Stegomyia (Actinothrix), 2009

John F. Reinert, Ralph E. Harbach & Ian J. Kitching, 2009, Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157, pp. 700-794 : 781

STEGOMYIA THEOBALD SUBGENUS ACTINOTHRIX REINERT, HARBACH & KITCHING , SUBGEN. NOV.

Type species: Stegomyia edwardsi Barraud, 1923 .

Subgenus Actinothrix includes the species placed in the Edwardsi Group of Belkin (1962: 445–446) and the Edwardsi Subgroup of Huang (1977a: 3–5). Taxonomic information in these two papers now forms the description of the subgenus. Additional character information in support of the subgenus is provided in Appendix 1. Barraud (1923, 1934) provided illustrations and brief descriptions of the male, male genitalia and female of the type species. Huang (1977a) included a more complete description of the male, male genitalia, female and female genitalia and Tewari et al. (2008) described and illustrated the pupa and fourth-instar larva of the type species. Information on distribution, bionomics and taxonomic discussion of species in the subgenus was provided by Belkin (1962) and Huang (1974, 1977a). See Belkin (1962) and Huang (1974) for descriptions and illustrations of the other species included in the subgenus. Belkin (1965) provided additional information on species included in the subgenus.

Included species

Stegomyia edwardsi, St. robinsoni (Belkin), seampi (Huang) and St. tulagiensis (Edwards) .

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Etymology

Actinothrix is derived from the Greek nouns aktis, - inos (feminine), meaning ray, beam, and thrix (feminine), meaning hair. The name is feminine and refers to the unusual development of setae 1–3-P of the larvae (vis-à-vis setae like rays). Recommended abbreviation for subgenus Actinothrix = Act .