Stegomyia, THEOBALD, 1901

Reinert, John F., Harbach, Ralph E. & Kitching, Ian J., 2009, Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (4), pp. 700-794 : 783

STEGOMYIA THEOBALD SUBGENUS STEGOMYIA

Type species: Culex aegypti Linnaeus, 1762 = Culex fasciatus Fabricius, 1805 .

Subgenus Stegomyia of genus Stegomyia is herein restricted to the species included in the Aegypti Group of Huang (2004). Huang (2004) provided a diagnosis for the subgenus (as Aegypti Group) that included male and female characters (page 15), a key to adults (pages 22–24), a key to male genitalia (pages 30–31), partial illustrations of the adults (figs 1–3), and an illustration of the male genitalia of St. aegypti (fig. 35). Additional information on the type species of the subgenus, St. aegypti , is provided by Christophers (1960) (biology of the species), Ross & Horsfall (1965), Matsuo et al. (1974b) and Linley (1989) (description and illustration of the egg), Belkin (1962) (illustrations of male genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva), Mattingly (1965) (descriptions, illustrations and discussion of subspecies and varieties), Tanaka et al. (1979) (descriptions and illustrations of the female, male and genitalia, and fourth-instar larva), Huang (1979) (illustrations of the female genitalia, male and genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva), Reinert (2000g) (description and illustration of the female genitalia) and Appendix 1 of the present paper.

Included species

Stegomyia aegypti aegypti , St. aegypti formosa (Walker) and St. mascarensis (MacGregor) .

STEGOMYIA THEOBALD SUBGENUS XYELE REINERT, HARBACH & KITCHING , SUBGEN. NOV.

Type species: Stegomyia desmotes Giles, 1904 .

Subgenus Xyele includes the species placed in the Desmotes Subgroup of Huang (1977a). The subgroup was described on pages 25–26 and this taxonomic information now forms the description of the subgenus. Additional character information in support of the subgenus is provided in Appendix 1 of the present paper. Huang (1977a) included a description of the type species of the subgenus, i.e. male, male genitalia, female, female genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva, illustrations of the male, male genitalia, female, female genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva, and information on distribution, bionomics and a taxonomic discussion. Information and illustrations were also provided by Mattingly (1965). Reinert (2000g) illustrated the female genitalia of St. desmotes and provided a description of the female genitalia for the subgenus (as Desmotes Assemblage ). Matsuo et al. (1974) described and illustrated the egg.

Included species

Stegomyia desmotes .

Etymology

Xyele is derived from the Greek noun xyele (masculine) meaning a kind of dagger, a tool for scraping wood. The name is masculine and refers to the spikelike or dagger-like gonostylar claw of the male genitalia, which is unique among Oriental Stegomyia . Recommended abbreviation for Xyele = Xye.

STEGOMYIA THEOBALD SUBGENUS ZOROMORPHUS REINERT, HARBACH & KITCHING , SUBGEN. NOV.

Type species: Aedes (Stegomyia) futunae Belkin, 1962 .

Subgenus Zoromorphus includes a single species, St. futunae , described and illustrated by Belkin (1962: 455–456, female, male, male genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva; figs 327 and 328, male genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva). The description of the type species now forms the description of the subgenus. Additional character information in support of the subgenus is provided in Appendix 1 of the present paper. Belkin (1962) also provided information on distribution and bionomics, and a taxonomic discussion in which he stated ‘ A. futunae is a very clearly marked species in all stages’.

Included species

Stegomyia futunae .

Etymology

Zoromorphus is Latinized from the Greek zoros (masculine adjective), meaning pure, sheer, and morphe (feminine noun), meaning form, figure, shape. The name is masculine and is in reference to its distinction as a monobasic lineage known only from the Horne Islands of the South Pacific. Recommended abbreviation for subgenus Zoromorphus = Zor.