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Title: CHECKLIST OF AEDINE MOSQUITO SPECIES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE: AEDINI) OCCURRING IN MIDDLE AND SOUTH AMERICA (SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES) REFLECTING CURRENT GENERIC AND SUBGENERIC STATUS

Author
item Reinert, John
item HARBACH, RALPH - NAT HST MUSM LONDON, UK
item SALLUM, MARIA - SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

Submitted to: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/30/2005
Publication Date: 6/1/2005
Citation: Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E., Sallum, M.A. 2005. Checklist of aedine mosquito species (diptera: culicidae: aedini) occurring in middle and south america (south of the united states) reflecting current generic and subgeneric status. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 49(2):249-252.

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 Middle and South America. 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, the Natural History Museum, London, UK, and School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Medical Entomology Unit for Taxonomic and Systematic Research, São Paulo, Brazil.

Technical Abstract: A list of species of tribe Aedini from Middle and South America, south of the United States, with their current generic combinations 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.