Stegomyia (Huangmyia), 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 : 782

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

Type species: Stegomyia mediopunctata Theobald, 1905 .

Subgenus Huangmyia includes the species placed in the Mediopunctatus Subgroup of Huang (1977a). The subgroup was described on pages 31–32 and this taxonomic information now forms the description of the subgenus. Additional character information in support of the subgenus is provided in the data matrix (Appendix 1) of the present study. Huang (1977a) included a description of the type species of the subgenus, i.e. male, male genitalia, female, female genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva, illustrations of the male genitalia, female genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva, and information on distribution, bionomics and a taxonomic discussion. Huang (1977a) included descriptions and illustrations of the other species included in the subgenus and Mattingly (1965) provided information and illustrations of some species. Matsuo et al. (1974b) described and illustrated the egg of St. perplexa Leicester.

Included species

Stegomyia malikuli (Huang) , St. mediopunctata and St. perplexa .

Etymology

Huangmyia is named in honour of Dr Yiau-Min Huang in recognition of her many important contributions to the taxonomy of the aedine genus Stegomyia . The subgeneric name is feminine, formed from her surname and the feminine Greek noun ‘- myia ’, meaning ‘fly’. Recommended subgeneric abbreviation = Hua . Note: Hua . was previously used for subgenus Huaedes Huang, which was elevated to generic-level by Reinert et al. (2004) and given the generic abbreviation Hu.