Petermattinglyius (Aglaonotus), 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 : 779-780

PETERMATTINGLYIUS SUBGENUS AGLAONOTUS REINERT, HARBACH & KITCHING , SUBGEN. NOV.

Type species: Aedes (Diceromyia) whartoni Mattingly, 1965 .

Females

Head: Maxillary palpus dark-scaled.

Thorax: Prealar knob without scales; mesepimeron without lower setae.

Legs: Postprocoxal membrane bare; tibiae without pale-scaled, median bands or spots; hindtarsomere 1 without pale-scaled, median bands.

Abdomen: Terga

dark-scaled.

IV–VI

with

dorsal

surface

Genitalia: Posterior margin of sternum VIII with moderate, median emargination separating broadly rounded lobes; IX-Te index 0.72; Ce/dorsal PGL index 2.30.

Males

Head: Maxillary palpus and proboscis dark-scaled.

Genitalia: Dorsal surface of gonocoxite without short, moderately flattened setae on distal area of mesal surface; gonostylar claw relatively short.

Pupae

Trumpet: Long and narrow throughout length.

Cephalothorax: Setae 1,3,7,10-CT branched.

Abdomen: Seta 5-V shorter than median, length of tergum VI; 9-VIII with 5 branches.

dorsal

Paddle: Without hair-like spicules on margins; seta 1-Pa branched.

Fourth-instar larvae

Head: Antenna long, with spicules.

Abdomen: Setae 7-I, 6-VI single.

Siphon: Relatively long.

Included species

Petermattinglyius whartoni .

Distribution

Malaysia and Thailand.

Bionomics

Immature stages have been collected from fresh, coloured water in large and small split bamboo, bamboo internodes, bamboo stumps and a bamboo cup, 1 to 2 m above ground, in mountain, hilly and valley terrain, in partial and heavy shade, in secondary rain forests and secondary bamboo groves and at an altitude of 100 to 1,600 m. One collection of larvae was taken from a hole in a log lying on the ground.

Discussion

Additional descriptive information is provided in Appendix 1 for the species included in the analysis.

Etymology

Aglaonotus is derived from the Greek aglaos (masculine adjective), meaning splendid, bright, beautiful, noble, and notos (masculine noun), meaning back, ridge. The name is masculine and refers to the dark, shiny scaling of the scutum. Recommended abbreviation for subgenus Aglaonotus = Agl.