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

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ABSTRACT. 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. A list of species of tribe Aedini from Middle and South American, 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.KEYWORDS. Aedini; Culicidae; Checklist.RESUMO. Lista das espécies de mosquitos aedine (Diptera, Culicidae, Aedini) que ocorrem nas Américas Central e do Sul (ao sul dos Estados Unidos) refletindo o status genérico e subgenérico atual. Apresenta-se lista das espécies da tribo Aedini das Américas Central e do Sul, com a combinação atual de gêneros. Objetiva-se oferecer subsídios aos entomologistas, pessoas dos serviços de saúde e todos os envolvidos com o controle de mosquitos para torna-los familiarizados mais rapidamente com as alterações taxonômicas atuais propostas para a tribo.PALAVRAS-CHAVE. Aedini; Culicidae; lista das espécies. Guimarães (1997) listed the species of Culicidae from Middle and South America, south of the United States, and provided a basis for the present checklist of Aedini. Several recent studies resulted in a number of generic and subgeneric changes to the classification of the tribe in this geographic region and other regions of the world. Changes that impact on the Middle and South American fauna included the resurrection of Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribalzaga to generic status from the composite genus Aedes Meigen (Reinert 2000). More recently, Reinert et al. (2004) revised the generic classification of Aedini based on cladistic analyses of all previously recognized genera, subgenera and major species groups of the tribe. As a result of this extensive study, which included 172 morphological characters of all life stages, 46 genera are now recognized for most of the species previously included in 12 genera and 56 subgenera. As required by Articles 31.2 and 34.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE 1999), the terminations of many species names were changed to agree in gender with newly recognized genera, but for Middle and South American species this applies only to Stegomyia albopicta (Skuse).The present paper summarizes the taxonomic changes that apply only to the aedine mosquitoes of Middle and South America, south of the United States. Eight genera and 213 species of Aedini (including 3 nomina dubia of Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy) occur in this geographic area, but only 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 120 species are now classified in one or other of the genera. In this geographical area, species previously included in subgenera Ochlerotatus (58 species) and Proto...

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