Stegomyia (Mukwaya), 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00570.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218797
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scientific name	Stegomyia (Mukwaya)
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STEGOMYIA THEOBALD SUBGENUS MUKWAYA REINERT, HARBACH & KITCHING , SUBGEN. NOV.

Type species: Stegomyia simpsoni Theobald, 1905 .

Subgenus Mukwaya includes the species placed in the Simpsoni Group of Huang (2004). The group was described on pages 14 and 17 and now forms the description of the subgenus. Huang (2004) included a list of the then known life stages that were described, illustrated and brief information on immature and female bionomics for species currently placed in subgenus Mukwaya. Partial illustrations for most known stages of included species, including the type species St. simpsoni , were also provided. Previously, Huang (1979, 1986) published information (as simpsoni complex ) concerning species now included in the subgenus. Reinert (2000g) provided a description of the female genitalia of the Simpsoni Assemblage (=subgenus Mukwaya) and illustrated the female genitalia of St. simpsoni . Considerable important information concerning the type species ecology, behaviour, physiology, morphology, etc. was provided in a series of papers by Pajot (1975, 1976a, b, 1977). Edwards (1941) included descriptive information and some illustrations for St. kivuensis (Edwards) , St. simpsoni , St. subargentea (Edwards) and St. woodi (Edwards) . Hopkins (1952) described the fourth-instar larvae of St. simpsoni , St. strelitziae (Muspratt) and St. subargentea . See descriptions and/or illustrations in Mattingly (1971c), Hinton (1981) and Linley & Service (1994) for the egg of St. woodi . The present study includes taxonomic information (see Appendix 1) concerning known life stages of St. bromeliae Theobald , St. simpsoni and St. woodi . The works of Mattingly (1952, 1953) provide taxonomic information and distribution data for most species and that of Muspratt (1956) provides this information for species occurring in southern Africa.

Included species

Stegomyia bromeliae, St. gandaensis (Huang), St. josiahae (Huang) , St. kivuensis , St. lilii Theobald , St. sampi (Huang) , St. simpsoni , St. strelitziae , St. subargentea and St. woodi .

Etymology

Mukwaya is named in honour of Dr Louis Godfrey Mukwaya in recognition of his many contributions to medical entomology and our knowledge of St. simpsoni . The subgeneric name is a masculine patronymic formed from his surname. Recommended abbreviation for Mukwaya = Muk.

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