrickii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFBFFF9D2FB615C92" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[1084,1264,1661,1687]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="241" refId="ref181985" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1906) A new Megarhinus. Entomologist, 39 (522), 241." type="journal article" year="1906">Theobald, 1906</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<typeStatus id="41098879BA4B0A2FFAC0F9D2FAA45C92" box="[1283,1333,1661,1687]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">type</typeStatus>
locality:
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,
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA4B0A2FFEAFF90EFE395CBE" box="[364,424,1697,1723]" name="United States of America" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">USA</collectingCountry>
), synonymy by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFDA5F90EFCF15CBE" author="Howard, L. O. &amp; Dyar, H. G. &amp; Knab, F." box="[614,864,1697,1723]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="525 - 1064" refId="ref160521" refString="Howard, L. O., Dyar, H. G. &amp; Knab, F. (1917) The mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies. Vol. 4. Systematic description (in two parts). Part II. Publication No. 159. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D. C., pp. 525 - 1064." type="book chapter" year="1917">
Howard
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFD08F90DFC905CBE" box="[715,769,1697,1723]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">et al</emphasis>
. (1917)
</bibRefCitation>
. As noted by Belkin (1968), Theobald based the description of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFEFEF96AFE0C5CDA" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1906" box="[317,413,1733,1759]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Megarhinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="herrickii">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFEFEF96AFE0C5CDA" box="[317,413,1733,1759]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">herrickii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA4B0A2FFE08F96AFD175CE5" author="Herrick, G. W." box="[459,646,1733,1760]" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" pagination="281 - 283" refId="ref159972" refString="Herrick, G. W. (1905) Notes on some Mississippi mosquitoes. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 16 (9), 281 - 283, 1 pl." type="journal article" year="1905">Herricks (1905)</bibRefCitation>
description of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFCF7F96AFBF25CDA" authorityName="Röder" authorityYear="1885" box="[820,1123,1733,1759]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Megarrhinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="portoricensis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFCF7F96AFBF25CDA" box="[820,1123,1733,1759]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Megarrhinus portoricensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, apparently without having seen any specimens—probably the ultimate reason for naming the species after Herrick.
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFB69F946FA0D5D06" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1906" box="[1194,1436,1769,1795]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Megarhinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="herrickii">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFB69F946FA0D5D06" box="[1194,1436,1769,1795]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Megarhinus herrickii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remains a junior subjective synonym of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA4B0A2FFD9AF8A1FCB85D22" baseAuthorityName="Dyar &amp; Knab" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[601,809,1805,1831]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Toxorhynchites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="120" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA4B0A2FFD9AF8A1FCB85D22" box="[601,809,1805,1831]" italics="true" pageId="120" pageNumber="121">Tx. septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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