Stegomyia Theobald

Harbach, Ralph E. & Howard, Theresa M., 2007, Corrections in the status and rank of names used to denote varietal forms of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), Zootaxa 1542, pp. 35-48 : 43-44

Genus Stegomyia Theobald [= Aedes (Stegomyia) ]

annandalei subspecies quadricincta ( var. quadricincta Barraud, 1923 ). Holotype Ψ: Nongpoh, Meghalaya, India (BM).

Barraud (1923) noted that Stegomyia annandalei Theobald is “subject to variation in the leg markings”, and described variety quadricincta as follows: “Differs from the typical form in having four basal white rings on all the tarsi. The third and fourth rings on the fore and mid legs are very small and incomplete, those on the hind legs wider and complete. In the type form there are usually two rings on the fore and mid tarsi, at the bases of the first and second segments, and three on the hind tarsi, on the first, second, and fourth segments, the last occupying nearly the whole segment”. Barraud based his concept of variety quadricincta on a single female (holotype) from Nongpoh, Assam, and noted that “There is another female specimen from the same place which agrees with the above in the markings of the hind tarsi, but the fore and mid legs have only two rings, as in the type form”. Although it is likely that the name quadricincta applies to an infrasubspecific form, it officially has subspecific rank from its original publication because Barraud (1923) explicitly named it as a variety (Article 45.6.4).

mediopunctata subspecies sureilensis ( var. sureilensis Barraud, 1934 ). Holotype Ψ: Sureil, Darjiling, West Bengal, India (BM).

Barraud (1934) described and named sureilensis as a variety of Aedes mediopunctatus from a single female that is “very similar to the type-form, but differs in the scaling of the scutellum and in marking of hind femur”. He also noted that “The specimen may be an unusual variation only, or there is a possibility that it may belong to a distinct species”. Since Barraud did not unambiguously reveal that the name was proposed for an infrasubspecific entity, it therefore has subspecific rank from the original publication (Article 45.6.4).