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(
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Wilkerson
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2021).
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subspecies
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(
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[
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFB16FA4AFAFF5FF9" box="[1237,1390,1509,1532]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">nomen novum</emphasis>
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for
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFF04F9ACFECF5C1E" box="[199,350,1539,1563]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">mediopunctata</emphasis>
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; formerly
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFDABF9ACFC245C1E" box="[616,949,1539,1563]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Aedes cumminsii mediopunctatus</emphasis>
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(
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; subspecific status by
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFA85F9ACFA0D5C1E" author="Harbach, R. E. & Howard, T. M." box="[1350,1436,1539,1563]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="35 - 48" refId="ref158836" refString="Harbach, R. E. & Howard, T. M. (2007) Corrections in the status and rank of names used to denote varietal forms of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa, 1542 (1), 35 - 48. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1542.1.3" type="journal article" year="2007">Harbach</bibRefCitation>
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& Howard, 2007]. Distribution:
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<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA3A0A5EFDCCF98DFDC55C3F" box="[527,596,1570,1594]" name="Ghana" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Ghana</collectingCountry>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3A0A5EFD9DF98DFC0E5C3F" ID-CoL="8F54X" authority="(Wilkerson et al. 2021)" baseAuthorityName="Wilkerson" baseAuthorityYear="2021" box="[606,927,1570,1594]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Stegomyia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigeria">
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Nigeria (
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFD74F98DFC065C3F" author="Wilkerson, R. C. & Linton, Y. - M. & Strickman, D." box="[695,919,1570,1594]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref184924" refString="Wilkerson, R. C., Linton, Y. - M. & Strickman, D. (2021) Mosquitoes of the world. Vols. 1 & 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1332 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 021 - 04848 - 6" type="book" year="2021">
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Wilkerson
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFCE4F98CFCC55C3F" box="[807,852,1570,1594]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al</emphasis>
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. 2021
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</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="D6A86550BA3A0A5CFF54F9CDFD925BA8" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA3A0A5EFF54F9CDFB065D51" blockId="9.[151,1437,1634,2020]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
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The taxa under review here are placed in the
|
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3A0A5EFD4BF9CDFC4F5C79" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[648,990,1634,1660]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentatus" subGenus="Aedimorphus">
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFD4BF9CDFD5A5C79" box="[648,715,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Aedes</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFD18F9CDFCE15C79" box="[731,880,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Aedimorphus</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFCBCF9CDFC4F5C79" box="[895,990,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">dentatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group of
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFB8AF9CDFB6D5C79" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[1097,1276,1634,1660]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards (1941)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFAF2F9CDFF755CA5" author="McIntosh, B. M." pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="251 - 287" refId="ref169608" refString="McIntosh, B. M. (1975) A taxonomic revision of certain Aedes species (Diptera: Culicidae) of the subgenus Aedimorphus in southern Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 38 (2), 251 - 287." type="journal article" year="1975">McIntosh (1975)</bibRefCitation>
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, which also includes
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFE2FF929FDBC5CA5" box="[492,557,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">bevisi</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFD80F929FD645CA5" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[579,757,1669,1696]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="273 - 281" refId="ref153391" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1915) New and little-known East African Culicidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 5 (4), 273 - 281. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300030303" type="journal article" year="1915">Edwards, 1915</bibRefCitation>
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),
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3A0A5EFCD3F929FBD65CA5" authority="(Theobald, 1904)" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[784,1095,1670,1696]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentatus">
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||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFCD3F929FCFE5CA5" box="[784,879,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">dentatus</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFC47F929FBAE5CA5" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[900,1087,1670,1696]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="62 - 83" refId="ref181714" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1904) The mosquitoes of Egypt, the Sudan and Abyssinia. In: Balfour, A. (director), First Report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College Khartoum. Department of Education, Sudan Government, Khartoum, pp. 62 - 83, 2 pls." type="journal article" year="1904">Theobald, 1904</bibRefCitation>
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)
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFB9AF929FB4B5CA5" box="[1113,1242,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">holocinctus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFB24F929FA065CA5" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[1255,1431,1670,1696]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards, 1941</bibRefCitation>
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,
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||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFF54F905FE9D5CC1" box="[151,268,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">pachyurus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFED6F905FE515CC6" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[277,448,1705,1732]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="49 - 55" refId="ref154251" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1936) New African culicine mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy, 5 (3), 49 - 55. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1936. tb 00593. x" type="journal article" year="1936">Edwards, 1936</bibRefCitation>
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and
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||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFE38F905FD105CC1" box="[507,641,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">subdentatus</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFD49F905FCA65CC6" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[650,823,1705,1732]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="49 - 55" refId="ref154251" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1936) New African culicine mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy, 5 (3), 49 - 55. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1936. tb 00593. x" type="journal article" year="1936">Edwards, 1936</bibRefCitation>
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||
. According to
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFC21F905FB305CC1" author="McIntosh, B. M." box="[994,1185,1705,1732]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="251 - 287" refId="ref169608" refString="McIntosh, B. M. (1975) A taxonomic revision of certain Aedes species (Diptera: Culicidae) of the subgenus Aedimorphus in southern Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 38 (2), 251 - 287." type="journal article" year="1975">McIntosh (1975)</bibRefCitation>
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the
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||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3A0A5EFB14F905FAA75CC1" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1239,1334,1706,1732]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFB14F905FAA75CC1" box="[1239,1334,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">dentatus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group is “Similar to
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3A0A5EFEDBF961FEF65CED" box="[280,359,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">leesoni</emphasis>
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||
group except: scutellar scales always narrow; hind posttarsal claws armed; basal mesal lobe well developed; gonostylus expanding gradually towards apex and therefore without a contrastingly narrow arm; a single strong gonostylar claw present; comb with spines.” We think the similarities in the male genitalia of these species, especially the form of the gonostylus, are evidence of a monophyletic (“natural”) grouping.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA3A0A5DFF04F8F1FE6C5BD4" blockId="9.[151,1437,1634,2020]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
The nominotypical form was described from a single female, “perfect except for the ends of the hindlegs”, collected in Bahr-el-Ghazal, Central Africa [north-central
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA3A0A5EFCE7F82DFC295D99" box="[804,952,1922,1948]" name="South Sudan" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">South Sudan</collectingCountry>
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||
].
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||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3A0A5EFC09F82DFB035D99" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[970,1170,1922,1948]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref181601" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1903 a) A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes. Vol. 3. British Museum (Natural History), London, xvii + 1 (errata) + 359 pp., foldout table, 17 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58067" type="book" year="1903">Theobald (1903a)</bibRefCitation>
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||
wrote that “It is a large and handsome species, unlike anything I have seen from Africa.” He illustrated the head, a prothoracic lobe and anterior-most part of the scutum. Selected portions of the description follow: “Head deep brown, with narrow-curved, pale golden scales and numerous long, black, upright forked scales, and small, flat, paler scales at the sides; palpi and proboscis deep brown, covered with blackish-brown scales… clypeus deep brown; antennae deep brown, with pale pubescence and deep brown verticillate hairs, basal joint testaceous, with a few pale scales, second joint also testaceous at the base, with a few pale scales on the inside…. Thorax deep rich brown, covered with narrow, hair-like, curved golden scales, with two small patches just in front of the scutellum; scutellum pale brown, with narrow-curved, creamy scales… pleurae brown… with numerous flat creamy-white scales…. Abdomen deep brown, unbanded, with large basal, white, lateral spots… venter paler than the dorsum, with ochraceous hue, with pale creamy scales and the apical borders of the segments dark. Legs deep brown, coxae brown, base and venter of femora pale…. Halteres pallid.”
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA390A5DFF04FE74FE1259E8" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
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||
The synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFE43FE74FE625BF1" box="[384,499,475,500]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
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||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE43FE74FE625BF1" box="[384,499,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFDC3FE74FC275BF0" authority="Theobald, 1909" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1909" box="[512,950,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culicada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscopalpalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFDC3FE74FC905BF0" box="[512,769,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Culicada fuscopalpalis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA390A5DFCC5FE74FC275BF0" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[774,950,475,501]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refId="ref182128" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1909) Descriptions of the new mosquitoes collected by Dr. Graham in Ashanti. Gold Coast Miscellaneous Publication No. 237. Great Britain Colonial Office. London, 31 pp., 2 pls." type="book" year="1909">Theobald, 1909</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, along with subspecies
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB74FE74FA0D5BF0" authority="Harbach" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[1207,1436,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB74FE74FAA95BF1" box="[1207,1336,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
Harbach
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFF7CFE50FD1A581C" authority="Theobald, 1909" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1909" box="[191,651,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culicada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFF7CFE50FE42581C" box="[191,467,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Culicada mediopunctata</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA390A5DFE19FE50FD1A581C" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[474,651,511,537]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refId="ref182128" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1909) Descriptions of the new mosquitoes collected by Dr. Graham in Ashanti. Gold Coast Miscellaneous Publication No. 237. Great Britain Colonial Office. London, 31 pp., 2 pls." type="book" year="1909">Theobald, 1909</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) were described from Obuasi [
|
||
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA390A5DFC26FE50FB0B581C" box="[997,1178,511,537]" country="Ghana" name="Ashanti" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Ashanti Region</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA390A5DFB66FE50FB65581C" box="[1189,1268,511,537]" name="Ghana" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Ghana</collectingCountry>
|
||
];
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFAC4FE50FA0D581C" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1909" box="[1287,1436,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culicada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscopalpalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFAC4FE50FA0D581C" box="[1287,1436,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">fuscopalpalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from a single male and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFE60FD8CFDD85838" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1909" box="[419,585,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culicada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE60FD8CFDD85838" box="[419,585,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mediopunctata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from a single female. In general, both seem similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB74FD8CFABB5839" box="[1207,1322,547,572]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB74FD8CFABB5839" box="[1207,1322,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but there is no mention by Theobald of resemblance to either. Synonym
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFCA7FDE8FC685864" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1909" box="[868,1017,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culicada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscopalpalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFCA7FDE8FC685864" box="[868,1017,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">fuscopalpalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has the “Abdomen deep brown with black scales and basal bands of creamy scales, long golden brown lateral hairs [setae]; venter pale ochreous with narrow black apical bands… a yellow spot at the apex of the hind tibiae…. This well-marked
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB0DFD20FAA358AC" authorityName="Felt" authorityYear="1904" box="[1230,1330,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culicada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Culicada</taxonomicName>
|
||
[
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFA87FD20FAF258AD" box="[1348,1379,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sic</emphasis>
|
||
] can at once be told by the male claspers…. No
|
||
<specimenCount id="88B4FD52BA390A5DFD45FD1CFD0A58C8" box="[646,667,691,717]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
|
||
was found in the collection.” If it becomes a valid name, since this describes a male, characters of a corresponding female could differ. Subspecies
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFBFEFD78FB2F58F5" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[1085,1214,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFBFEFD78FB2F58F5" box="[1085,1214,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB2FFD78FA0358F4" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1909" box="[1260,1426,727,753]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culicada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB2FFD78FA0358F4" box="[1260,1426,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mediopunctata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) has “a dense bright golden border of scales around the eyes…. Abdomen deep blackish-brown, almost black, the segments, except the basal one, with median basal dull-white patches; border bristles [setae] golden; laterally are pale creamy basal lateral patches; venter yellow scaled, except at the apex, where they are creamy, each segment with a narrow dark scaled apical border… apex of hind tibiae with a prominent white band…. Halteres with pale stem and fuscous knob… easily told by the basal central pale abdominal spots.” Therefore, the abdomen of both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFF54FC00FE9B59CD" box="[151,266,943,968]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFF54FC00FE9B59CD" box="[151,266,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFEFDFC00FE7E59CC" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[318,495,943,969]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFEFDFC00FE7E59CC" box="[318,495,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mediopunctatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFDD7FC00FD0459CD" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[532,661,943,968]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFDD7FC00FD0459CD" box="[532,661,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) has basolateral pale patches and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFBCAFC00FB2B59CC" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[1033,1210,943,969]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFBCAFC00FB2B59CC" box="[1033,1210,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mediopunctatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB1CFC00FAF159CD" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[1247,1376,943,968]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB1CFC00FAF159CD" box="[1247,1376,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) also has mesal pale spots.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA390A5DFF04FC58FD8B5EA4" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
Also associated with
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE68FC58FD1E5E14" box="[427,655,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFE68FC58FD8F5E15" box="[427,542,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="lato" species="cumminsii">cumminsii</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA390A5DFDE2FC58FD1E5E14" box="[545,655,1015,1041]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
is a currently recognized synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFBE0FC58FB355E15" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[1059,1188,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFBE0FC58FB355E15" box="[1059,1188,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB6DFC58FE935E31" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1903" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsi" subGenus="Aedimorphus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB6DFC58FB605E14" box="[1198,1265,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aedes</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB3DFC58FA025E14" box="[1278,1427,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aedimorphus</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFF54FBB4FE935E31" box="[151,258,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFECEFBB4FD105E30" authority="Evans, 1925" authorityName="Evans" authorityYear="1925" box="[269,641,1050,1077]" isUncertain="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="variety" variety="daruensis">
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFED5FBB4FEA45E31" box="[278,309,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sic</emphasis>
|
||
) var.
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFEBFFBB4FE785E30" box="[380,489,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">daruensis</emphasis>
|
||
Evans, 1925
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Moa River, Daru,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA390A5DFC62FBB4FBA95E30" box="[929,1080,1051,1077]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Evans described
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFACAFBB4FAE75E30" box="[1289,1398,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">daruensis</emphasis>
|
||
by briefly comparing it with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFE78FB90FDBF5E5D" box="[443,558,1087,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE78FB90FDBF5E5D" box="[443,558,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. She noted: “
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFD09FB90FCA55E5C" box="[714,820,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Abdomen</emphasis>
|
||
with small, but well-defined median, basal, pale spots on the third to seventh segments.” Evans provided an illustration of the male genitalia, which are characteristic of other species related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFE63FB28FD825EA5" box="[416,531,1159,1184]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE63FB28FD825EA5" box="[416,531,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA390A5DFF04FB04FBB95F34" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA390A5DFF04FB04FEED5EC0" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[199,380,1195,1221]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refId="ref154310" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1941) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region III. - Culicine adults and pupae. Printed by order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 499 pp." type="book" year="1941">Edwards (1941)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
reviewed what was known about this group and included
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFBDFFB04FB1E5EC1" box="[1052,1167,1195,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFBDFFB04FB1E5EC1" box="[1052,1167,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB0AFB04FAEB5EC0" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[1225,1402,1195,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB0AFB04FAEB5EC0" box="[1225,1402,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mediopunctatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFF54FB60FE895EED" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[151,280,1231,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFF54FB60FE895EED" box="[151,280,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), as a subspecies of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFDC6FB60FDE95EED" box="[517,632,1231,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFDC6FB60FDE95EED" box="[517,632,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, in a key. Confusingly, he stated that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFBE5FB60FB085EED" box="[1062,1177,1231,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFBE5FB60FB085EED" box="[1062,1177,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
had the “Abdomen all dark above.” and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFE9DFB5CFD9E5F08" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[350,527,1267,1293]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE9DFB5CFD9E5F08" box="[350,527,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mediopunctatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFDF4FB5CFD295F09" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[567,696,1267,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFDF4FB5CFD295F09" box="[567,696,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) “Differs from the typical form chiefly if not solely in possessing small median basal whitish spots on the abdominal tergites [terga] in both sexes.”
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA390A5DFF04FA94FB835FE0" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
Adding to the overall confusion concerning the concept of
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFC97FA94FBCB5F51" box="[852,1114,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFC97FA94FC565F51" box="[852,967,1339,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="cumminsii">cumminsii</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA390A5DFC0DFA94FBCB5F51" box="[974,1114,1339,1364]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, except for the illustration of the head by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA390A5DFED8FAF0FE735F7C" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[283,482,1375,1401]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refId="ref181601" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1903 a) A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes. Vol. 3. British Museum (Natural History), London, xvii + 1 (errata) + 359 pp., foldout table, 17 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58067" type="book" year="1903">Theobald (1903a)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and various depictions of the male genitalia, none of which show obvious differences, there are no illustrations of any adult characters except for recent color photographs of
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFBB2FA2CFACF5F98" box="[1137,1374,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFBB2FA2CFB755F99" box="[1137,1252,1411,1436]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="lato" species="cumminsii">cumminsii</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA390A5DFB2FFA2CFACF5F98" box="[1260,1374,1411,1437]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA390A5DFF54FA08FEB95FC4" box="[151,296,1447,1473]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA390A5DFEFBFA08FD8C5FC4" author="Guarido, M. M. & Riddin, M. A. & Johnson, T. & Braack, L. E. O. & Schrama, M. & Gorsich, E. E. & Brooke, B. D. & Almeida, A. P. G. & Venter, M." box="[312,541,1447,1473]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="339" refId="ref157420" refString="Guarido, M. M., Riddin, M. A., Johnson, T., Braack, L. E. O., Schrama, M., Gorsich, E. E., Brooke, B. D., Almeida, A. P. G. & Venter, M. (2021) Aedes species (Diptera: Culicidae) ecological and host feeding patterns in the north-eastern parts of South Africa. Parasites & Vectors, 14, 339. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 021 - 04845 - 9" type="journal article" year="2021">
|
||
Guarido
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE5DFA08FE405FC4" box="[414,465,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2021
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Thoracic and abdominal characters in these photographs are sufficient to see resemblances and differences with known descriptions of
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFCE3FA64FB835FE0" box="[800,1042,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFCE3FA64FC025FE1" box="[800,915,1483,1508]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="lato" species="cumminsii">cumminsii</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA390A5DFC59FA64FB9F5FE0" box="[922,1038,1483,1509]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA390A5DFF04FA40FBE85C70" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA390A5DFF04FA40FEE65C0C" author="Hopkins, G. H. E." box="[199,375,1518,1545]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refId="ref160249" refString="Hopkins, G. H. E. (1952) Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region I. - Larval bionomics of mosquitoes and taxonomy of culicine larvae. 2 nd Edition. British Museum (Natural History), London, viii + 355 pp." type="book" year="1952">Hopkins (1952)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
described and illustrated, in detail, the larva of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFC4FFA40FC6E5C0D" box="[908,1023,1519,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFC4FFA40FC6E5C0D" box="[908,1023,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA390A5DFB80FA40FB0B5C0C" box="[1091,1178,1519,1545]" name="Uganda" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Uganda</collectingCountry>
|
||
but did not associate it with adult characters nor make mention of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFDAAF9BCFC8B5C28" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[617,794,1555,1581]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFDAAF9BCFC8B5C28" box="[617,794,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mediopunctatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFCFEF9BCFC2F5C29" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[829,958,1555,1580]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFCFEF9BCFC2F5C29" box="[829,958,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) or other names associated with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFAE1F9BCFA045C29" box="[1314,1429,1555,1580]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFAE1F9BCFA045C29" box="[1314,1429,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The larva he described would be easily recognized since it has the integument of the thorax and abdomen with numerous small, chitinous plates. We have found no characterizations of the pupal stage.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA390A5DFF04F9D0FB555DD8" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
In an ecological study of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFE30F9D0FD005C9C" box="[499,657,1663,1689]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE30F9D0FDA75C9C" box="[499,566,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aedes</emphasis>
|
||
species
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in northeastern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA390A5DFC8CF9D0FC725C9C" box="[847,995,1663,1689]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA390A5DFC31F9D0FB7B5C9C" author="Guarido, M. M. & Riddin, M. A. & Johnson, T. & Braack, L. E. O. & Schrama, M. & Gorsich, E. E. & Brooke, B. D. & Almeida, A. P. G. & Venter, M." box="[1010,1258,1663,1689]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="339" refId="ref157420" refString="Guarido, M. M., Riddin, M. A., Johnson, T., Braack, L. E. O., Schrama, M., Gorsich, E. E., Brooke, B. D., Almeida, A. P. G. & Venter, M. (2021) Aedes species (Diptera: Culicidae) ecological and host feeding patterns in the north-eastern parts of South Africa. Parasites & Vectors, 14, 339. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 021 - 04845 - 9" type="journal article" year="2021">
|
||
Guarido
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB9BF9D0FB1D5C9C" box="[1112,1164,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. (2021)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, using the
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFAAFF9D0FA0D5C9C" box="[1388,1436,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">COI</emphasis>
|
||
“barcode” gene (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA390A5DFE98F90CFDA65CB8" author="Hebert, P. D. N. & Cywinska, A. & Ball, S. L. & deWaard, J. R." box="[347,567,1699,1725]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="313 - 321" refId="ref159497" refString="Hebert, P. D. N., Cywinska, A., Ball, S. L. & deWaard, J. R. (2003) Biological identifications through DNA barcodes. Proceeding of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270 (1512), 313 - 321. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rspb. 2002.2218" type="journal article" year="2003">
|
||
Hebert
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE77F90CFE605CB8" box="[436,497,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2003
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), added to the questions surrounding the identity of
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB61F90CFA075CB8" box="[1186,1430,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB61F90CFA845CB9" box="[1186,1301,1699,1724]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="lato" species="cumminsii">cumminsii</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA390A5DFAE3F90CFA075CB8" box="[1312,1430,1699,1725]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
. “Species belonging to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFE62F968FDA75CE4" box="[417,566,1735,1761]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="164" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Aedimorphus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFE62F968FDA75CE4" box="[417,566,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aedimorphus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
subgenera [
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFD04F968FD775CE5" box="[711,742,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">sic</emphasis>
|
||
] were recovered in different clusters [in their phylogenetic trees], suggesting that this subgenus is not monophyletic in this study. Sequences produced here from mosquitoes which were identified morphologically as
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFDB4F8A0FC865D2D" box="[631,791,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
Ae.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFD67F8A0FC865D2D" box="[676,791,1807,1832]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">cumminsii</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
… clustered with
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFC21F8A0FB155D2C" box="[994,1156,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Ae. pachyurus</emphasis>
|
||
(of the same group) and
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFF54F89CFEE75D49" box="[151,374,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Ae. quasiunivittatus</emphasis>
|
||
(of another group within the same subgenus) and did not cluster together with sequences from
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFF54F8F8FEA65D75" box="[151,311,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
Ae.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFF07F8F8FEA65D75" box="[196,311,1879,1904]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">cumminsii</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA390A5DFEBDF8F8FE5F5D74" box="[382,462,1879,1905]" name="Kenya" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Kenya</collectingCountry>
|
||
…. This species was originally described in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA390A5DFC03F8F8FB985D74" box="[960,1033,1879,1905]" name="Ghana" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Ghana</collectingCountry>
|
||
and is widely distributed in Africa. Subspecies based on subtle differences in abdomen scaling have been described, such as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB76F8D4FE895DBC" authority="(Theobald)" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="cumminsii" subSpecies="mediopunctatus">
|
||
ssp.
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB28F8D4FA0D5D90" box="[1259,1436,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">mediopunctatus</emphasis>
|
||
(Theobald)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
… and it is not surprising that specimens from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA390A5DFC8DF830FC735DBC" box="[846,994,1951,1977]" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
are different.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA390A5DFB4CF830FAC15DBD" box="[1167,1360,1951,1977]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA390A5DFB4CF830FAC15DBD" box="[1167,1360,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Aedes cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
likely represents a complex of species which will require further studies to elucidate their taxonomy”.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA380A5CFF04FF38FE1A5B44" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
The nominal taxa discussed here clearly represent a species complex that will require much more effort to resolve, but there is no indication that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFDA0FF14FD755AD1" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[611,740,187,212]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFDA0FF14FD755AD1" box="[611,740,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFCD0FF14FC555AD0" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[787,964,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFCD0FF14FC555AD0" box="[787,964,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">mediopunctatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) is other than a valid species related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFF54FF70FE9B5AFD" box="[151,266,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFF54FF70FE9B5AFD" box="[151,266,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. We therefore elevate it to species status:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFD3EFF71FAD95AFD" authority="Harbach, 2018" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[765,1352,222,249]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus" subGenus="Aedimorphus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFD3EFF71FAD95AFD" bold="true" box="[765,1352,222,249]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFD3EFF71FCD05AFC" bold="true" box="[765,833,222,249]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Aedes</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFC95FF71FC635AFC" bold="true" box="[854,1010,222,249]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Aedimorphus</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFBC6FF70FB185AFC" bold="true" box="[1029,1161,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFB57FF70FAD95AFD" author="Harbach, R. E." box="[1172,1352,222,249]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" refId="ref158710" refString="Harbach, R. E. (2018) Culicipedia: Species-group, genus-group and family-group names in Culicidae (Diptera). CABI, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, xviii + 378 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1079 / 9781786399052.0000" type="book" year="2018">Harbach, 2018</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFA9AFF70FE895B19" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFA9AFF70FE895B19" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Aedes mesostictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is currently listed as a species (as
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFD5BFEACFCE55B18" box="[664,884,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
Ae.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFD00FEACFCE55B18" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[707,884,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediopunctatus">mediopunctatus</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, incorrectly attributed to
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFB53FEACFADB5B18" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[1168,1354,258,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="237 - 250" refId="ref181900" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1905 d) Some new mosquitoes from Ceylon. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 16 (2), 237 - 250, 2 pls." type="journal article" year="1905">Theobald 1905d</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), in the Encyclopedia of Life.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA380A5CFF04FEE4FD925BA8" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
We do not think there is enough known about this group to place the two junior subjective synonyms (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFF62FEC0FEA75B8C" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1909" box="[161,310,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Culicada" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscopalpalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFF62FEC0FEA75B8C" box="[161,310,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">fuscopalpalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFEB3FEC0FE4C5B8C" box="[368,477,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">daruensis</emphasis>
|
||
) with either
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFDB1FEC0FC835B8D" box="[626,786,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
Ae.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFD5CFEC0FC835B8D" box="[671,786,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">cumminsii</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
or
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFCF8FEC0FC785B8D" box="[827,1001,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
|
||
Ae.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFCABFEC0FC785B8D" authorityName="Harbach" authorityYear="2018" box="[872,1001,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesostictus">mesostictus</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. We therefore choose to list them, for now, as synonyms of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFE4AFE3CFE6D5BA9" box="[393,508,403,428]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cumminsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFE4AFE3CFE6D5BA9" box="[393,508,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">cumminsii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |