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Genus AEDIMORPHUS Theobald, 1903

Edited by Ralph Harbach on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 23:17
Name-Bearing Type: 

Uranotaenia domestica Theobald, 1901.

Classification: 

Subfamily Culicinae, tribe Aedini. Aedimorphus includes 67 species, seven of which have recognised subspecies.

Distribution: 

Most species of Aedimorphus occur in the Afrotropical Region, some occur in the Oriental and Australasian Regions and one, Aedimorphus vexans (Meigen) occurs in the Holarctic and Oriental Regions, Central America, South Africa and the Papuan area.

Important References: 

Reinert, 1973 (revision, Southeast Asia); Reinert et al., 2004 (as subgenus of Aedes, phylogeny); Reinert et al., 2009 (generic status, phylogeny); Rattanarithikul et al., 2010 (Thailand, keys, bionomics) .

Included Taxa: 
abnormalis (Theobald, 1909)
   subspecies abnormalis (Theobald, 1909)
   subspecies kabwachensis (Edwards, 1941)
aerarius (McIntosh, 1975)
albodorsalis (Fontenille & Brunhes, 1985)
alboscutellatus (Theobald, 1905)
alboventralis (Theobald, 1910)
argenteoscutellatus (Carter & Wijesundara, 1948)
bambiotai (Geoffroy, 1987)
bancoi (Geoffroy, 1987)
bevisi (Edwards, 1915)
caecus (Theobald, 1901)
caliginosus (Graham, 1910)
centropunctatus (Theobald, 1913)
culicinus (Edwards, 1922)
cumminsii (Theobald, 1903)
   subspecies cumminsii (Theobald, 1903)
   subspecies mediopunctata (Theobald, 1909)
dalzieli (Theobald, 1910)
davidi (Basio, 1971)
dentatus (Theobald, 1904)
domesticus (Theobald, 1901)
durbanensis (Theobald, 1903)
   subspecies angolae (Ribeiro & Ramos, 1974)
   subspecies durbanensis (Theobald, 1903)
ebogoensis (Rickenbach & Ferrara, 1965)
eritreae (Lewis, 1942)
fowleri (Charmoy, 1908)
gibbinsi (Edwards, 1935)
gouldi (Reinert, 1972)
grjebinei (Hamon, Taufflieb & Maillot, 1957)
hirsutus (Theobald, 1901)
   subspecies adenensis (Edwards, 1941)
   subspecies hirsutus (Theobald, 1901)
holocinctus (Edwards, 1941)
jamesi (Edwards, 1914)
karooensis (Muspratt, 1961)
leesoni (Edwards, 1932)
   subspecies leesoni (Edwards, 1932)
   subspecies vernus (Lewis, 1944)
leptolabis (Edwards, 1936)
leucarthrius (Speiser, 1909)
longiseta (Edwards, 1936)
lowisii (Theobald, 1910)
mansouri (Qutubuddin, 1959)
masoalensis (Fontenille & Brunhes, 1985)
mathioti (Fontenille & Brunhes, 1985)
mattinglyi (Hamon & Rickenbach, 1954)
mediolineatus (Theobald, 1901)
natronius (Edwards, 1932)
nigricephalus (Theobald, 1901)
nigrostriatus Barraud, 1927
oakleyi (Stone, 1939)
ochraceus (Theobald, 1901)
orbitae (Edwards, 1922)
ovazzai (Hamon & Adam, 1959)
pachyurus (Edwards, 1936)
pallidostriatus (Theobald, 1907)
pampangensis (Ludlow, 1905)
pipersalatus (Giles, 1902)
pubescens (Edwards, 1925)
punctifemoris (Ludlow, 1921)
quasiunivittatus (Theobald, 1901)
rickenbachi (Hamon & Adam, 1959)
semlikiensis (van Someren, 1950)
senyavinensis (Knight & Hurlbut, 1949)
stenoetrus (Theobald, 1907)
stenoscutus (Edwards, 1912)
subdentatus (Edwards, 1936)
syntheticus (Barraud, 1928)
taeniorhynchoides (Christophers, 1911)
tauffliebi (Rickenbach & Ferrara, 1965)
tricholabis (Edwards, 1941)
   subspecies bwamba (van Someren, 1950)
   subspecies tricholabis (Edwards, 1941)
trimaculatus (Theobald, 1905)
trukensis (Bohart, 1957)
vexans (Meigen, 1830)
   subspecies arabiensis (Patton, 1905)
   subspecies nipponii (Theobald, 1907)
   subspecies vexans (Meigen, 1830)
wigglesworthi (Edwards, 1941)
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