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Title: GENERIC AND SUBGENERIC STATUS OF AEDINE MOSQUITO SPECIES OCCURRING IN THE AUSTRALASIAN REGION (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE: AEDINI)

Author
item REINERT, JOHN - 6615-10-20
item HARBACH, RALPH - BMNH, LONDON, UK

Submitted to: Australian Journal of Entomology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/27/2005
Publication Date: 3/7/2005
Citation: Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. 2005. Generic and subgeneric status of aedine mosquito species occurring in the australasian region (diptera: culicidae: aedini). Australian Journal of Entomology. 887:1-10.

Interpretive Summary: Recent studies have resulted in a number of generic and subgeneric changes to the classification of mosquito species of the very large tribe Aedini. Specific rules are included in The Code of Zoological Nomenclature for dealing with these name changes and determining the gender of species names. These rules are followed requiring a number of changes to generic-level names for species occurring in Australasian Region. A checklist is provided that will allow entomologists, public health personnel, and mosquito control workers to more quickly become familiar with these recent formal taxonomic changes. This work was conducted at the Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, Florida and the Natural History Museum, London, UK. The article will be published in the Australian Journal of Entomology.

Technical Abstract: Species of Aedini occurring in the Australasian Region are listed with their current generic-level assignments. 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.