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

Type species: Stegomyia desmotes Giles, 1904 .

Subgenus Xyele includes the species placed in the Desmotes Subgroup of Huang (1977a). The subgroup was described on pages 25–26 and this taxonomic information now forms the description of the subgenus. Additional character information in support of the subgenus is provided in Appendix 1 of the present paper. 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, male genitalia, female, female genitalia, pupa and fourth-instar larva, and information on distribution, bionomics and a taxonomic discussion. Information and illustrations were also provided by Mattingly (1965). Reinert (2000g) illustrated the female genitalia of St. desmotes and provided a description of the female genitalia for the subgenus (as Desmotes Assemblage). Matsuo et al. (1974) described and illustrated the egg.

Included species

Stegomyia desmotes .

Etymology

Xyele is derived from the Greek noun xyele (masculine) meaning a kind of dagger, a tool for scraping wood. The name is masculine and refers to the spikelike or dagger-like gonostylar claw of the male genitalia, which is unique among Oriental Stegomyia . Recommended abbreviation for Xyele = Xye.