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Title: A CHECKLIST OF AEDINE MOSQUITO SPECIES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE: AEDINI) OCCURRING IN JAPAN (INCLUDING THE RYUKYU ARCHIPELAGO AND THE OGASAWARA ISLANDS) AND KOREA, WITH THEIR CURRENT GENERIC AND SUBGENERIC STATUS

Author
item Reinert, John
item HARBACH, RALPH - NAT HST MUSM LONDON,UK

Submitted to: Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/1/2005
Publication Date: 5/30/2005
Citation: Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. 2005. A checklist of aedine mosquito species (diptera: culicidae: aedini) occurring in japan (including the ryukyu archipelago and the ogasawara islands) and korea, with their current generic and subgeneric status. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology. 11(1):161-165.

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 Japan (including the Ryukyu Archipelago and the Ogasawara Islands) and Korea. 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.

Technical Abstract: A list of the currently valid generic- and species-level taxa of tribe Aedini in Japan, the Ryukyu Archipelago, the Ogasawara Islands, and Korea 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.