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subspecies
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. Distribution:
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(
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&amp; Ramos 1974).
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subspecies
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(
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—original combination:
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. Distribution:
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,
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Democratic Republic of the
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA380A5CFBFDFD24FB0858A6" box="[1086,1177,651,675]" name="Tanzania" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
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Wilkerson
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFAD4FD23FAD558A6" box="[1303,1348,651,675]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al</emphasis>
. 2021
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).
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The nominotypical subspecies was described from a single female from Durban,
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[
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]. It was characterized as follows (after
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFD07FD5FFC11590F" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[708,896,752,778]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" 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>
): Head with silvery gray narrow curved scales; clypeus black, with a tubercle on each side near base; proboscis pale brownish yellow overall, apex and base black; maxillary palpus densely scaled, brown basally, white at apex; antenna deep brownish yellow with first 3 flagellomeres dull brick red, first flagellomere with white scales, second and third with dark scales; thorax with rich brown ornamentation, to some extent forming ornamentation at the sides, scutellum with pale narrow curved scales, pleura brown with gray scales; femora and tibiae mottled with pale scales, tarsomeres with narrow pale basal bands; wing mottled with pale and dark scales; abdomen black, with basal white bands and apicolateral yellow spots. Theobald emphasized that “It can be at once told by the thoracic ornamentation, peculiar mottled wings, and basal abdominal banding, and apical yellow lateral spots.”
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The male genitalia of the
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form were described and illustrated by
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, who noted: “Style [gonostylus] with a row of long curved hairs [setae] on distal margin and many more hairs on the surface, spine [gonostylar claw] inserted well before tip at broadest part of style; no apical hair-tuft on coxite [gonocoxite], basal lobe [basal mesal lobe] peculiar in having a regular row of hairs on its margin.” These features were also reported by
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and
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFDD3FB64FD0A5EE0" author="Jupp, P. G." box="[528,667,1227,1253]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" refId="ref161745" refString="Jupp, P. G. (1996) Mosquitoes of southern Africa: Culicinae and Toxorhynchitinae. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, 156 pp." type="book" year="1996">Jupp (1996)</bibRefCitation>
. The pupal stage of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFC40FB64FB9D5EE0" box="[899,1036,1227,1253]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">durbanensis</emphasis>
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was very briefly described and the trumpet and paddle illustrated by
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de Meillon
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. (1945)
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. The egg was described in detail by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFB14FB40FF745F2B" author="Linley, J. R. &amp; Service, M. W." pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="59 - 72" refId="ref165899" refString="Linley, J. R. &amp; Service, M. W. (1994) Fine structure of the eggs of Aedes durbanensis, Aedes woodi, and Eretmapodites quinquevittatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 26 (2), 59 - 72." type="journal article" year="1994">Linley &amp; Service (1994)</bibRefCitation>
.
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Subspecies
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was described and illustrated in direct comparison with
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by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFB15FA97FF735F72" author="Ribeiro, H. &amp; Ramos, H. C." pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="93 - 98" refId="ref175270" refString="Ribeiro, H. &amp; Ramos, H. C. (1974) Research on the mosquitoes of Angola. VII - Redescription of the larva of Aedes durbanensis durbanensis (Theo., 1903) and description of Aedes durbanensis angolae subsp. nov. Mosquito Systematics, 6 (2), 93 - 98." type="journal article" year="1974">Ribeiro &amp; Ramos (1974)</bibRefCitation>
using female, male and larval specimens of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFD22FAF2FCAA5F72" authorityName="Ribeiro &amp; Ramos" authorityYear="1974" box="[737,827,1373,1399]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolae">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFD22FAF2FCAA5F72" box="[737,827,1373,1399]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">angolae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Moçâmedes,
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, coastal
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA380A5CFA80FAF2FA095F72" box="[1347,1432,1373,1399]" name="Angola" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Angola</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="FB86501CBA380A5CFF54FA2EFF6A5F9E" box="[151,251,1409,1438]" degrees="15" direction="south" minutes="12" orientation="latitude" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" precision="925" value="-15.2">15º 12′ S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="FB86501CBA380A5CFEC5FA2EFEF85F99" box="[262,361,1409,1438]" degrees="12" direction="east" minutes="09" orientation="longitude" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" precision="925" value="12.15">12º 09′ E</geoCoordinate>
[verbatim coordinates not verified]. Specimens of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFC5FFA2EFBB45F9E" box="[924,1061,1409,1435]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">durbanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
used in the description were from Natal,
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and Lourenço Marques,
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. The authors stated: “In the female sex,
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFB24FA09FA945FC5" box="[1255,1285,1446,1472]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ae</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFAD0FA09FF605FE1" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFAD0FA09FA0D5FC5" box="[1299,1436,1446,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durbanensis">durbanensis</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFF54FA65FF605FE1" authority="Harbach &amp; Wilkerson, 2023" authorityName="Harbach &amp; Wilkerson" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,241,1482,1508]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolae" status="subsp. nov.">angolae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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cannot be distinguished from the nominate subspecies.” However, they pointed out diagnostic characters in the male genitalia and larva (see below). Note that Ribeiro &amp; Ramos were motivated to sort out the identity of these taxa, along with a similar species found on the Angolan coast,
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFBD8F9BBFBA85C2B" box="[1051,1081,1556,1582]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ae</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFB8BF9BBFB235C28" box="[1096,1202,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">natronius</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFB79F9BCFAE45C28" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[1210,1397,1555,1581]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="559 - 562" refId="ref154170" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1932 b) Mosquito notes. - XI. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 23 (4), 559 - 562. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300004338" type="journal article" year="1932">Edwards, 1932b</bibRefCitation>
: “it became clear not only that the description of the larva, given by Rebelo and Pereira (1) [1943, not seen by us] and taken by Hopkins (2) [1952], was not a satisfactory one but also that a subspecific treatment might be given to the angolan [
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFEC3F92DFE8E5C9E" box="[256,287,1666,1691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">sic</emphasis>
] population of
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFE0EF92EFE7A5C9E" box="[461,491,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ae</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFE3BF92EFD105C9E" box="[504,641,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">durbanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.” For us, the larva of putative
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFC1BF92EFBF05C9E" box="[984,1121,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">durbanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described and illustrated by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFF54F90AFED95CC5" author="Hopkins, G. H. E." box="[151,328,1701,1728]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" 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>
is another, yet to be determined, species. It exhibits an incomplete saddle, short anal papillae (as in
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFF54F965FF605CE1" authorityName="Harbach &amp; Wilkerson" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,241,1738,1764]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolae">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFF54F965FF605CE1" box="[151,241,1738,1764]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">angolae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), a straight row of comb scales and very short pecten spines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA380A5CFF04F940FD505DE1" blockId="11.[151,1437,715,2020]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
Males of the two forms differ, according to
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA380A5CFD17F940FC6A5D0C" author="Ribeiro, H. &amp; Ramos, H. C." box="[724,1019,1775,1801]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="93 - 98" refId="ref175270" refString="Ribeiro, H. &amp; Ramos, H. C. (1974) Research on the mosquitoes of Angola. VII - Redescription of the larva of Aedes durbanensis durbanensis (Theo., 1903) and description of Aedes durbanensis angolae subsp. nov. Mosquito Systematics, 6 (2), 93 - 98." type="journal article" year="1974">Ribeiro &amp; Ramos (1974)</bibRefCitation>
, as follow [figure numbers refer to the original publication]: “Males of both subspecies, however, can be readily separated on the basis of genitalic characters. While
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA380A5CFEA0F897FDE85D57" box="[355,633,1848,1874]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
Ae.
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA380A5CFDDCF897FDE85D57" authority="Harbach &amp; Wilkerson, 2023" authorityName="Harbach &amp; Wilkerson" authorityYear="2023" box="[543,633,1848,1874]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolae" status="subsp. nov.">angolae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA380A5CFD42F897FD6E5D57" box="[641,767,1848,1874]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="subSpecies">subsp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(Fig. 4) has a row of l0–12 setae along the distal margin of basal lobe of coxite [gonocoxite] and has only subequal, small setae on the lateral surface of style [gonostylus], the nominate subspecies (Fig. 1) has only 5 or 6 setae along distal margin of basal lobe of coxite and the 2 or 3 most basal setae of its style are unusually long, about 1/3 or more the length of the style itself.” Other differences are illustrated but we did not undertake further study.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA3F0A5BFF04FF38FE815BB5" blockId="12.[151,1437,151,1017]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Distinguishing differences of larvae are summarized as follow. In
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFC74FF38FBD15AB4" box="[951,1088,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">durbanensis</emphasis>
: Comb
</taxonomicName>
scales asymmetrical, 7 or 8 (6–19) in a single row; siphon longer, index 2.2–2.5 (2.4); pecten spines moderately long and pointed, longest spine 5 or 6 times longer than width at base, mostly asymmetrical with a few basal denticles, distal 2 or 3 spines unequally spaced; anal papillae slightly longer than saddle, with round lanceolate apices. In
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFB67FEABFAC35B1B" authority=": Comb" authorityName="Comb" box="[1188,1362,260,287]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Aedes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angolae">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFB67FEABFB6F5B1B" box="[1188,1278,260,286]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">angolae</emphasis>
: Comb
</taxonomicName>
scales symmetrical, about 10 (8–20) arranged in 1 or 2 irregular rows; siphon shorter, index 1.7–2.0 (1.9); pecten spines very long, finely drawn out, longest spine about 7 to 10 time longer than width at base, also with a few basal denticles, spines equally spaced on siphon; anal papillae not or only slightly longer than saddle, ovoid or round lanceolate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA3F0A5BFF04FE14FB225847" blockId="12.[151,1437,151,1017]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Based on the above diagnostic characters, and the great distance between the
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localities, without evidence of intermediate forms, we think the two nominal taxa are separate species and here elevate
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFB04FE70FAB05BFC" box="[1223,1313,479,505]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">angolae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to species status:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFF26FDACFCCB581B" bold="true" box="[229,858,515,542]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFF26FDACFEB8581B" bold="true" box="[229,297,515,542]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Aedes</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFEFAFDACFE44581B" bold="true" box="[313,469,515,542]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Aedimorphus</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFE27FDACFDD1581B" bold="true" box="[484,576,515,542]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">angolae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3F0A5BFD85FDABFCCB581B" author="Ribeiro, H. &amp; Ramos, H. C." box="[582,858,516,542]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="93 - 98" refId="ref175270" refString="Ribeiro, H. &amp; Ramos, H. C. (1974) Research on the mosquitoes of Angola. VII - Redescription of the larva of Aedes durbanensis durbanensis (Theo., 1903) and description of Aedes durbanensis angolae subsp. nov. Mosquito Systematics, 6 (2), 93 - 98." type="journal article" year="1974">Ribeiro &amp; Ramos, 1974</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFCA4FDABFB9B581B" box="[871,1034,516,542]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Aedes angolae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently listed as a species in the Encyclopedia of Life; however, the authorship is incorrectly attributed to only the first author.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA3F0A5BFF04FDE2FD3E59FD" blockId="12.[151,1437,151,1017]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Synonym
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFEF9FDE2FD8D5862" box="[314,540,589,615]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Grabhamia ocellata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3F0A5BFDE0FDE2FD425862" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[547,723,589,615]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refId="ref182172" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1910) A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes. Vol. 5. British Museum (Natural History), London, xiv + (1) + 646 pp., 6 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58067" type="book" year="1910">Theobald, 1910</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
was described from
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and
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from
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA3F0A5BFA86FDE1FA0D586D" box="[1349,1436,590,616]" country="Mozambique" name="Maputo" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Maputo</collectingRegion>
Bay (‘Delagoa Bay’) [
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3F0A5BFE4AFDDDFDD05889" author="Townsend, B. C." box="[393,577,626,652]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="35 - 152" refId="ref182830" refString="Townsend, B. C. (1990) Culicidae. In: Townsend, B. C., Chainey, J. E., Crosskey, R. W., Pont, A. C., Lane, R. P., Boorman, J. P. T. &amp; Crouch, C. A. (Eds.), A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History), Natural History Museum, London, pp. 35 - 152." type="book chapter" year="1990">Townsend 1990</bibRefCitation>
].
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3F0A5BFD93FDDDFC985889" author="Theobald, F. V." box="[592,777,626,652]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" refId="ref182172" refString="Theobald, F. V. (1910) A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes. Vol. 5. British Museum (Natural History), London, xiv + (1) + 646 pp., 6 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58067" type="book" year="1910">Theobald (1910)</bibRefCitation>
listed the collection site as “
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFBFDFDDDFB055889" box="[1086,1172,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Habitat</emphasis>
.―Lourenco Marques.”
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BA3F0A5BFF54FD38FF7F58B4" box="[151,238,663,689]" country="Mozambique" name="Maputo" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Maputo</collectingRegion>
is the capital of
<collectingCountry id="E6A5764BBA3F0A5BFE7FFD39FDC258B5" box="[444,595,662,688]" name="Mozambique" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
, which has the official name of Lourenço Marques. Geographically, the type localities of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFE9FFD14FE7458D0" box="[348,485,699,725]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durbanensis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFE9FFD14FE7458D0" box="[348,485,699,725]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">durbanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFDDDFD14FDE958D0" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1910" box="[542,632,699,725]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFDDDFD14FDE958D0" box="[542,632,699,725]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are very close. We think the description of the female of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFAC4FD14FAF058D0" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1910" box="[1287,1377,699,725]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFAC4FD14FAF058D0" box="[1287,1377,699,725]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not differ significantly from that of
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFDF2FD70FD5058FC" box="[561,705,735,761]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFDF2FD70FD2C58FC" box="[561,701,735,761]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durbanensis">durbanensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
except for two prominent black spots on the thorax in
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFAF8FD70FA0458FC" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1910" box="[1339,1429,735,761]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFAF8FD70FA0458FC" box="[1339,1429,735,761]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, presumably on the scutal fossae. We have not examined the
<typeStatus id="41098879BA3F0A5BFCF1FCABFC18591B" box="[818,905,772,798]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
series to verify this. However, for some reason, Theobald did not compare
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFE0CFC87FDB85947" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1910" box="[463,553,808,834]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFE0CFC87FDB85947" box="[463,553,808,834]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFDACFC87FD695947" box="[623,760,808,834]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durbanensis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFDACFC87FD695947" box="[623,760,808,834]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">durbanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA3F0A5BFCCBFC87FC5A5947" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[776,971,808,834]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="241 - 268" refId="ref152982" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1911 b) The African species of Culex and allied genera. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 2 (3), 241 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300001450" type="journal article" year="1911">Edwards (1911b)</bibRefCitation>
stated “The type of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFB7FFC86FAFB5947" box="[1212,1386,808,835]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durbanensis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFB7FFC86FAFB5947" box="[1212,1386,808,835]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">G. durbanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a small specimen, but evidently the same as
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFDB1FCE2FD7F5962" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1910" box="[626,750,845,871]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFDB1FCE2FD7F5962" box="[626,750,845,871]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">G. ocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.” This implied synonymy has been followed since. However, the lack of comment from Theobald, the distinctive dark eye-like thoracic spots and Theobald’s statement that “The genitalia [of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFEA8FC39FE5459B5" authorityName="Theobald" authorityYear="1910" box="[363,453,918,944]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFEA8FC39FE5459B5" box="[363,453,918,944]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">ocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
] are very marked.”, referring to the large paddle-shaped gonostylus, also seen in later treatments of
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFEFAFC15FE5359D1" box="[313,450,954,980]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durbanensis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFEFAFC15FE5359D1" box="[313,450,954,980]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">durbanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, indicate that a closer look is needed to verify its status. For now, we retain it as a synonym of
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFEE0FC70FED059FC" box="[291,321,991,1017]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ae</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFE9BFC71FE1559FD" box="[344,388,990,1016]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Aed</emphasis>
.)
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA3F0A5BFE58FC71FD3A59FD" authority="(Theobald)" baseAuthorityName="Theobald" box="[411,683,990,1016]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Grabhamia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="durbanensis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA3F0A5BFE58FC71FDB559FD" box="[411,548,990,1016]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">durbanensis</emphasis>
(Theobald)
</taxonomicName>
.
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