SOUTHEAST ASIAN J TROP MED PUBLIC HEALTH AEDINE MOSQUITO SPECIES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE: AEDINI) OCCURRING IN THAILAND WITH THEIR CURRENT GENERIC AND SUBGENERIC STATUS, AND NEW COUNTRY RECORDS John F Reinert1, Ralph E Harbach2 and Rampa Rattanarithikul3 1Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE), United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, and collaborator, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA; 2Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom; 3Museum of World Insects and Natural Wonders, Chiang Mai, Thailand Abstract. A list of the currently valid generic and species-level taxa of tribe Aedini in Thailand is provided. Its purpose is to enable entomologists, public health personnel and mosquito control workers to more quickly become familiar with recent formal taxonomic changes within the tribe. New country records of four species of Armigeres are reported. INTRODUCTION of eggs, fourth-instar larvae, pupae, females and genitalia, and males and genitalia, and 119 ae- Harrison et al (1990) provided the most re- dine species from all genera and subgenera of cent list of mosquito species (Culicidae) occur- the tribe recognized at the time. ring in Thailand. Because recent publications on The current classification that resulted from tribe Aedini have resulted in generic and/or the phylogenetic analyses, restricts genus Aedes subgeneric changes to mosquito species occur- Meigen to species in the former subgenus Aedes ring in Thailand, we provide here an updated list- which includes only taxa outside of Thailand. ing of these species. Genera Ayurakitia Thurman Alanstonea Mattingly, Bothaella Reinert, and Verrallina Theobald were resurrected to ge- Christophersiomyia Barraud, Diceromyia neric rank by Reinert (1999, 2000a). Genus Theobald, Edwardsaedes Belkin, Fredwardsius Ochlerotatus was resurrected from synonymy in Reinert, Isoaedes Reinert, Lorrainea Belkin, the composite genus Aedes Meigen and the in- Neomelaniconion Newstead, Paraedes Edwards, cluded subgenera and species were transferred Scutomyia Theobald, and Stegomyia Theobald, to it (Reinert, 2000b). The new subgenus all formerly subgenera of Aedes, are now rec- Bruceharrisonius was described in Ochlerotatus ognized as genera. Former subgenera of Lynch Arribalzaga by Reinert (2003a). Heizmannia Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribalzaga, ie, Finlaya thelmae Mattingly was transferred from subge- Theobald, Kenknightia Reinert, Mucidus nus Mattinglyia Lien to subgenus Heizmannia Theobald, and Rhinoskusea Edwards, also have Ludlow (Reinert, 2003b). Further extensive revi- full generic status. Downsiomyia Vargas was el- sion and modification of Aedini was provided by evated to generic rank from synonymy with Reinert et al (2004) and involved the development Finlaya and includes the species formally in the of phylogenetic relationships resulted from cla- Niveus Group. Genus Tanakaius Reinert, distic analyses of 172 morphological characters Harbach and Kitching was described as new by Correspondence: John F Reinert, Center for Medical, Reinert et al (2004). Armigeres Theobald, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE), Ayurakitia Thurman, Heizmannia Ludlow, Udaya United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Thurman, Verrallina Theobald, and Zeugnomyia Research Service, 1600/1700 SW 23rd Drive, Leicester are still recognized as genera and their Gainesville, FL 32608-1067, USA. Tel: 352 274 5997 subgeneric classifications remain unchanged. E-mail: [email protected] Adhering to the International Code of Zoological 412 Vol 36 No. 2 March 2005 AEDINE MOSQUTO SPECIES (DIPTERA: CULIDIDAE: AEDINI) IN THAILAND Nomenclature (International Commission on Genus Armigeres Theobald, 1901 Zoological Nomenclature, 1999), the termina- Subgenus Armigeres Theobald, 1901 tions of some species names were changed to Ar. (Arm.) aureolineatus (Leicester, 1908) agree in gender with newly recognized genera. Ar. (Arm.) bhayungi Thurman and Twenty-six genera and 162 species/sub- Thurman, 1958 species of Aedini are currently recognized in Ar. (Arm.) confusus Edwards, 1915 Thailand, but only 129 species are now classi- Ar. (Arm.) foliatus Brug, 1931 fied in one or other of the genera. In this coun- Ar. (Arm.) jugraensis (Leicester, 1908) try, species previously included in subgenera Ar. (Arm.) kesseli Ramalingam, 1987 Bruceharrisonius Reinert (2 species), Finlaya Ar. (Arm.) kuchingensis Edwards, 1915 Theobald (19 species), and Ochlerotatus (1 spe- Ar. (Arm.) malayi (Theobald, 1901) cies) of Ochlerotatus, and 9 species of subge- Ar. (Arm.) maximus Edwards, 1922 nus Aedimorphus Theobald and 2 species of Ar. (Arm.) moultoni Edwards, 1914 subgenus Cancraedes Edwards of Aedes can- Ar. (Arm.) subalbatus (Coquillett, 1898) not be placed in a currently recognized genus Ar. (Arm.) theobaldi Barraud, 1934 and are regarded as incertae sedis (a Latin term Subgenus Leicesteria Theobald, 1904 meaning ‘of uncertain taxonomic position’) within Ar. (Lei.) annulipalpis (Theobald, 1910) Aedini. These species are indicated in the list Ar. (Lei.) annulitarsis (Leicester, 1908) below as belonging to genus (subgenus) of au- Ar. (Lei.) balteatus Macdonald, 1960 thors, eg Aedes (Aedimorphus) sensu auctorum. Ar. (Lei.) cingulatus (Leicester, 1908) The incertae sedis generic-level designations are Ar. (Lei.) dentatus Barraud, 1927 not to be interpreted as having formal status. Ar. (Lei.) digitatus (Edwards, 1914) They are merely temporary repositories for the Ar. (Lei.) dolichocephalus (Leicester, species listed below them. As an example, 1908) Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans Meigen is a valid Ar. (Lei.) flavus (Leicester, 1908) species of uncertain generic and subgeneric Ar. (Lei.) inchoatus Barraud, 1927 placement that was previously placed in subge- Ar. (Lei.) longipalpis (Leicester, 1904) nus Aedimorphus of Aedes. Once the phyloge- Ar. (Lei.) magnus (Theobald, 1908) netic relationships of incertae sedis species have Ar. (Lei.) omissus (Edwards, 1914) been analyzed, they will be retained in their cur- Ar. (Lei.) pectinatus (Edwards, 1914) rent genera, assigned to new genera, or placed Ar. (Lei.) pendulus (Edwards, 1914) in genera resurrected from synonymy with the Ar. (Lei.) traubi Macdonald, 1960 genera in which they were previously assigned. Ar. (Lei.) vimoli Thurman and Thurman, However, we emphasize that until such studies 1958 have been accomplished, incertae sedis species Genus Ayurakitia Thurman, 1954 should continue to be cited with their accus- Ay. griffithi Thurman, 1954 tomed generic and subgeneric affiliations. Stud- Ay. peytoni (Reinert, 1972) ies are currently underway to resolve the tax- Genus Bothaella Reinert, 1973 onomy of the incertae sedis taxa. Bo. eldridgei (Reinert, 1973) Bo. helenae (Reinert, 1973) Abbreviations used for genera (2 letters) and Genus Christophersiomyia Barraud, 1923 subgenera (3 letters) follow Reinert (2001) and Cr. annulirostris (Theobald, 1905) Reinert et al (2004). Cr. ibis (Barraud, 1931) Cr. thomsoni (Theobald, 1905) SPECIES WITH TAXONOMICALLY VALID Genus Diceromyia Theobald, 1911 GENERIC AND SUBGENERIC PLACEMENT Di. franciscoi (Mattingly, 1959) Di. iyengari (Edwards1923) Tribe Aedini Belkin, 1962 Di. pseudonummata (Reinert, 1973) Genus Alanstonea Mattingly, 1960 Di. scanloni (Reinert, 1970) As. treubi (De Meijere, 1910) Di. whartoni (Mattingly, 1965) Vol 36 No. 2 March 2005 413 SOUTHEAST ASIAN J TROP MED PUBLIC HEALTH Genus Downsiomyia Vargas, 1950 Lo. amesii (Ludlow, 1903) Do. albolateralis (Theobald, 1908) Lo. fumida (Edwards, 1928) Do. alboniveus (Barraud, 1934) Genus Mucidus Theobald, 1901 Do. ganapathi (Colless, 1958) Mu. laniger (Wiedemann, 1820) Do. harinasutai (Knight, 1978) Mu. quasiferinus (Mattingly, 1961) Do. inermis (Colless, 1958) Genus Neomelaniconion Newstead, 1907 Do. leonis (Colless, 1958) Ne. lineatopenne (Ludlow, 1905) Do. litorea (Colless, 1958) Genus Paraedes Edwards, 1934 Do. mikrokopion (Knight and Harrison, Pr. ostentatio (Leicester, 1908) 1988) Pr. thailandensis (Reinert, 1976) Do. niveoides (Barraud, 1934) Genus Rhinoskusea Edwards, 1929 Do. novonivea (Barraud, 1934) Rh. longirostris (Leicester, 1908) Do. pexa (Colless, 1958) Genus Scutomyia Theobald, 1904 Do. pseudonivea (Theobald, 1905) Sc. albolineata (Theobald, 1904) Do. subnivea (Edwards, 1922) Genus Stegomyia Theobald, 1901 Do. vana (Colless, 1958) St. aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) Genus Edwardsaedes Belkin, 1962 St. albopicta (Skuse, 1895) Ed. imprimens (Walker, 1860) St. annandalei Theobald, 1910 Genus Finlaya Theobald, 1903 St. craggi Barraud, 1923 Fl. flavipennis Giles, 1904 St. desmotes Giles, 1904 Fl. poicilia Theobald, 1903 St. gardnerii imitator Leicester, 1908 Genus Fredwardsius Reinert, 2000 St. malayensis (Colless, 1962) Fr. vittatus (Bigot, 1861) St. malikuli (Huang, 1973) Genus Heizmannia Ludlow, 1905 St. novalbopicta (Barraud, 1931) Subgenus Heizmannia Ludlow, 1905 St. patriciae (Mattingly, 1954) Hz. (Hez.) aureochaeta (Leicester, 1908) St. perplexa Leicester, 1908 Hz. (Hez.) chengi Lien, 1968 St. pseudalbopicta Borel, 1928 Hz. (Hez.) communis (Leicester, 1908) St. seatoi (Huang, 1969) Hz. (Hez.) complex (Theobald, 1910) St. w-albus Theobald, 1905 Hz. (Hez.) covelli Barraud, 1929 Genus Tanakaius Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, Hz. (Hez.) demeilloni Mattingly,1970 2004 Hz. (Hez.) macdonaldi Mattingly, 1957 Ta. togoi (Theobald, 1907) Hz. (Hez.) mattinglyi Thurman, 1959 Genus Udaya Thurman,