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Title: GENERIC CHANGES AFFECTING EUROPEAN AEDINE MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE: ADEINI) WITH A CHECKLIST OF SPECIES

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

Submitted to: Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/15/2005
Publication Date: 4/1/2005
Citation: Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. 2005. Generic changes affecting european aedine mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae: adeini) with a checklist of species. European Mosquito Bulletin. 19:1-4.

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 Europe. 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 Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.

Technical Abstract: A list of European species of tribe Aedini 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.