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X. Dixinae originally described from North America.

By T. Michael Peters

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X. DIXINAE ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED FROM

NORTH AMERICA!

T. Michael Peters“

Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1966) presented all the available data on

the source of the type material for all the nominal species of Culicinae and

Chaoborinae originally described from North America north of Mexico. In

the present paper the treatment of the family Culicidae in the broad Sense is

completed for North America by similar information for the Dixinae. The data

are presented in the same manner. Included in the list are species described

by Peters in Peters and Cook (1966), whose taxonomic treatment is followed

here.

LIST OF SPECIES

Dixinae

The habitats of the immature stages of the Dixinae have been recorded for

only 16 species in North America. This information is given below under BIO-

NOMICS for each of these species. For all the other species the following in-

formation is presented here as a guide to locating breeding sites. In general

the larvae and pupae are found among vegetation or debris along the margins of

various bodies of ground water. They are particularly abundant on the margins

of very small streams, springs or seepages but occur also in pools in larger,

swifter streams aS well as in permanent, semipermanent and temporary stag-

nant pools, ponds, lakes and even in bogs and Swamps. Occasionally they may

be present in artificial containers.

256. Dixa arge Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:199-200. TYPE: Holotype o,

Longmire Springs (Mt. Rainier National Park), Washington, 14 June 1917,

H.G. Dyar (USNM, 27454). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably among emergent

vegetation in clear, eurythermous, moderately fast, acidic to neutral, shallow

streams or small rivers. |

Pecntibation from project ''Mosquitoes of Middle America" supported by

Public Health Service Research Grant AI-04379 and U.S. Army Medical Re-

search and Development Command Research Contract DA-49-193-MD-2478.

Ee et of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. |

01002.

2 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 1, 1968

257. Dixa blax Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:199. TYPE: Holotype “, Bright

Angel (Coconino Co.), Arizona, 10 May 1903, H.S. Barber (USNM, 27453).

258. Dixa brevis Garrett, 1924a:6. TYPE: Holotype “, McLean Creek,

about 2 mi from mouth, Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, 23 Sept, C. Garrett

(CNC). BIONOMICS: Males occur in swarms flying low along the banks about

a foot off the water. [Larvae probably in shallow acidic seepage pools or hoof-

prints. |

259. Dixa distincta Garrett, 1925a:12. TYPE: Holotype & (130), St. Joseph

Creek, Cranbrook, British Columbia, 16 Oct, C. Garrett (CNC).

260. Dixa fluvica Peters, 1966:242-243. TYPE: Holotype “, Valley Creek

(Washington Co.), Minnesota, 3 July 1962, T.M. Peters (USNM, 67268). BIO-

NOMICS: Adults swept from vegetation near stream. Larvae among duckweed

and watercress in quiet backwater just below entrance of spring into clear, fast,

rocky stream.

261. Dixa fraterna Garrett, 1924a:6. TYPE: Holotype “, Bull River,

British Columbia, 10 Oct 1923, C. Garrett (CNC).

262. Dixa fusca Loew, 1863a:4. TYPE: Lectotype 2, New York, probab-

ly collected by Osten Sacken (MCZ 10391, by PRESENT SELECTION; MCZ

10391 [2] here designated as paratebtatype).

263. Dixa mystica Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:197-198 [=fusca]. TYPE: Lec-

totype &, Cabin John (Montgomery Co. ), Maryland, 22 Feb 1915, R.C. Shannon

(USNM, 27451, by PRESENT SELECTION; & adult, Difficult Run (Fairfax Co.),

Virginia, 3 Oct 1915, W.R. McAtee, USNM, 27451 is here designated paralec-

totype).

264. Dixa hegemonica Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:194-195. TYPE: Holotype

co, Eureka (Humboldt Co.), California, 25 May 1903, H.S. Barber (USNM,

27446).

265. Dixa inextricata Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:198-199. TYPE: Lectotype

o, (slide 2008), Dead Run (Fairfax Co.), Virginia, 25 Mar 1914, R.C. Shannon

(USNM, 27452; selection of Peters and Cook, 1966:245).

266. Dixa johannseni Garrett, 1924a:7. TYPE: Holotype “, Michel, Brit-

ish Columbia, 21 Sept, C. Garrett (CNC). BIONOMICS: [Adults probably swarm

above streams. |

267. Dixa lobata Garrett, 1924a:6. TYPE: Holotype “, Cranbrook, Brit-

ish Columbia, 30 June, C. Garrett (CNC).

268. Dixa melanderi Peters, 1966:246. TYPE: Holotype , Puget, Wash-

ington, 4 July 1924, A.L. Melander (USNM, 67269).

269. Dixa modesta Johannsen, 1903b:429-431. TYPE: Lectotype <, Ithaca

(Tompkins Co.), New York, Apr 1902, O.A. Johannsen (Cornell 2992, by

PRESENT SELECTION). BIONOMICS: Larvae in slow flowing streams.

270. Dixa neohegemonica Peters, 1966:247. TYPE: Holotype “, Mill

Valley (Marin Co.), California, 6 May 1936 (CAS).

271. Dixa notata Loew, 1863a:4. TYPE: Lectotype 2, Maryland, probab-

ly collected by Osten Sacken (MCZ 10393, by PRESENT SELECTION; MCZ

10393 [2] is here designated paralectotype).

272. Dixa pullogruma Peters, 1966:248-249. TYPE: Holotype 0, Rapid

Creek, 2 mi E of Rochford (Pennington Co.), South Dakota, 14 Sept 1961, T.M.

Peters et al. (USNM, 67270). BIONOMICS: Larvae ina fast, cold stream.

273. Dixa repanda Peters, 1966:249. TYPE: Holotype “, Goodhue Co.,

Minnesota, 21 May 1937, D.G. Denning (USNM, 67271).

274. Dixa rhathyme Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:197. TYPE: Holotype ~,

Glacier (Whatcom Co.), Washington, 4 June 1917, H.B. Dyar (USNM, 27450).

Peters: Topotypic North American Dixinae a

275. Dixa montana Garrett, 1924a:5; garretti Cooper & Rapp, 1944:247,

new name [=rhathyme|. TYPE: Holotype , Cranbrook, British Columbia, 30

June, C. Garrett (CNC).

276. Dixa parva Garrett, 1924a:6. [=rhathyme]. TYPE: Bee 7.

Wasa, British Columbia, Oct, C. Garrett (CNC).

277. Dixa rudis Garrett, 1924a:6. TYPE: Holotype ¢, Ta Ta eee?

Wasa, British Columbia, 27 Sept, C. Garrett (CNC).

278. Dixa similis Johannsen, 1923a:57-58. TYPE: Holotype “, Ithaca

(Tompkins Co.), New York, Aug, O.H. Johannsen (Cornell 2993).

279. Dixa terna Loew, 1863a:3. TYPE: Lectotype o, New York, probab-

ly collected by Osten Sacken (MCZ 10394, by PRESENT SELECTION: MCZ

10394 [2] is here designated as paralectotype).

280. Dixa venosa Loew, 1872a:50. TYPE: Holotype 2, Belfrage, Texas

-(MCZ 10395).

281. Dixa xavia Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:195-196. TYPE: Holotype “, Los

Gatos (Santa Clara Co.), California, 16 Feb 1906, J.M. Aldrich (USNM, 27448).

282. Dixella aliciae (Johannsen, 1924b:45-46). TYPE: Holotype &, Clare-

mont, across street E from High School (Los Angeles Co.), California, 1 May

1923, Alica M. Westfall (Cornell 2995). BIONOMICS: Reared from larvae

collected from surface of pool formed by leak in irrigation pipe.

283. Dixella aurora Peters, 1966:254-255. TYPE: Holotype “, swamp,

Ringwood Reservoir (Tompkins Co.), New York, 16-17 June 1963, W.W. Wirth

(USNM, 67272).

284. Dixella californica (Johannsen, 1923a:54-55). TYPE: Holotype &,

Stanford University (Santa Clara Co.), California, Mar (Cornell 2770). BIO-

NOMICS: [Larvae probably in clear, shallow, eurythermous, acidic pools with

muddy bottoms and emergent vegetation. |

285. Dixella thones (Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:193-194) [=californica].

TYPE: Lectotype oc’, Longmire Springs [Mt. Rainier Nat. Park], Washington,

2 Aug 1905, J.M. Aldrich (USNM, 27445, slide 2028, by PRESENT SELEC-

TION; USNM, 27445, 14 June 1917, H.G. Dyar, is here designated paralecto-

type).

286. Dixella clavata (Loew, 1869b:2). TYPE: Lectotype 2, Lenox (Berk-

shire Co.), Massachusetts, Osten Sacken (MCZ 10390, by PRESENT SELEC-

TION; MCZ 10390 [2] is here designated a paralectotype. )

287. Dixella cornuta (Johannsen, 1923a:55-56). TYPE: Holotype “, Mc-

Lean (Tompkins Co.), New York, Oct (Cornell 2990). BIONOMICS: [Larvae

probably in permanent open or temporary woodland ponds, acidic to neutral,

less than 6 feet deep, 11-28°C, with muddy or leafy bottom. May also occur

in slow to fast, shallow, slightly acidic, 14-22°C stream. |

288. Dixella plexipus (Garrett, 1925b:5) [=cornuta]. TYPE: Holotype &

(150), Nelson, British Columbia, June, C. Garrett (CNC).

289. Dixella simplex (Garrett, 1925a:12) [=cornuta]. TYPE: Lectotype

3, Cranbrook, British Columbia, June, C. Garrett (CNC; by PRESENT SE-

LECTION).

290. Dixella somnolenta (Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:195) [=cornuta]. TYPE:

Holotype &, Viola (Latah Co.), Utah, 21 Aug 1912, J.M. Aldrich (USNM,

27447).

291. Dixella spiralis (Garrett, 1924a:1-2) [=cornuta]. TYPE: Lectotype

o, Wasa, British Columbia, 22 Oct 1923, C. Garrett (CNC 5332, by PRESENT

SELECTION; o, Wasa, British Columbia, 25 Oct 1923 (CNC 5341); o&, Wasa,

British Columbia, 21 Oct 1923; o', Wasa, British Columbia, 23 Oct 1923;

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o, Cranbrook, British Columbia, 2 July 1920 (CNC 2618); 0, Cranbrook, Brit-

ish Columbia, 21 Oct 1923 (CNC 5511) are here designated paralectotypes).

292. Dixella deltoura Peters, 1966:257-258. TYPE: Holotype 0, Nenana,

Alaska, 13 June 1951, R.I. Sailor (USNM, 67274).

293. Dixella dorsalis (Garrett, 1924a:4). TYPE: Holotype &, Wasa, Brit-

ish Columbia, 23 Oct, C. Garrett (CNC). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in

shallow bogs, seepage pools, temporary woodland pools, or permanent open

ponds with a temperature range of 13-239C, muddy or leafy bottoms, and 5.0-

6.2 pH. Larvae probably situated at bases of sphagnum or sedge hummocks.

Larvae may also occur in large, slow streams less than 4 ft. deep, with a pH

range of 6.2-7.0, clear, and with a muddy or sandy rock bottom. |

294. Dixella dyari (Garrett, 1924a:3). TYPE: Holotype 0, Cranbrook,

British Columbia, 25 June, C. Garrett (CNC).

295. Dixella indiana (Dyar, 1925:217-218). TYPE: Holotype o, Fort Ben-

jamin Harrison (Marion Co.), Indiana, 23 June 1925, H.K.B. Hufford (USNM,

28419). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in clear to slightly turbid seepage pools

in Slow to moderately fast, clear to rust-colored streams with a range of tem-

perature of 15.5-23.5°9C, pH 5.5-8.0, depth of 10 inches-5 feet, muddy to

rocky bottom. Adults probably swarm at edges of stream at twilight. |

*296. Dixella marginata (Loew, 1863a:2). TYPE: Holotype 9, District of

Columbia, Osten Sacken (MCZ 10392).

297. Dixella neoaliciae (Garrett, 1924a:2-3). TYPE: Holotype “, Boze-

man (Gallatin Co.), Montana, 3 Sept, C. Garrett (CNC). BIONOMICS: [Larvae

probably in eddies of cold, clear, slightly acidic streams or in warm, clear,

Slightly acidic ponds less than 3 feet deep and with silted bottom. Adults prob-

ably rest in emergent vegetation during the day. |

298. Dixella nova (Walker, 1848:85). TYPE: o, New York Factory, [Hud-

son's Bay at mouth of Hayes River, Manitoba] (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae

probably in shallow, rust-colored bogs and clear temporary woodland pools or

seepage pools with leafy bottoms, a temperature range of 13-17. 5°C and pH of

6.0-6. 8. |

299. Dixella centralis (Loew, 1863a:3) [=nova]. TYPE: Holotype 0, New

York, Osten Sacken (MCZ 10389). Terminalia of the type is missing.

300. Dixella nocheles (Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:196-197) [=nova]. TYPE:

Holotype o, Biscayne Bay (Dade Co.), Florida, probably A. T. Slossen (USNM,

27449).

301. Dixella occidentalis (Garrett, 1924a:4-5) [=nova]. TYPE: Holotype

o, Gold Creek, Cranbrook, British Columbia, 1 May, C. Garrett (CNC).

302. Dixella serrata (Garrett, 1924a:2). TYPE: Holotype o, Oliver, Brit-

ish Columbia, 6 May, C. Garrett (CNC). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in

shallow ponds or very slow-moving streams with silt bottoms, a temperature

range of 14.5-28°C and pH of 6.8-7.0. Infrequently larvae may be found in

clear, fast, warm, rocky, very acidic streams. |

303. Dixella techana Peters, 1966:263. TYPE: Holotype “, Hassayampa

River, Wickenburg (Maricopa Co.), Arizona, 29 June 1953, W.W. Wirth

(USNM, 67275). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in clear, warm, alkaline,

shallow stream with current less than 50 ft/min. and a rocky bottom. |

304. Dixella universitatis (Cockerell, 1926:166). TYPE: Holotype §,

Boulder (Boulder Co.), Colorado, 27 Sept 1926, Scott Gale (USNM, 29540).

305. Dixella vespertina Peters, 1966:264. TYPE: Holotype “, McFadden

Pond, Corvallis (Benton Co.), Oregon, 17 Sept 1953, V. Roth (Oregon State

Univ. ).

Peters: Topotypic North American Dixinae 3)

*306. Meringodixa chalonensis Nowell, 1951:299. TYPE: Lectotype <,

Chalone Creek [Pinnacles Nat. Monument], California, 20 Apr 1950, W.R.

Nowell (USNM, by PRESENT SELECTION). BIONOMICS: Larvae in protected,

shaded spots among rocks in stream.

Nomen Dubium

307. Dixa recens Walker, 1848:85. TYPE: ¢, New York Factory [Hud-

son's Bay at mouth of Hayes River, Manitoba]; type lost and the description is

inadequate for determination of the taxonomic species involved (Peters and

Cook, 1966:251).

LIST OF LOCALITIES

Canada

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Bull River: 261. Dixa fraterna.

Cranbrook: 259. Dixa distincta; 267. Dixa lobata; 294. Dixella dyari; 275.

Dixella garretti; 301. Dixella occidentalis; 289. Dixella simplex; 291. Dixella

Spiralis.

Michel: 266. Dixa johannseni.

Nelson: 288. Dixella plexipus.

Okanagan Falls: 258. Dixa brevis.

Oliver: 302. Dixella serrata.

Wasa: 276. Dixa parva; 277. Dixa rudis (Ta Ta Creek); 293. Dixella dor-

salis.

MANITOBA

New York Factory (Hudson's Bay at mouth of Hayes River): 298. Dixella

nova; 307. Dixa recens.

United States

ALASKA

Nenana: 292. Dixella deltoura.

ARIZONA

Bright Angel (Coconino Co.): 257. Dixa blax.

Wickenburg, Hassayampa River (Maricopa Co.): 303. Dixella techana.

CALIFORNIA

Chalone Creek (San Benito Co.): 306. Meringodixa chalonensis.

Claremont (Los Angeles Co.): 282. Dixella aliciae.

Eureka (Humboldt Co.): 264. Dixa hegemonica.

Los Gatos (Santa Clara Co.): 281. Dixa xavia.

Mill Valley (Marin Co.): 270. Dixa neohegemonica.

Stanford University (Santa Clara Co.): 284. Dixella californica.

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COLORADO

Boulder (Boulder Co.): 304. Dixella universitatis.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington: 296. Dixella marginata.

FLORIDA

Biscayne Bay (Dade Co.): 300. Dixella nocheles.

IDAHO |

Viola (Latah Co.): 290. Dixella somnolenta.

INDIANA

Fort Benjamin Harrison (Marion Co.): 295. Dixella indiana.

MARYLAND

Cabin John (Montgomery Co.): 263. Dixa mystica.

Locality not specified: 271. Dixa notata.

MASSACHUSETTS

Lenox (Berkshire Co.): 286. Dixella clavata.

MINNESOTA

Valley Creek (Washington Co.): 260. Dixa fluvica.

Goodhue Co.: 273. Dixa repanda.

MONTANA

Bozeman (Gallatin Co.): 297. Dixella neoaliciae.

NEW YORK

Ithaca (Tompkins Co.): 269. Dixa modesta; 278. Dixa similis.

McLean (Tompkins Co.): 287. Dixella cornuta.

Ringwood Reservoir (Tompkiys Co.): 283. Dixella aurora.

Locality not specified: 262. Dixa fusca; 279. Dixa terna; 299. Dixella

centralis.

OREGON

Corvallis, McFadden Pond (Benton Co.): 305. Dixella vespertina.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Rapid Creek (Pennington Co.): 272. Dixa pullogruma.

TEXAS

Belfrage: 280. Dixa venosa.

VIRGINIA

Dead Run (Fairfax Co.): 265. Dixa inextricata.

WASHINGTON

Glacier (Whatcom Co.): 274. Dixa rhathyme.

Mt. Rainier National Park, Longmire Springs: 256. Dixa arge; 285. Dix-

ella thones.

Puget: 268. Dixa melanderi.

Peters: Topotypic North American Dixinae 7

REFERENCES CITED

The citations of author, date and page in the List of Species refer to the

bibliography in 'A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico" (U.S.

D.A. Agricultural Handbook No. 276, 1965).

Belkin, J.N., R.X. Schick and S.J. Heinemann

1966. Mosquito Studies (Diptera, Culicidae). VI. Mosquitoes originally de-

scribed from North America. Amer. Entomol. Inst., Contrib. 1(6).

oo Dp.

Peters, T.M.

1966. [Descriptions of new species] In Peters, T.M. and E. F. Cook, 1966

(see below).

Peters, T.M. and E. F. Cook

1966. The Nearctic Dixidae (Diptera).

lications 5(5):231-278. 23 Dec.

Entomol. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub-

INDEX TO SPECIFIC NAMES

The references are to the numbers preceding the species names in the

Rist of Species.

aliciae, 282

arge, 256

aurora, 283

blax, 257

brevis, 258

californica, 284

centralis, 299

chalonensis, 306

clavata, 286

cornuta, 287

deltoura, 292

distincta, 259

dorsalis, 293

dyari, 294

fluvica, 260

fraterna, 261

fusca, 262

garretti, 275

hegemonica, 264

indiana, 295

inextricata, 265

johannseni, 266

lobata, 267

marginata, 296

melanderi, 268

modesta, 269

montana, 275

mystica, 263

neoaliciae, 297

neohegemonica, 270

nocheles, 300

notata, 271

nova, 298

occidentalis, 301

parva, 276

plexipus, 288

pullogruma, 272

repanda, 273

recens, 307

rhathyme, 274

rudis, 277

serrata, 302

similis, 278

simplex, 289

somnolenta, 290

spiralis, 291

techana, 303

terna, 279

thones, 285

universitatis, 304

venosa, 280

vespertina, 305

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MOSQUITO STUDIES (Diptera, Culicidae)

XI. MOSQUITOES ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED FROM ARGENTINA,

BOLIVIA, CHILE, PARAGUAY, PERU, AND URUGUAY!

John N. Belkin, Robert X. Schick and Sandra J. Heinemann?

This is the fourth in a series of papers providing information on the source

of the original type material of mosquitoes described from the Americas (Bel-

kin, Schick and Heinemann, 1965,1966; Peters, 1968). The concluding paper

on species described from Brazil and unspecified localities in South America is

in preparation. For explanation of the arrangement and method of presentation,

the first paper of the series should be consulted.

We are most grateful to Osvaldo H. Casal of the Instituto Nacional de Mi-

crobiologfa, Buenos Aires, for his careful study of the type material in Argen-

tina and for allowing us to publish his lectotype designations in this paper. We

also thank Alan Stone for information on material contained in the U.S. Nation-

al Museum.

ARGENTINA

List of Species

1. Anopheles (A.) annulipalpis Lynch Arribalzaga, 1878. TYPE: ¢, Bara-

dero (Buenos Aires), Apr 1878 (NE, according to O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae in semipermanent turbid ground water with scanty vegetation. |

2. Anopheles (A.) holmbergi Del Ponte & Heredia, 1945 [=fluminensis].

TYPE: Holotype & (378) with genitalia slide (2293), Corpus, San Ignacio (Mis-

iones), May 1944, R. L. Heredia (INM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in per-

manent or semipermanent ground waters. |

*3. Anopheles (A.) argentinus (Bréthes, 1912) [=pseudopunctipennis]. TYPE:

Lectotype 0, bearing label by Brethes, /Proterorhynchus argentinus Brethes,

type, Tucumadn/ (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae in small streams in mountains and foothills; water fresh, with mode-

rate flow, and containing algae. |

1 Contribution from project ''Mosquitoes of Middle America’' supported by

Public Health Service Research Grant AI-04379 and U.S. Army Medical Re-

search and Development Command Research Contract DA-49-193-MD-2478.

“Department of Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, Califor-

nia 90024.

10 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 1, 1968

4. Anopheles (A.) tucumanus Lahille, 1912 [=pseudopunctipennis|. TYPE:

Holotype 2, Rio Sali (Tucuman), Dinelli (NE, according to O.H. Casal). BIO-

NOMICS: [As for 3. argentinus. |

5. Anopheles (A.) patersoni Alvarado & Heredia, 1947 [=ssp. of pseudo-

punctipennis|. TYPE: Eggs, Tucuman (probably NE, according to O. H. Casal).

BIONOMICS: [As for 3. argentinus. |

*6. Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis Lynch Arribalzaga, 1878. TYPE:

?, Baradero (Buenos Aires) [NE; original type material lost; redescription by

Umana, Heredia and Siquot (1960:609-618) from type locality does not constitute

a neotype designation, this material also lost]. BIONOMICS: [Larvae usually

in mats of aquatic vegetation in large ponds, marshes and lagoons of overflow-

ing rivers, and in large sunlit ground pools with vegetation. |

7. Anopheles (N.) rooti (Brethes, 1926) [=argyritarsis]. TYPE: o, Tu-

cuman, N.C. Davis; only remaining material genitalia slide in poor condition,

without sidepiece, with Bréthes label, ''Cellia Rooti Bréthes=argyritarsis auct.

(nec R.D.), Tucuman, N.C. Davis dedit, III. 1956'"' (BA). BIONOMICS: [Larvae

in all types of sunlit and partially shaded ground waters.|

8. Anopheles (N.) evansae (Bréthes, 1926). TYPE: Lectotype 0 genitalia

slide found in INM (returned to BA), with following Brethes label, ''Cellia ev-

ansi Brethes=tarsimaculata auct. (nec Goeld), Tucuman, N.C. Davis ded., III.

1926, Pr. micr. An.M.," in Del Ponte's hand '384" "DP14,'"" 'DP14= ? noroes-

tensis G. y L., 1938, [signature in ink], Tipo de evansi [signature in black pen-

cil] (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION of O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in

marshes and marshy margins of clear freshwater pools, streams and lakes.|

9. Anopheles (N.) clarki Komp, 1943 [=noroestensis]|. TYPE: Holotype

o& with genitalia slide, Monteros (Tucuman), June 1940, C.A. Alvarado (USNM,

56476; apparently lost, not mentioned in Stone and Knight, 1956b). BIONOM-

ICS: [Larvae probably in shaded fresh water in wooded swamps, pools or stag-

nant streams.|

*10. Anopheles (N.) bachmanni Petrocchi, 1925 [=ssp. of triannulatus].

TYPE: o, 2, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa (NE, according to O. H. Casal).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in freshwater pools and lakes, and along river

margins, associated with vegetation. |

11. Anopheles (N.) perezi Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928 [=triannulatus bach-

manni]. TYPE: 9, [Finca] Santa Barbara, Departamento de la Capital (Tucu-_

man) (NE, according to O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: Larvae in a lake.

12. Anopheles (N.) davisi Paterson & Shannon, 1927 [=triannulatus bach-

manni]. TYPE: o, @, larvae, Tres Pozos, [near] Embarcacion (Salta), 19-21

Apr 1927, Paterson, Shannon and Shannon (USNM, see Stone and Knight, 1956b:

277; INM, 1 2 with Shannon's labels, ''House, Embarcacion, Salta, 21.4. 27,

R.C. Shannon/Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) davisi Pat. & Snn (Cotype)'"'). BIO-

NOMICS: Larvae in very large masses of green algae in a lake.

13. Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) cavalierii Garcia & Casal. TYPE: Holo-

type 2 with associated larval and pupal skins (c94), Puerto Iguazu about 50 m

from the Hosteria Ruffino (Igu 15) (Misiones), 25 June 1965, Casal, Hepper

and Garcia (INM). BIONOMICS: Larvae in a bromeliad 1 m above the ground.

14. Toxorhynchites (L.) tucumanus (Brethes, 1926) [=guadeloupensis].

TYPE: Lectotype & (1 of 6 with type labels) with following Brethes labels, ''Tu-

cuman, 10-VII-926, E.G. Cabarrou/elevé chez moi/Megarhinus tucumanus

Brethes" (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION of O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Lar-

vae in leaf axils of bromeliads. |

15. Toxorhynchites (L.) arborealis (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928) [=guade-

Belkin et al: Topotypic South American Mosquitoes i

loupensis]. TYPE: 9, Lules (Tucuman), Shannon and Del Ponte, 22 Mar 1927

[NE, according to O.H. Casal]. BIONOMICS: Larvae in a treehole.

16. Toxorhynchites (L.) separatus (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891) [=ssp. of

haemorrhoidalis}|. TYPE: Lectotype “ with Lynch label ''Megarhina separata

n.sp.'’ and Del Ponte label ''Megarhinus haemorroidalis Fabr., D. P., X-49,"

according to original description collected in Formosa by E. L. Holmberg (BA;

PRESENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in

leaf axils of bromeliads. |

17. Toxorhynchites (L.) lynchi (Dyar & Knab, 1906) [=haemorrhoidalis sep-

aratus|. TYPE: Lectotype 0, only specimen in collection with Lynch's label,

"Megarhyna haemorroidalis Fabr.,'' also with Del Ponte's label, 'Megarrhynus

lynchi tipo, D. P. X-49,"' according to original description collected in Formo-

sa by E.L. Holmberg (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal). BIO-

NOMICS: [As for 16. haemorrhoidalis separatus.|

18. Trichoprosopon (Runchomyia) paranensis (Bréthes, 1910) [Distinct spe-

cies, according to O.H. Casal]. TYPE: Lectotype 9, the better of the 2 speci-

mens bearing the following label, ''Tuyuparé, 25.1.1908, J.B. /Lynchiaria pa-

ranensis" (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Lar-

vae probably in leaf axils of cattails, Typha.|

19. Wyeomyia (Nunezia) lateralis Petrocchi, 1927. TYPE: 92, Zapla (Ju-

juy), 16 Mar 1916, A. Neiva (NE, according to O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Lar-

vae probably in leaf axils of bromeliads.|

*20. Wyeomyia (Davismyia) petrocchiae (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928). TYPE:

Holotype 2, Raco (Tucuman), 13 Feb 1927, Shannon and Del Ponte (USNM; see

Stone and Knight, 1957b:126). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in treeholes.|

21. Wyeomyia (Davismyia) monoleua (Martini, 1931)[=petrocchiae]. TYPE:

Holotype ¢, San Jose (Formosa), Oct 1925 (SMNS). BIONOMICS: [Larvae prob-

ably in treeholes.|

22. Wyeomyia (Menolepis) leontiniae (Bréthes, 1910) [=leucostigma]. TYPE:

Lectotype 2, the best of the 5 9, all without type label and all bearing Bréthes

labels, ''Tuyupare, 25-I-1908, J.B" and ''Limatus Leontiniae" (BA; PRESENT

DESIGNATION of O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in leaf axils of

cattails, Typha.|

23. Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) belkini Casal & Garcia, 1966. TYPE: Holo-

type & with genitalia, larval and pupal skins (C57), intersection of the arroyo

Ibicuy and route 101, about 20 km west of Cataratas (Igu 26) (Misiones), 26

June 1965, Hepper, Garcia and Casal (INM). BIONOMICS: Adults taken in the

forest interior during the day, probably attracted to a human host. Larvae in

bamboo internodes.

24. Wyeomyia (D.) typharum (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928) [=melanocepha-

la]. TYPE: Lectotype 9, bearing label probably in Del Ponte's hand 'Dendro-

myia typharum" and also with following labels (present on other @), "Jujuy,

Ledesma, 3.19.26/Davis and Shannon/49036" and ''Metatypus"” (BA; PRESENT

DESIGNATION of O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: Larvae in leaf axils of cattails,

Typha.

25. Phoniomyia muehlensi (Petrocchi, 1927). TYPE: Holotype, sex un-

known, Chaco, Oct-Nov 1924, J. Petrocchi (NE, according to O. H. Casal). BI-

ONOMICS: [Larvae in leaf axils of bromeliads.]|

26. Limatus exhibitor Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928 [=durhamii]. TYPE:

Lectotype & with following label, "Iguazu, Mis.[iones] 18.6.27, Shannon & Del

Ponte" and in Shannon's hand, ''Limatus exhibitor Snn & D. P’’ (INM; PRESENT

DESIGNATION of O. H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in broken bamboo and in

artificial containers at the type locality (O. H. Casal).|

£2 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 1, 1968 .

27. Sabethes (S.) neivai Petrocchi, 1927 [=albiprivus]|. TYPE: Holotype 9,

Santa Clara (Jujuy), May 1916, Arturo Neiva (NE, according to O.H. Casal).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in treeholes or bamboo internodes. |

28. Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) fasciolata (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891).

TYPE: Originally described from 2 from Navarro (Buenos Aires), Mar 1886,

F. Lynch (NE), neotype ?, Parque Lezama, Capital Federal (Buenos Aires), 13

Dec 1928, Carillo (INM; designation of Castro and Bressanello, 1952:232). BI-

ONOMICS: [Larvae probably on rootlets of grasses and herbaceous vegetation

in mud and fine sediment in very shallow water on the margins of swamps,

ponds or streams. |

29. Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) araozi (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928) [=

venezuelensis]|. TYPE: ?, Ledesma (Jujuy), 20 Mar 1926, Davis and Shannon;

no specimens of type series in BA, according to O. H. Casal (USNM; lectotype

to be designated by Alan Stone). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably as for 28. fas-

ciolata.| ¢ taken on animal bait.

30. Uranotaenia lanei Martinez & Prosen, 1953. TYPE: Holotype ¢, For-

mosa (BA, according to O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in per-

manent or semipermanent ground waters. |

31. Uranotaenia monilis Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928. TYPE: Lectotype ?

bearing the labels "Resistencia, Chaco, 20.2.27, R.C. Shannon/Uranotaenia

monilis Snn. & D.P.' in Shannon's hand (INM; PRESENT DESIGNATION by

O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in large lowland swamps or in

other sunlit ground waters with some aquatic vegetation. |

*32. Uranotaenia nataliae Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891. TYPE: Lectotype adult,

only the thorax and first abdominal segment remaining, with a label by Lynch

"Uranotaenia nataliae n.sp., Tigre" [at the confluence of the Rio Las Conchas

and Rio Parana (Buenos Aires), Enrique Lynch, brother of Félix] (BA; PRES-

ENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in large

open swamps with abundant aquatic vegetation such as Pistia and sedges. |

33. Uranotaenia capitis Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928. TYPE: Holotype 2,

Ledesma (Jujuy), 20 Mar 1926, Davis (USNM). BIONOMICS: [As for 32. natal-

iae.|

*34, Uranotaenia pulcherrima Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891. TYPE: , [prob-

ably] bank of Rio Lujan (Buenos Aires), E. L. Holmberg (NE, according to O. H.

Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in swamps, stream margins or other

permanent ground waters. | : |

35. Uranotaenia urania Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928 [=pulcherrima]. TYPE:

Lectotype o (2355) with genitalia slide, Resistencia (Chaco), 20 Feb 1927, Shan-

non and Del Ponte (USNM, designation of Stone and Knight, 1957c:200). BIONOM-

ICS: [As for 34. pulcherrima.|

36. Uranotaenia elnora Paterson & Shannon, 1927 [ssp. of pulcherrima].

TYPE: Holotype 2, Tres Pozos near Embarcacion (Salta), 19 Apr 1927, Elnora

S. Shannon (USNM). BIONOMICS: [Probably as for 34. pulcherrima. |

*37. Aedeomyia squamipennis (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1878). TYPE: o, ¢, Ba-

radero (Buenos Aires), Apr 1878, F. Lynch (NE, according to O.H. Casal).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae in lakes, ponds and permanent ground pools with abundant

vegetation and algae. |

38. Psorophora (P.) lynchi Brethes, 1916 [=ciliata]. TYPE: Lectotype 9,

the best of the 4 female syntypes in the BA, and in good condition, bearing the

labels ''B.[uenos] Aires, 20.11.1916, J.B. /Psorophora Lynchi Br." (the other

3 females are similarly labeled) (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in unshaded temporary rain pools. |

Belkin et al: Topotypic South American Mosquitoes 13

‘39. Psorophora (P.) holmbergii Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891. TYPE: Lecto-

type 2, the one specimen in the collection of the BA bearing the following label

by F. Lynch, 'Psorophora Holmbergi n.sp., Chaco'' [Formosa], E.L. Holm-

berg (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in

temporary rain pools.|

40. Psorophora (P.) agoggylia Dyar, 1922 [=holmbergii]. TYPE: Lecto-

type 2, Rio Tapenaga, Colonia Florencia, Gran Chaco (Formosa [Santa Fe)]),

1903, E.R. Wagner (USNM, 25756; designation of Stone and Knight, 1955:286).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary rain pools.|

41. Psorophora (P.) stigmatephora Dyar, 1922 [=pallescens]. TYPE: Lec-

totype & (1660) with genitalia slide, Rio Tapenga, Colonia Florencia, Gran

Chaco (Formosa [Santa Fe]), 1903, E.R. Wagner (USNM, 25756; designation by

Stone and Knight, 1955:286). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary rain

pools. |]

42. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) centrale Brethes, 1910 [=ferox]. TYPE:

Lectotype 2 with the following labels, "Buenos Aires, 4. XII. 1907, B./Janthino-

soma centralis [sic] Bréthes'' in Brethes' hand, type locality cited as "Islas del

Parana, Buenos Aires" in the original description (BA; PRESENT DESIGNA-

TION by O. H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary rain and

floodwater pools in wooded areas.|

43. Psorophora (J.) chaquensis Paterson & Shannon, 1927 [=lutzii]. TYPE:

Holotype °, Tres Pozos, near Embarcacion (Salta), 20 Apr 1927, probably

Paterson and Shannon (NE, according to Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae prob-

ably in temporary rain and floodwater pools in wooded areas.|

44. Psorophora (J.) bruchi Petrocchi, 1927 [=varipes|]. TYPE: 0, 2, Pro-

vincia de Buenos Aires, 1 Apr 1925, C. Bruch (NE, according to O. H. Casal).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary rain and floodwater pools in wooded

areas. |

*45. Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891. TYPE:

Lectotype 2, the only female of the original 5 specimens remaining in the BA,

in fairly good condition, with the following label by F. Lynch, ''Taeniorhynchus

confinnis F. Lch., Chaco [Formosa],'' E.L. Holmberg (BA; PRESENT DESIG-

NATION by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in open temporary

ground pools of all types, especially hoofprints and road ruts.]|

46. Psorophora (G.) paulli (Paterson & Shannon, 1927). TYPE: Lectotype

2, proboscis broken, 2 legs missing and abdomen glued on a card, with the fol-

lowing labels in Shannon's handwriting, ''Tres Pozos, Salta, 20.4.27, Shannon

& Snn/Types Psorophora Paulli Paterson & Shannon" (INM; PRESENT DESIG-

NATION by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary ground

pools or overflows of ponds or streams. |

47. Aedes (O.) meprai Martinez & Prosen, 1953 [=angustivittatus]|. TYPE:

Holotype 2, Reserva Nacional ''Finca del Rey,’’ Departamento de Anta (Salta),

Nov 1952, Martinez and Prosen (BA). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in temporary rain

pools.] Adults captured on human bait in daytime in forest.

48. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) lynchii (Bréthes, 1910) [=crinifer]. TYPE: Lec-

totype 2, the best of 9 females, in fairly good condition, all from Buenos Aires

with the following labels, "6139/Buenos Aires, J. Brethes 19.1. 1903/Culex

Lynchii Br.,'' the latter two by Brethes (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O. H.

Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary rain pools. |

49. Aedes (O.) tapinops (Brethes, 1917) [=crinifer]. TYPE: Lectotype c,

in fairly good condition, with the following labels by Brethes, ''S. Isidro [Buenos

Aires], II.2.1917. J. B./Culex tapinops Bret.'' (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION

14 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 1, 1968

by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary rain pools. |

50. Aedes (O.) iguazu Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928 [=crinifer]|. TYPE: o, 9

[Cataratas del Iguazu], Misiones (3 2, without type labels but collected at Igua-

zu Falls by Shannon and Shannon in Oct 1927, are present in the USNM; no

specimens of the type series are in the INM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably

in temporary rain pools.|

51. Aedes (O.) araozi Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928 [=milleri]. TYPE: Lec-

totype co’, in fairly good condition, with the following labels in Shannon's hand,

"Quebrada San Lorenzo, Salta, 4. VIII.27, R.C. Shannon/A. 154/Aedes araozi

Shannon & Del Ponte," with genitalia slide (655) (INM; PRESENT DESIGNATION

by O. H. Casal). BIONOMICS: Larvae in a small rockhole covered with dead

leaves very near a small torrential stream.

52. Aedes (O.) patersoni Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928. TYPE: Lectotype §,

in very bad condition, a mesothoracic leg and an antenna are missing and the

mesonotum is largely rubbed, with the following labels, ''San Pedro de Jujuy,

27.4.26/Inst. Bac. Ent. nota 44/Shannon and Shannon" (INM; PRESENT DES-

IGNATION by O.H. Casal; the same specimen improperly designated as Holo-

type by Garcia & Ronderos, 1963:32). BIONOMICS: Larvae in a temporary

swampy area formed by rains.

53. Aedes (O.) raymondi Del Ponte, Castro & Garcia, 1951. TYPE: Holo-

type @ (587), San Pedro (Jujuy), 27 Apr 1926, Shannon and Shannon (INM). BI-

ONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary rain pools. |

*54. Aedes (O.) confirmatus (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891) [=scapularis|. TYPE:

Lectotype @, in good condition, with the following labels by F. Lynch, "Ochle-

rotatus cofirmatus [sic], F Lynch, Navarro [Buenos Aires],' May 1887 (BA;

PRESENT DESIGNATION by O. H. Casal). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in temporary

rain pools.|

55. Haemagogus (Stegoconops) petrocchiae Martinez, Carcavallo & Prosen,

1961 (=ssp. of capricornii]. TYPE: Holotype o, Salvador Mazza (Pocitos),

Departamento General San Martin (Salta), Jan 1960, Martinez and Carcavallo

(BA). BIONOMICS: Females taken biting on human bait at dusk and at night in

woods without artificial lights. [Larvae-probably in treeholes. |

56. Haemagogus (Stegoconops) spegazzinii Brethes, 1912. TYPE: Holotype

? [with the following labels, ''No 727 3/Jujuy/ Haemagogus spegazzinii Brethes"

and 2 slides (3028), one with a wing and the other with genitalia, an antenna and

a palpus], Jujuy, 1907, D. Carlos Spegazzini(BA). BIONOMICS: [Larvae prob-

ably in treeholes.] Adult(s) taken in deep woods.

57. Haemagogus (Stegoconops) uriartei Shannon & Del Ponte [=spegazzinii].

TYPE: Holotype % (128-3) with genitalia slide (2353) and pupal skin slide (V 3),

Vipos (Tucuman), 22 Mar 1927, Shannon and Del Ponte (USNM; see Stone and

Knight, 1955:289). BIONOMICS: Holotype bred from larva in a treehole.

58. Culex (Lutzia) patersoni Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928 [=bigoti]. TYPE:

Lectotype & (2356) with genitalia slide, San Pedro (Jujuy), 27 Apr 1926, Shan-

non and Shannon (USNM; designation of Stone and Knight, 1957a:54). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae in ground pools, rockholes and artificial containers. |

59. Culex (C.) ameliae Casal, 1967. TYPE: Holotype o, with associated

larval and pupal skins (Ga 137-31), San Pedro-El Dorado road, about 10 km

from San Pedro (Misiones), 11 Mar 1966, Garcia and Casal (INM). BIONOM-

ICS: Larvae in an extensive flooded depression in the middle of the forest

crossed by the road.

60. Culex (C.) interfor Dyar, 1928 [=bidens]. TYPE: Lectotype & (532)

with genitalia slide (2364), in train between Tucuman and Jujuy (Jujuy, Salta or

Belkin et al: Topotypic South American Mosquitoes 15

Tucuman), 4 May 1927, M. Kisliuk Jr. (USNM; designation by Stone and Knight

1957a:51). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent and semipermanent

ground waters.| Adults taken at light on train.

61. Culex (C.) brethesi Dyar, 1919. TYPE: Holotype “ (on slide with the

genitalia and a female) [San Isidro (Buenos Aires), Apr or May 1916] (BA). BI-

ONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

62. Culex (C.) castroi Casal & Garcia, 1967. TYPE: Holotype & with as-

sociated larval and pupal skins (Ga 289-11), Canal 6 and Parana de las Palmas,

Estacion Agropecuaria Delta del I.N. T. A. (near Otamendi) (Buenos Aires), 27

July 1966, Garcia and Casal (INM). BIONOMICS: Larvae in leaf axils of Eryn-

sium sp.

*63. Culex (C.) dolosus (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891). TYPE: Lectotype o, in

very bad condition, partially covered by fungi, the head and the posterior ab-

dominal segments missing, with the following label by F. Lynch, ''Heterony-

cha dolosa n.sp.,'' no locality label, the following 5 localities given in the orig-

inal description: Las Conchas, Zarate, Baradero, Navarro and Chacabuco (all

Buenos Aires) (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae in permanent and semipermanent ground waters. |

64. Culex (C.) bonariensis Bréthes, 1916 [=dolosus]. TYPE: Lectotype,

with type label but without locality label, and genitalia slide (V) [San Isidro

(Buenos Aires)|, May (BA; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O.H. Casal). BIO-

NOMICS: [Probably as for 63. dolosus. |

65. Culex (C.) eduardoi Casal & Garcia, 1968. TYPE: Holotype with as-

sociated larval and pupal skins (Ga 314-17), Canal 6 and Parana de las Palmas,

Estacion Agropecuaria Delta de I.N. T.A. (near Otamendi) (Buenos Aires), 10

Aug 1966, Garcia and Casal (INM). BIONOMICS: Larvae in a marshy depres-

sion.

66. Culex (C.) fernandezi Casal, Garcia and Cavalieri, 1966. TYPE: Holo-

type o with associated larval and pupal skins (Ga 85-15), stream in Piquirenda

(Salta), 26 Nov 1965, Fernandez, Hepper, Garcia and Casal (INM). BIONOM-

ICS: Larvae in axils of epiphytic or terrestrial bromeliads.

67. Culex (C.) hepperi Casal & Garcia, 1967. TYPE: Holotype & with as-

sociated larval and pupal skins (Ga 268-10), Canal 6 and Parana de las Palmas,

Estacion Agropecuaria Delta de I.N. T. A. (near Otamendi) (Buenos Aires), 30

Apr 1966, Garcia and Casal (INM). BIONOMICS: Larvae in leaf axils of Eryn-

gium.

68. Culex (C.) lahillei Bachmann & Casal, 1962. TYPE: Holotype & (1124)

with genitalia slide (5219), Achiras (Cordoba), Mar 1938, Del Ponte (INM). BI-

ONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent and semipermanent ground waters. |

69. Culex (C.) maxi Dyar, 1928. TYPE: Lectotype o on slide 2360 and

some legs on pin mount, San Pedro (Jujuy), 11 June 1927, M. Kisliuk Jr. (USNM;

designation by Stone and Knight, 1957a:53). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in permanent

and semipermanent ground waters. |

70. Culex (C.) autumnalis Weyenbergh, 1882 [=pipiens quinquefasciatus].

TYPE: o, °, larva, pupa, Rio Primero (Cérdoba) (? Universidad de Cordoba).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae in large artificial containers and contaminated ground

water. |

71. Culex (C.) saltanensis Dyar, 1928. TYPE: Holotype o’, Campo Santo

de Salta (Salta), 12 May 1927, M. Kisliuk Jr. (USNM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae

probably in permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

*72. Culex (Allimanta) tramazayguesi Duret, 1954. TYPE: Holotypeo" (M.R.

110, E.1), Monte Coman (Mendoza), 16 Dec 1953, Bejarano and Duret (CMPHM).

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BIONOMICS: [Larvae found in hypersaline ground water near a thermal spring

(Casal).]|

73. Culex (Melanoconion) aliciae Duret, 1953. TYPE: Holotype o (Mis. 13,

E 8) with genitalia slide, Cerro Azul, Arroyo San Juan (Misiones), 2 May 1949,

Bejarano and Duret (CMPHM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in stream pools

or other permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

74. Culex (Mel.) bejaranoi Duret, 1953. TYPE: Holotype o (A. U. 93, E.

20) with genitalia slide, Bernardo de Irigoyen (Misiones), 18 Mar 1951, Duret

(CMPHM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae found in large ground pool in a probably

flooded forest (Casal). |

75. Culex (Mel.) intrincatus Brethes, 1916. TYPE: Holotype <, lowlands

of San Isidro (Buenos Aires), 15 May 1916, Brethes (BA). BIONOMICS: [Lar-

vae probably in permanent or semipermanent ground waters.|

76. Culex (Mel.) martinezi Casal & Garcia, 1968. TYPE: Holotype with

associated larval and pupal skins (Ga 418-17), km 34 of the Vespucio-San Pedri-

to road, near Vespucio (Salta), 6 Oct 1966, Garcia, Hepper and Fernandez (INM).

BIONOMICS: Larvae taken at the margins of an arroyo.

77. Culex (Mel.) misionensis Duret, 1953. TYPE: Holotype & (A.U. 23, E.

14) with genitalia slide, Aristobulo del Valle (Misiones), 28 Feb 1951, Duret

(CMPHM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent or semipermanent

ground waters. |

78. Culex (Mel.) orfilai Duret, 1953. TYPE: Holotype & (D.O 69, E. 20)

with genitalia slide, Iguazu, Villa Tacuara (Misiones), 21 Nov 1951, Duret

(CMPHM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent or semipermanent

ground waters. |

79. Culex (Mel.) pavlovskyi Casal & Garcia, 1967. TYPE: Holotype & with

genitalia slide (660331), Aeropuerto de Camba Punta, near Corrientes (Corrien-

tes), 4 Mar 1966, O.H. Casal (INM). BIONOMICS: Adults taken at a lighted

window. [Larvae probably in permanent or semipermanent ground waters.|

80. Culex oblita (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891) [NEW COMBINATION; NOMEN

DUBIUM]. TYPE: Holotype “ [only a leg and a wing remain], Navarro, near

Arroyo de las Saladas (Buenos Aires), Mar 1884[F. Lynch] (BA).

81. Sayomyia australis (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928). TYPE: Lectotype §,

in good condition, with the following labels, ''Ins. Bac. Ent. nota 195/Finca San-

ta Barbara, 6.IV.27 Tuc.[uman, Departamento de la Capital]/R.C. Shannon

coll & Del Ponte/Chaoborus australis Shannon & Del Ponte" (INM; PRESENT

DESIGNATION by O. H. Casal). BIONOMICS: Adults collected at lights. [Lar-

vae probably in permanent or semipermanent still ground waters. | |

82. Sayomyia elnorae (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928). TYPE: 2, Tres Pozos,

near Embarcacion (Salta), E.S. Shannon (LU). BIONOMICS: Adults collected

at light near a lake. [Larvae probably in lakes and other permanent and semi-

permanent still ground waters. |

83. Corethrella arborealis Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928 [=appendiculata].

TYPE: Holotype o [(174) and wing slide (389)], Vipos [Tucuman], 4 Mar 1927,

E. Del Ponte (INM). BIONOMICS: Holotype bred from pupa from treehole.

84. Corethrella puella Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928. TYPE: Lectotype @, in

good condition, with the following labels, ''Ledesma, Jujuy, 30.3.27/R.C. Shan-

non coll./Corethrella puella S & DP," the last label by Del Ponte (INM; PRES-

ENT DESIGNATION by O. H. Casal). BIONOMICS: Adults collected in bathroom.

[Larvae probably in permanent and semipermanent ground water with dense

vegetation. |

85. Corethrella quadrivittata Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928. TYPE: Lectotype

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o", in very good condition, with the following labels, ''Tres Pozos, Salta, 20.4.

27/Shannon & Shannon. /Corethrella quadrivittata Shannon y Del Ponte," the

last label by Shannon (INM; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O. H. Casal). BIO-

NOMICS: Females taken at light near a lake. Larvae in aquatic vegetation (Pis-

tia and others) in lakes.

86. Lutzomiops davisi (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1928). TYPE: Lectotype 9,

in fairly good condition, with the following labels, "Ins. Bac. Ent. nota 32-4/

Concepcion, Tuc.[umdan] 4.7.26/R.C. Shannon/390/Corethrella davisi Shannon

& Del Ponte," the last label by Shannon (INM; PRESENT DESIGNATION by O. H.

Casal). BIONOMICS: Larvae in a ground pool with semistagnant water and with

vegetation at the margins.

87. Nothodixa atrovittata (Edwards, 1930). TYPE: Holotype “, Bariloche

[San Carlos de Bariloche] (Rio Negro), elev. 2450 ft, 25 Oct-1 Dec 1926, F. W.

Edwards (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in marginal vegetation or flo-

tage in small creeks. |

88. Nothodixa nitida (Edwards, 1930). TYPE: Holotype 0, Bariloche [San

Carlos de Bariloche] (Rio Negro), elev. 2450 ft, 25 Oct-1 Dec 1926, F.W. Ed-

wards (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in marginal vegetation or flotage

in small creeks.|

89. Dixella argentina (Alexander, 1920). TYPE: Holotype 0, La Granja,

Alta Gracia (Cordoba), 1-8 Apr 1920, Charles Bruch(A). BIONOMICS: [Larvae

probably in various types of permanent and semipermanent ground waters, es-

pecially at margins of small streams. |

List of Localities

BUENOS AIRES

[Locality not specified]: 38. Psorophora (P.) lynchi; 44. Psorophora (J.)

bruchi; 48. Aedes (O.) lynchii.

Baradero: 1. Anopheles (A.) annulipalpis; 6. Anopheles (N.) albitarsis; 37.

Aedeomyia squamipennis; 63. Culex (C.) dolosus.

Chacabuco: 63. Culex (C.) dolosus.

Las Conchas: 63. Culex (C.) dolosus.

Lujan (Rio): 34. Uranotaenia pulcherrima.

Navarro: 28. Coquillettidia (R.) fasciolata; 54. Aedes (O.) confirmatus

(banks of Rio Salado); 63. Culex (C.) dolosus.

Otamendi (Ingeniero Romulo) (Canal 6 and Parana de las Palmas, Estacion

Agropecuaria Delta de I. N. T. A.): 62. Culex (C.) castroi; 65. Culex (C.) eduar-

doi; Culex (C.) hepperi.

Parana, Islas del (Tuyuparé, a brook in the delta of the Parana): 18. Trich-

oprosopon (R.) paranensis; 22. Wyeomyia (M.) leontiniae; 42. Psorophora (J.)

centrale.

San Isidro: 49. Aedes (O.) tapinops; 61. Culex (C.) brethesi; 64. Culex (C.)

bonariensis; 75. Culex (Mel.) intrincatus (lowlands).

Tigre: 32. Uranotaenia nataliae (Rio Las Conchas).

Zarate: 63. Culex (C.) dolosus.

CHACO |

[Locality not specified]: 25. Phoniomyia mueblensi.

Resistencia: 31. Uranotaenia monilis; 35. Uranotaenia urania.

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CORDOBA

Achiras: 68. Culex (C.) lahillei.

La Granja, Alta Gracia: 89. Dixella wiventina.

Primero (Rio): 70. Culex (C.) autumnalis.

CORRIENTES

[Locality not specified]: 10. Anopheles (N.) bachmanni.

Corrientes: 79. Culex (Mel.) pavlovskyi (Aeropuerto de Camba Punta).

ENTRE RIOS

[Locality not specified]: 10. Anopheles (N.) bachmanni.

FORMOSA

[Locality not specified]: 10. Anopheles (N.) bachmanni; 16. Toxorhynchites

(L.) separatus; 17. Toxorhynchites (L.) lynchi; 30. Uranotaenia lanei; 39. Psor-

ophera (P.) holmbergii; 45. Psorophora (G.) confinnis.

San Jose: 21. Wyeomyia (Dav.) monoleua.

J UJUY

[Locality not specified]: 56. Haemagogus (S.) spegazzinii; 60. Culex (C.) in-

terfor (on train between Tucuman and Jujuy).

Ledesma: 24. Wyeomyia (D.) typharum; 29. Coquillettidia (R.) araozi; 33.

Uranotaenia capitis; 84. Corethrella puella (Cafiitas Viejo).

San Pedro: 52. Aedes (O.) patersoni; 53. Aedes (O.) raymondi; 58. Culex

(Lutzia) patersoni; 69. Culex (C.) maxi. —

Santa Clara: 27. Sabethes (S.) neivai.

Zapla: 19. Wyeomyia (N.) lateralis.

MENDOZA

Monte Coman: 72. Culex (All.) tramazayguesi.

MISIONES

[Locality not specified, probably Cataratas del Iguazu]: 50. Aedes (O.)

iguazu.

Aristobulo del Valle: 77. Culex (Mel.) misionensis.

Bernardo de Irigoyen: 74. Culex (Mel.) bejaranoi.

Cataratas: 23. Wyeomyia (D.) belkini (20 km west of).

Cerro Azul, Arroyo San Juan: 73. Culex (Mel.) aliciae.

Corpus, San Ignacio: 2. Anopheles (A.) holmbergi.

Iguazu (Cataratas del): 26. Limatus exhibitor.

Iguazu, Villa Tacuara: 78. Culex (Mel.) orfilai.

Puerto Iguazu: 13. Toxorhynchites (L.) cavalierii (50m from Hosteria Ruf-

fino).

San Pedro: 59. Culex (C.) ameliae (10 km west of, on San Pedro-El Dorado

road).

RIO NEGRO

San Carlos de Bariloche, 2450 ft: 87. Nothodixa atrovittata; 88. Nothodixa

nitida.

SALTA

[Locality not specified]: 60. Culex (C.) interfor (on train between Tucuman

and Jujuy).

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Campo Santo de Salta: 71. Culex (C.) saltanensis.

Piquirenda: 66. Culex (C.) fernandezi.

Reserva Nacional "Finca del Rey," Departamento de Anta: 47. Aedes (O.)

meprai.

Salvador Mazza (Pocitos), Departamento General San Martin: 55. Haema-

ogus (S.) petrocchiae.

San Lorenzo (Quebrada de), near Salta: 51. Aedes (O.) araozi.

Tres Pozos, near Embarcacidn: 12. Anopheles (N.) davisi; 36. Uranotaenia

ere

elnora; 43. Psorophora (J.) chaquensis; 46. Psorophora (G.) paulli; 82. Sayomy-

ia elnorae; 85. Corethrella quadrivittata.

Vespucio: 76. Culex (Mel.) martinezi (km 34 of Vespucio-San Pedrito road).

SANTA FE

Tapenaga (Rio), Colonia Florencia, Gran Chaco: 40. Psorophora (P.) agog-

gylia; 41. Psorophora (P.) stigmatephora.

TUCUMAN

[Locality not specified]: 3. Anopheles (A.) argentinus; 5. Anopheles (A.)

patersoni; 7. Anopheles (N.) rooti; 8. Anopheles (N.) evansae; 14. Toxorhynchi-

tes (L.) tucumanus; 60. Culex (C.) interfor (on train between Tucuman and Ju-

juy).

Concepcion: 86. Lutzomiops davisi (on road 5 km W).

Lules: 15. Toxorhynchites (L.) arborealis.

Monteros: 9. Anopheles (N.) clarki.

Raco: 20. Wyeomyia (Dav.) petrocchiae.

Salf (Rio): 4. Anopheles (A.) tucumanus.

Santa Barbara (Finca), Departamento dela Capital: 11. Anopheles (N.) per-

ezi; 81. Sayomyia australis.

Vipos: 57. Haemagogus (S.) uriartei; 83. Corethrella arborealis.

BOLIVIA

List of Species

1. Anopheles (Kerteszia) boliviensis Theobald, 1905. TYPE: Holotype e,

Songo [Zongo] (La Paz), date not specified, M. Bird (BM). BIONOMICS: |Lar-

vae probably in leaf axils of bromeliads. |

2. Toxorhynchites (Ankylorhynchus) hexacis (Martini, 1931). TYPE: Holo-

type 9, Yungas de Coroico, Nor Yungas (La Paz), elev. 1000 m (NE). BIONOM-

ICS: [Larvae probably in treeholes or leaf axils.|

3. Trichoprosopon (Ctenogoeldia) magnum (Theobald, 1905). TYPE: Holo-

type ?, San Antonio [de Mapiri] (La Paz), M. Biro (HNM). BIONOMICS: [Lar-

vae probably in leaf axils and flower bracts of Calathea or other Marantaceae. |

4. Mansonia (M.) fonsecai (Pinto, 1932) [=indubitans]|. TYPE: Holotype ?

(160), Los Naranjos [Naranjo] (Santa Cruz), 23 Feb 1925, O. da Fonseca (IOC).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably attached to floating vegetation (Pistia) in ponds

or lakes.|

5. Coquillettidia (Rhynchotaenia) nitens (Cerqueira, 1943). TYPE: Holo-

type 2, Puerto Suarez, Chiquitos (Santa Cruz), July 1939 (IOC). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae probably on rootlets of grasses and other herbaceous vegetation in mud

or fine sediment in very shallow water on margins of swamps, ponds or lakes.|

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6. Orthopodomyia bacigalupoi Martinez & Prosen, 1958 [=fascipes]. TYPE:

Holotype o, Tact, Buenavista, Ichilo (Santa Cruz), Apr 1955, A. Martinez and

A. F. Prosen (BA). BIONOMICS: Larvae in treeholes.

7. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) circumflava Cerqueira, 1943. TYPE: Holo-

type °, Axiamas, Caupolican (La Paz), Dec 1941 (IOC). BIONOMICS: | Larvae

probably in temporary ground pools or overflows of ponds or streams. |

8. Psorophora (J.) melanota Cerqueira, 1943. TYPE: Holotype <, Riber-

alta, Terr. de Colonias (El Beni), Dec 1939 (IOC). BIONOMICS: [Larvae prob-

ably in temporary ground pools or overflows of ponds or streams.|

9. Psorophora (Grabhamia) chiquitana Pinto, 1932 [=confinnis]. TYPE:

Holotype 2 (163), Los Naranjos [Naranjo] (Santa Cruz), 1925, O. da Fonseca

(IOC). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary ground pools or overflows

of ponds or streams.|

10. Psorophora (G.) dimidiata Cerqueira, 1943. TYPE: Holotype“, La-

eunillas, Valle Grande (Santa Cruz), Feb 1940 (IOC). BIONOMICS: [Larvae

probably in temporary ground pools or overflows of ponds or streams. |

11. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) bejaranoi Martinez, Carcavallo & Prosen, 1960.

TYPE: Holotype o°, Yungas del Palmar, between km 90 and 110 on road from

Cochabamba to Villa Tunari [San Antonio), Chapare (Cochabamba), elev. 3000-

3900 m, Feb 1959, A. Martinez (BA). BIONOMICS: Larvae in pools of very

cold, slowly flowing water and with dense vegetation and abundant filamentous

algae. Adults of both sexes resting in vegetation on margins of pools.

12. Aedes (O.) oroecetor Martini, 1931 miter TYPE: Lectotype

with associated genitalia slide, Sorata (La Paz), elev. 2300 m (BM; designation

of Mattingly, 1955:29). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in shaded stream bed

pools with organic debris and surrounded by vegetation. |

13. Aedes (Howardina) aurivittatus Cerqueira, 1943. TYPE: Holotype 9,

Pampa Grande, Florida (Santa Cruz), Feb 1940 (IOC). BIONOMICS: [Larvae

probably in leaf axils of bromeliads, possibly in treeholes.|

14. Aedes (H.) delpontei Martinez & Prosen, 1955. TYPE: Holotype , be-

tween km 125 (Limbo, elev. 2000 m) and km 145 (Locotal, elev. 1200 m) on road

from Cochabamba to Villa Tunari [San Antonio], Chapare (Cochabamba), Jan

1949, Feb 1952 or Nov 1953, A. Martinez and A. F. Prosen (BA). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae probably in leaf axils of bromeliads, possibly in treeholes. |

15. Aedes (H.) vanemdeni Martini, 1931. TYPE: Lectotype o, Yungas de

Coroico, Nor Yungas (La Paz), elev. 1000 m (BM; designation of Mattingly,

1955:31). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in leaf axils of bromeliads, possibly

in treeholes.|

16. Haemagogus (Stegoconops) lindneri Martini, 1931 [=speggazzinii or uri-

artei|. TYPE: Holotype ?, [?San José de] Chiquitos (Santa Cruz), Oct 1926

1926 (SMNS). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in treeholes. |

17. Culex (C.) alticola Martini, 1931. TYPE: Lectotype 0, Serata [Sorata]

(La Paz), elev. 2300 m, 19 Dec 1902 (BM; designation of Mattingly, 1955:31).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

18. Culex (C.) bidens Dyar, 1922. TYPE: Lectotype & with genitalia slide

(1687), Rosario, near Lago Rogagua (El Beni), Nov 1921, W.M. Mann (USNM,

25760; designation of Stone and Knight, 1957a:47). BIONOMICS: [Larvae prob-

ably in permanent and semipermanent ground waters.| Adults probably collec-

ted in forest islands in generally open country.

19. Edwardsops boliviensis Lane & Heredia, 1956. TYPE: Holotype ¢, El

Paylon [E1 Pailon| (Santa Cruz), 5-6 Feb 1955, Travassos, Barros and Albu-

querque (FH). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent or semipermanent

ground pools, possibly in treeholes. |

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List of Localities

BENI (EL)

Riberalta: 8. Psorophora (J.) melanota.

Rosario, near Lago Rogaguaz 18. Culex (C.) bidens.

San Antonio: (See under LA PAZ).

COCHABAMBA |

Chapare Prov.; road from Cochabamba to Villa Tunari (San Antonio): 11.

Aedes (O.) bejaranoi (Yungas del Palmar, between km 90 and 110; elev. 3000-

3900 m); 14. Aedes (H.) delpontei (between km 125, elev. 2000 m, and km 145,

elev. 1200 m). :

LA PAZ

Axiamas, Caupolican Prov.: 7. Psorophora (J.) circumflava.

Coroico (Yungas de) elev. 1000 m, Nor Yungas Prov.: 2. Toxorhynchites

(A.) hexacis; 15. Aedes (H.) vanemdeni.

San Antonio de Mapiri: 3. Trichoprosopon (Ctenogoeldia) magnum.

Sorata: 12. Aedes (O.) oroecetor; 17. Culex (C.) alticola.

Zongo (Songo): 1. Anopheles (K.) boliviensis.

SANTA CRUZ

Buenavista (Tact), Ichilo Prov.: 6. Orthopodomyia bacigalupoi.

Chiquitos (?San José de), Agua retirada, Chiquitos Prov.: 16. Haemagogus

(S.) lindneri.

Lagunillas, Valle Grande Prov.: 6. Psorophora (G.) dimidiata.

Naranjo (Los Naranjos): 4. Mansonia(M.) fonsecai; 9. Psorophora (G.) chi-

quitana.

Pailon (El): 19. Edwardsops boliviensis.

Pampa Grande, Florida Prov.: 13. Aedes (H.) aurivittatus.

Puerto Suarez, Chiquitos Prov.: 5. Mansonia nitens.

CHILE

List of Species

1. Anopheles (A.) neghmei Mann, 1950 [ssp. of pseudopunctipennis|. TYPE:

Holotype o, Quebrada de Mifiemifie (Tarapaca), elev. 1800 m, Feb-Mar or

June 1946, G. Mann F. (Inst. Biol. "Juan Noe,"' Santiago, A-1). BIONOMICS:

Larvae in natural and artificial ground waters.

2. Anopheles (A.) noei Mann, 1950 [ssp. of pseudopunctipennis]. TYPE:

Holotype o", Oasis of Suca (Tarapaca), elev. 1330 m, Feb-Mar or June 1946,

G. Mann F. (Inst. Biol. 'Juan Noe,'' Santiago, A-32). BIONOMICS: Larvae

primarily in irrigation waters.

3. Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) pictipennis Philippi, 1865. TYPE: 20; San-

tiago (Santiago), July 1859; Aconcagua province, Sept 1863 (NE). BIONOM-

ICS: [Larvae probably in permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

4. Anopheles (N.) bigotii Theobald, 1901 [=pictipennis]. TYPE: Holotype

°, locality not specified, 1894, J.M.F. Bigot (NE). BIONOMICS: [Larvae prob-

ably in permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

5. Anopheles (N.) variegatus (E. Blanchard, 1852); chilensis (R. Blan-

oe Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 1, 1968

chard, 1905), nom.nov. [=pictipennis]. TYPE: Lectotype ?, Arquero [Arque-

ros?] (MNHP; designation of Belkin, 1968:10). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably

in permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

6. Psorophora marmorata (Philippi, 1865) [identity doubtful]. TYPE: 2 ¢,

1°, locality not specified (NE). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in ground pools. |

7. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) flavipes (Macquart, 1838)[=?albifasciatus]. TYPE:

Holotype ?, Concepcion (Concepcion), no other data (MNHP). BIONOMICS: [Lar-

vae probably in temporary ground pools or flooded margins of ponds or streams. |

8. Aedes (O.) annuliferus (E. Blanchard, 1852) [=?albifasciatus]. TYPE:

Lectotype 2, probably from vicinity of Coquimbo or Illapel (Coquimbo) (MNHP;

designation of Belkin, 1968:4). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary

ground pools or flooded margins of ponds or streams.| _

9. Aedes (O.) vittatus (Philippi, 1865); philipii Dyar, 1924, new name [=

?albifasciatus]|. TYPE: 2 9, Santiago (Santiago), no other data (NE). BIONOM-

ICS: [Larvae probably in temporary ground pools or flooded margins of ponds

or streams. |

10. Aedes (O.) colonarius Dyar, 1924 [=?albifasciatus]. TYPE: Holotype

?, Azapa Valley (Tarapaca), June 1912, C.E. Porter (USNM). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae probably in temporary ground pools or flooded margins of streams. |

11. Culex (C.) annuliventris (E. Blanchard, 1852) [A distinct species].

TYPE: Lectotype &, possibly from Valdivia (Valdivia) (MNHP; designation of

Belkin, 1968:13). BIONOMICS: [Larvae in permanent or semipermanent ground

waters. |

12. Culex (C.) apicinus Philippi, 1865. TYPE: Adult, near Santiago (San-

tiago), no other data (NE). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent or sem-

ipermanent ground waters, ponds or streams.|

13. Culex (C.) articularis Philippi, 1865. TYPE: Original material from

near Corral (Valdivia) all lost (NE); neotype o’, Casa Pangue (Llanquihue), Dec

1926, R. and E. Shannon (USNM, RB 62 #554; designation of Bram, 1967:30).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae in permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

14. Culex (C.) serotinus Philippi, 1865 [=pipiens complex]. TYPE: , 9,

Santiago (Santiago) and Valdivia (Valdivia), no other data (NE). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae probably in ground waters contaminated with domestic wastes or in

large artificial containers. |

15. Nothodixa chilensis (Alexander, 1913). TYPE: Holotype o, Concepcion

(Concepcion), 23 Aug 1904, P. Herbst (NE). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in

vegetation or flotage on margins of streams, rivulets, seepages and springs. |

16. Nothodixa ensifera (Edwards, 1930). TYPE: Holotype “, Casa Pangue

(Llanquihue), elev. about 1000 ft, 4-10 Dec 1926, F.W. Edwards (BM). BIO-

NOMICS: [Larvae probably in vegetation or flotage on margins of streams, riv-

ulets, seepages and springs. |

List of Localities

[NOT SPECIFIED]

Locality and province not specified, probably near Santiago or Valparaiso:

4. Anopheles (N.) bigotii; 6. Psorophora marmorata.

ACONCAGUA

[Locality not specified]: 3. Anopheles (N.) pictipennis (also Santiago).

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CONCEPCION

Concepcion: 7. Aedes (O.) flavipes; 15. Nothodixa chilensis.

COQUIMBO

Arqueros: 5. Anopheles (N.) variegatus.

Coquimbo: 8. Aedes (O.) annuliferus (also Illapel).

Illapel: 8. Aedes (O.) annuliferus (also Coquimbo).

LLANQUIHUE

Casa Pangue, frontier station on Chilean side of Rosales Pass, altitude of

house about 1000 ft: 13. Culex (C.) articularis; 16. Nothodixa ensifera.

SANTIAGO

Santiago: 3. Anopheles (N.) pictipennis (also Aconcagua Prov.); 9. Aedes

(O.) vittatus; 14. Culex (C.) serotinus (also Valdivia).

See also [NOT SPECIFIED].

TARAPACA

Azapa Valley: 10. Aedes (O.) colonarius.

Mifiemifie, Quebrada de: 1. Anopheles (A.) neghmei.

Suca, Oasis of: 2. Anopheles (A.) noei.

VALDIVIA

Corral: 13. Culex (C.) articularis.

Valdivia: 11. Culex (C.) annuliventris; 14. Culex (C.) serotinus (also San-

tiago).

PARAGUAY

_ List of Species

1. Phoniomyia fuscipes (Edwards, 1922). TYPE: Lectotype ?, unspecified

locality in Paraguay, probably Asuncion (Asuncion), Fiebrig (BM; designation

of Belkin, 1968:24). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in leaf axils of bromeliads. ]

2. Psorophora (P.) pallescens Edwards, 1922. TYPE: Lectotype % with

attached genitalia mount, unspecified locality in Paraguay, probably Asuncion

(Asuncion), Fiebrig (BM: designation of Belkin, 1968:28). BIONOMICS: [Lar-

vae probably in temporary ground pools or overflows of ponds and streams.|

3. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) purpurascens Edwards, 1922 [=cyanescens].

TYPE: Holotype, locality and date not specified, probably Asuncion (Asuncion),

Fiebrig (HNM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in sunlit temporary ground

pools. |

4. Psorophora (J.) fiebrigi Edwards, 1922 [=ferox]. TYPE: Lectotype &

with attached genitalia mount, unspecified locality in Paraguay, probably Asun-

cion (Asuncion), Fiebrig (BM; designation of Belkin, 1968:26). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae probably in temporary ground pools in wooded or shaded areas.]|

5. Psorophora (J.) paraguayensis (Strickland, 1911) [=varipes]. TYPE:

Holotype 2, Puerto Max (Boqueron), Jan-Apr 1905, Vezényi (NE). BIONOMICS:

[Larvae probably in temporary pools in wooded or shaded areas. |

6. Psorophora (Grabhamia) varinervis Edwards, 1922. TYPE: Holotype 9,

locality and date not specified, probably Asuncion (Asuncion), Fiebrig (HNM).

24 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 1, 1968

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary ground pools or overflows of ponds

and streams.|

7. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) stigmaticus Edwards, 1922. TYPE: Lectotype ¢,

Asuncion (Asuncion), 1904, Vezényi (BM; designation of Belkin, 1968:7). BIO-

NOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary ground pools or overflows of ponds

and streams.|

List of Localities

ASUNCION

[Locality not specified, probably vicinity of Asuncion]: 1. Phoniomyia fus-

cipes; 2. Psorophora (P.) pallescens; 3. Psorophora (J.) purpurascens; 4. Psor-

ophora (J.) fiebrigi; 6. Psorophora (G.) varinervis.

Asuncion: 7. Aedes (O.) stigmaticus.

BOQUERON

Puerto Max: 5. Psorophora (J.) paraguayensis.

PERU

List of Species

1. Anopheles (Stethomyia) acanthotorynus Komp, 1937. TYPE: Holotype &

with genitalia slide, Iquitos (Loreto), Apr 1931, R.C. Shannon (USNM, 52020).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in deeply shaded stream bed pools.|

2. Anopheles (A.) peruvianus Tamayo, 1907 [=pseudopunctipennis]. TYPE:

o', 2, Huacachina (Ica), San Pedro de Lloc (La Libertad), Lima, summer and

fall, Chanchamayo (LU). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in various small, sun-

lit, permanent and semipermanent ground waters with algae.|

3. Trichoprosopon (T.) subsplendens (Martini, 1931) [=digitatum]. TYPE:

Holotype 2, Pt. Bermudas [Bermudez], Pichis [Rio] (Pasco), 10/12.03 (NE).

BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in treeholes, cut bamboo or plant parts on the

ground. |

4. Trichoprosopon (Runchomyia) hyperleucum (Martini, 1931). TYPE: Ho-

lotype 2, Urubamba River (Cuzco) (NE). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in tree-

holes, cut bamboo, plant parts on the ground, or in the leaf axils and/or flower

bracts of Araceae, Marantaceae, Musaceae or bromeliads. |

5. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) epinolus Dyar & Knab, 1914 [=taeniorhynchus].

TYPE: Lectotype ?, Ventanillas (Cajamarca), 4 Feb 1914, C.H.T. Townsend

(USNM, 18362; designation of Stone and Knight, 1956a:217). BIONOMICS: [Lar-

vae probably in coastal saltmarshes or freshwater pools near the sea.|

6. Haemagogus (Stegoconops) obscurescens Martini, 1931 [=anastasionis].

TYPE: Lectotype 9, Ucayali River (Loreto) (BM; designation of Mattingly, 1955:

28). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in treeholes or cut bamboo. |

7. Culex (C.) debilis (Dyar & Knab, 1914) [=apicinus]. TYPE: Lectotype

o' with genitalia and 3 legs on slides (597, 598), Matucan [Matucana] (Lima),

elev. 7300 ft, June-July 1913, C.T. Brues (USNM, 18361; designation of Stone

and Knight, 1957a:47). _BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in permanent or semi-

permanent ground waters. |

8. Culex (C.) escomeli Bréthes, 1920 [=apicinus]. TYPE: o, ?, Arequipa

(BA). BIONOMICS: [Probably as for 7. debilis.

Belkin et al: Topotypic South American Mosquitoes 20

9. Culex (C.) archegus Dyar, 1929. TYPE: Holotype o, Tarma (Junin),

elev. 10,000 ft, 13 July 1928, R.C. Shannon (USNM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae prob-

ably in permanent or semipermanent ground waters. |

10. Culex (C.) diplophyllum Dyar, 1929. TYPE: Lectotype o with genitalia

slide (2398), Verrugas Canyon (Lima), 5 Apr 1928, R.C. Shannon (USNM; des-

ignation of Stone and Knight, 1957a:47). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in per-

manent or semipermanent ground waters. |

11. Culex (C.) raymondii Tamayo, 1907 [=pipiens quinquefasciatus]. TYPE:

o, 2, larva, pupa, Huacachina (Ica) (LU). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in

ground waters contaminated with domestic wastes or in large artificial contain-

ers. |

12. Corethrella inca Lane, 1939 [=ananacola]. TYPE: Holotype ?, Iquitos

(Loreto), Mar-Apr 1931, R.C. Shannon (FH). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably

in leaf axils of bromeliads, possibly Ananas magdalenae. |

13. Corethrella maculata Lane, 1939. TYPE: Holotype o, Iquitos (Loreto),

Mar-Apr 1931, R.C. Shannon (FH). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in ground

waters, possibly in leaf axils or treeholes.|

14. Lutzomiops peruviana (Lane, 1939). TYPE: Holotype ?, Iquitos (Lor-

eto), Mar-Apr 1931, R.C. Shannon (FH). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in

swamps. | 7

15. Lutzomiops shannoni (Lane, 1939). TYPE: Holotype o, Iquitos (Lore-

to), Mar-Apr 1931, R.C. Shannon (USNM). BIONOMICS: Larvae in a swamp.

16. Dixella andeana (Lane, 1942). TYPE: Holotype o, Iquitos (Loreto),

Mar-Apr 1931, R.C. Shannon (USNM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably on mar-

gins of small streams or permanent or semipermanent ground pools. |

17. Dixella peruviana (Edwards, 1931). TYPE: Holotype “, Verrugas

(Lima), 5 May 1928, R.C. Shannon (BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably on

margins of small streams or springs. |

List of Localities

AREQUIPA

[Locality not specified]: 8. Culex (C.) escomeli.

CAJAMARCA

Ventanillas: 5. Aedes (O.) epinolus.

CUZCO

Urubamba (Rio): 4. Trichoprosopon (R.) hyperleucum.

ICA

Huacachina: 2. Anopheles (A.) peruvianus (also San Pedro de Lloc (La Li-

bertad) and Lima); 11. Culex (C.) raymondii.

J UNIN

Tarma: 9. Culex (C.) archegus.

LA LIBERTAD

San Pedro de Lloc: 2. Anopheles (A.) peruvianus (also Huacachina (Ica) and

Lima).

26 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 1, 1968

LIMA

[Locality not specified, probably vicinity of Lima]: 2. Anopheles (A.) peru-

vians (also Huacachina (Ica) and San Pedro de Lloc, La Libertad).

Matucuna: 7. Culex (C.) debilis.

Verrugas: 10. Culex (C.) diplophyllum (Verrugas Canyon); 17. Dixella pe-

ruviana.

LORETO

Iquitos: 1. Anopheles (S.) acanthotorynus; 12. Corethrella inca; 13. Core-

thrella maculata; 14. Lutzomiops peruviana; 15. Lutzomiops shannoni; 16. Dix-

ella andeana.

Ucayali (Rio): 6. Haemagogus (S.) obscurescens.

PASCO !

Puerto Bermudez, Rio Pichis: 3. Trichoprosopon (T.) subsplendens.

URUGUAY

List of Species

1. Psorophora (Grabhamia) leucocnemis Martini, 1931 [?=varinervis].

TYPE: Holotype 9, Montevideo (Montevideo), 19 Mar 1927, Vogelsang coll. 8846

(BM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary ground pools or overflows

of ponds or streams. |

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CLASSIFIED INDEX

AEDEOMYIA [1] stigmaticus, 24

*squamipennis, 12

AEDES (HOWARDINA) [3]

aurivittatus, 20

delpontei, 20

vanemdeni, 20

AEDES (OCHLEROTATUS) [16]

albifasciatus

annuliferus, 22

colonarius, 22

flavipes, 22

#philipii, 22

vittatus, 22

angustivittatus

meprai, 13

bejaranoi, 20

crinifer

iguazu, 14

lynchii, 13

tapinops, 13

milleri

araozi, 14

oroecetor, 20

patersoni, 14

raymondi, 14

scapularis

*confirmatus, 14

taeniorhynchus

epinolus, 24

ANOPHELES (ANOPHELES) [8]

annulipalpis, 9

fluminensis

holmbergi, 9

pseudopunctipennis

*argentinus, 9

neghmei, 21

noei, 21

patersoni, 10

peruvianus, 24

tucumanus, 10

ANOPHELES (KERTESZIA) [1]

boliviensis, 19

ANOPHELES (NYSSORHYNCHUS) [10]

*albitarsis, 10

argyritarsis

rooti, 10

evansae, 10

noroestensis

clarki, 10

pictipennis, 21

bigotii, 21

#chilensis, 21

variegatus, 21

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triannulatus

*bachmanni, 10

davisi, 10

perezi, 10

ANOPHELES (STETHOMYIA) [1]

acanthotorynus, 24

bejaranoi, 16

intrincatus, 16

martinezi, 16

misionensis, 16

orfilai, 16

pavlovskyi, 16

COQUILLETTIDIA (RHYNCHOTAENIA)| CULEX (subgenus unknown) [1]

[3]

fasciolata, 12

nitens, 19

venezuelensis

araozi, 12

CORETHRELLA [5]

ananacola

inca, 25

appendiculata

arborealis, 16

maculata, 25

puella, 16

quadrivittata, 16

CULEX (ALLIMANTA) [1]

*tramazayguesi, 15

CULEX (CULEX) [23]

ameliae, 14

annuliventris, 22

apicinus, 22

debilis, 24

escomeli, 24

archegus, 20

articularis, 22

bidens, 20

interfor, 14

brethesi, 15

castroi, 15

diplophyllum, 25

*dolosus, 15

bonariensis, 15

eduardoi, 15

fernandezi, 15

hepperi, 15

lahillei, 15

maxi, 15

pipiens

autumnalis, 15

raymondii, 25

serotinus, 22

saltanensis, 15

CULEX (LUTZIA) [1]

bigoti

patersoni, 14

CULEX (MELANOCONION) [7]

aliciae, 16

oblita, 16

DIXELLA [3]

andeana, 25

argentina, 17

peruviana, 25

EDWARDSOPS [1]

boliviensis, 20

HAEMAGOGUS (STEGOCONOPS) [5]

anastasionis

obscurescens, 24

capricornii

petrocchiae, 14

spegazzinii, 14

lindneri, 20

uriartei, 14

LIMATUS [1]

durhamii

exhibitor, 11

LUTZOMIOPS [3]

davisi, 17

peruviana, 25

shannoni, 25

/MANSONIA (MANSONIA) [1]

indubitans

fonsecai, 19

NOTHODIXA [4]

atrovittata, 17

chilensis, 22

ensifera, 22

nitida, 17

ORTHOPODOMYIA |[1}

fascipes

bacigalupoi, 20

PHONIOMYIA [2]

fuscipes, 23

muehlensi, 11 i

PSOROPHORA (GRABHAMIA) [6]

*confinnis, 13

chiquitana, 20

dimidiata, 20

paulli, 13

varinervis, 23

leucocnemis, 26

PSOROPHORA (JANTHINOSOMA) [8]

circumflava, 20

Belkin et al: Topotypic South American Mosquitoes

cyanescens

purpurascens, 23

ferox

centrale, 13

fiebrigi, 23

lutzii

chaquensis, 13

melanota, 20 —

varipes

bruchi, 13.

paraguayensis, 23

PSOROPHORA (PSOROPHORA) [5]

ciliata

lynchi, 12

holmbergii, 13

agoggylia, 13

pallescens, 23

stigmatephora, 13

PHOROPHORA (subgenus unknown) [1]

marmorata, 22

SABETHES (SABETHES) [1]

albiprivus

neivai, 12

SAYOMYIA [2]

australis, 16

elnorae, 16

TOXORHYNCHITES (ANKYLORHYN-

CHUS) [1]

hexacis, 19

TOXORHYNCHITES (LYNCHIELLA) [5]

cavalierii, 10

guadeloupensis

arborealis, 10

tucumanus, 10

haemorrhoidalis

lynchi, 11

separatus, 11

TRICHOPROSOPON (CTENOGOELDIA)

magnum, 19

TRIC HOPROSOPON (RUNCHOMYIA) [2]

hyperleucum, 24

paranensis, 11

TRICHOPROSOPON (TRICHOPROSO-

PON) [1]

digitatum

subsplendens, 24

URANOTAENIA [77]

capitis, 12

lanei, 12

monilis, 12

*nataliae, 12

*pulcherrima, 12

elnora, 12

urania, 12

WYEOMYIA (DAVISMYIA) [2]

*petrocchiae, 11

monoleua 11

WYEOMYIA (DENDROMYIA) [2]

belkini, 11 :

melanocephala

typharum, I1

WYEOMYIA (MENOLEPIS) [1]

leucostigma

leontiniae, 11

WYEOMYIA (NUNEZIA) [1]

lateralis, 11

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MOSQUITO STUDIES (Diptera, Culicidae)

XII. A REVISION OF THE NEOTROPICAL SUBGENUS

HOWARDINA OF AEDES’

O.G.W. Berlin?

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION. . fs

MATERIAL AND METHODS . ) A

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS . 5

Taxonomic characters . 5

Bionomics 6

Distribution . 7

Systematics and Evolution , g

Affinities . 7

Medical Importance . 8

TAXONOMIC TREATMENT . 8

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Keys to species. . Cede Wai i ET isu omen tae RE ee Cine a ue ae

1. Aedes (H.) fulvithorax (Lutz) .. mae Be easier OAM ee cmon CPN

2. Aedes (H.) septemstriatus Dyar and Knab pa Alias ae RAISE Aa Ree eR

3. Aedes (H.) arborealis Bonne-Wepster and Bonne. . ....... 22

OR ORUTE ) CUPS GOGO DBD oo ee ON re ae a

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1Contribution from project “Mosquitoes of Middle America” supported by U.S. Public Health

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Research Contract DA-49-193-MD-2478. Based on Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University

of California, Los Angeles and supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant GB 3871

for field studies.

Department of Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024.

Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

Walkeri Section

Keys to groups and soecies

Walkeri Group. . .

6. Aedes (H.) walkeri (Theobald)

7. Aedes (H.) argyrites Dyar and Nunez Tovar ;

Aurites Group . . poe eae

8. Aedes (H.) aerihes (Theobald).

9. Aedes (H.) grabhami,n.sp. .

10. Aedes (H.) inaequalis (Grabham)

11. Aedes (H.) stenei Thompson .

Ioliota Group . .

12. Aedes (H.) joliota Dyvar and oe

13. Aedes (H.) cozumelensis Diaz Najera .

Albonotatus Group. . .

14. Aedes (H.) albonotatus (Coquille)

15. Aedes (H.) bahamensis, n.sp.

Busckii Group . .

16. Aedes (H.) busckti (Coquillett)

Sexlineatus Section .

Keys to groups and species

Quadrivittatus Group . .

17. Aedes (H.) quadrivittatus (Coquillett)

18. Aedes (H.) lorraineae, n.sp.

19. Aedes (H.) brevis, n.sp. .

20. Aedes (H.) spinosus,n.sp. .

Sexlineatus Group . .

21. Aedes (H.) sexlineatus (Theobald).

Whitmorei Group. . .

22. Aedes (H.) whitmorei Dunn .

23. Aedes (H.) pseudodominicii Komp.

Allotecnon Group.

24. Aedes (H.) allotecnon Kumm, Komp and Ruiz .

25. Aedes (H.) guerrero, n.sp.

26. Aedes (H.) guatemala, n.sp.

Eleanorae Group . .

27. Aedes (EH) eleanorae, n. sp.

28. Aedes (H.) marinkellei, n.sp. .

29. Aedes (H.) leei, n.sp. .

30. Aedes (H.) osornoi, n.sp.

31. Aedes (H.) ecuadoriensis, n.sp. .

32. Aedes (H.) brevivittatus, n.sp.

Aurivittatus Group . .

33. Aedes (H.) aurivittatus Cerqueira ;

34. Aedes (H.) martinezi,n.sp..

35. Aedes (H.) vanemdeni Martini

REFERENCES CITED

FIGURES

INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC NAMES

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INTRODUCTION

The exclusively Neotropical subgenus Howardina has been recognized as a distinct

entity in the widespread genus Aedes since Dyar’s classification of the American spe-

cies of the genus (Dyar 1920:103-106) but no attempt has been made to date to de-

velop an internal classification of this subgenus. Nearly all species assigned to How-

ardina have been characterized entirely on the pattern of ornamentation of the

adults. The immature stages were largely unknown. In recent years, considerable as-

sociated reared material has accumulated and it is now possible to attempt a compre-

hensive revision of the subgenus based on all stages.

The taxonomic history of Howardina is brief and relatively simple except for con-

fusion with other generic group taxa (Finlaya, Haemagogus, Stegomyia, etc.) which

need not be detailed here. Howardina was proposed by Theobald (1903:287) as a

distinct genus with 2 included species, walkeri and greenii, and with the following

definition: ‘“‘Head clothed with flat and narrow curved scales, the latter forming a

median area as in Aedes. Scutellum with narrow curved scales; the midlobe with four

posterior border-bristles. Wings with lateral vein-scales large for the size of the wings,

long, rather thin, the median vein-scales small. Palpi of the 2 minute, four-jointed;

the penultimate joint long, longer than the two basal ones; apical joint very minute.

6 unknown. All small species, and with ornamented thorax.” Dyar (1905:44) selected

walkeri as the type species of Howardina. Coquillett (1906:312) recognized the im-

portance of the simple claws, a character mentioned in the original description of

walkeri. By 1910 Theobald recognized 7 species in the genus, described by himself

and by Grabham, but 3 of these were subsequently removed to the genus (later sub-

genus) Finlaya. Howard, Dyar and Knab (1912a:65,70) synonymized Howardina

with Aedes but Dyar (1920:103) elevated it to subgeneric rank within Aedes on the

basis of male genitalic characters (rudimentary claspette). All other contributions be-

tween 1910 and 1932 were merely descriptions of individual species. Edwards (1932:

155-156) in his classic revision of the mosquitoes of the world listed 13 species in the

subgenus Howardina and gave the following brief diagnosis which has been followed

by all authors to the present: “‘most closely related to Finlaya, from which it differs

chiefly in the simple claws of the ¢; less prominent eighth sternite of 9 abdomen; and

less developed claspette of 6 hypopygium, the stem being very short and the append-

age bristle-like. Vertex in all species with a median stripe of narrow scales reaching

forward to eyes; scutellar scales narrow. Thorax conspicuously ornamented with

white or golden lines. Larva.- Similar to that of Finlaya; a more or less distinct small

chitinous plate present on each side of the ventral brush.’ Subsequent to Edwards’

revision more confusion than progress has been accomplished, particularly in errone-

ous identifications of species. In the world catalog of mosquitoes (Stone, Knight and

Starcke 1959:175-176) 16 species were recognized on the basis of published records.

Included in Edwards’ (1932:155-156) list of species of Howardina were dominicii

and whitmorei for which Komp (1936:71) subsequently erected the subgenus So-

peria, with dominicii as the type species. Unfortunately Komp misidentified domi-

nicii which in reality is conspecific with sexlineatus in the subgenus Howardina.

Komp based the new subgenus primarily on the complete absence of a claspette in

the male genitalia. Soperia has been considered as a distinct subgenus to the present

and contained 3 species in the world catalog (Stone, Knight and Starcke 1959:173),

one of which, tracei, was synonymized with busckii in the subgenus Howardina by

Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:33).

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In the present study only the subgenus Howardina is recognized; the species for-

merly placed in Soperia of authors form a distinct group included in the Sexlineatus ©

Section, 1 of 3 primary divisions of Howardina. A total of 35 species is now recog-

nized in the subgenus: 5 species in 1 group in the Fulvithorax Section; 11 species in

5 groups in the Walkeri Section; and 19 species in 6 groups in the Sexlineatus Sec-

tion.

I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. John N. Belkin for suggesting this project

and directing the study. I am indebted to Dr. Alan Stone of the U.S. National Muse-

um for the loan of material and for information on type specimens; to Dr. P.F. Mat-

tingly for the loan from the British Museum; and to Dr. A. Martinez, Dr. A. Spielman

and Dr. A. Diaz Najera for specimens from Argentina, Bahamas and Mexico respec-

tively. I also thank Pedro Galindo, Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama, and Dr. I.

Goodbody, Department of Zoology, University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica,

for the courtesies extended to me during field trips to these countries. Finally I wish

to thank Dr. R.X. Schick, Dr. S. Sirivanakarn, Dr. T.J. Zavortink and Miss Sandra

Heinemann for the valuable suggestions and assistance and to Miss Sheila Bernstein

for the preparation of the final copy for reproduction.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

MATERIAL. This study is based largely on extensive collections of adults and as-

sociated immature stages accumulated at the University of California, Los Angeles

for the project ‘““Mosquitoes of Middle America’’ (Belkin, Schick et al, 1965) and also

on material from the U.S. National Museum and the British Museum (Nat. Hist.)

where most of the types of previously described species are deposited. Additional

critical material was obtained specifically for this study in Jamaica in November and

December 1966 following the methods of collection and rearing outlined by Belkin,

Hogue et al (1965).

For this revision a total of 10,949 specimens were studied, including 1,240 6,

(3,527 2, 2,412 pupae, 3,770 larvae, with 1,796 individual rearings (810 pupal, 645

larval, 341 incomplete).

TAXONOMIC PROCEDURE. The taxonomic methods used in this study are the

Classical phylogenetic ones, simple in principle but difficult in practice. Following the

recognition of species on the basis of a series of constant correlated characters in all

stages, the different species were compared minutely and those showing the greatest ©

similarities in all stages were interpreted as members of primary phyletic lines or spe-

cies groups, called simply Groups here. These groups were compared in turn to estab-

lish the more inclusive Sections within the subgenus.

DESCRIPTIONS. The method of presentation, terminology and abbreviations

used in the descriptions of taxa in general follow Belkin (1962). A few special terms

used for the pattern of ornamentation of adults are explained in the section on taxo-

nomic characters in the following chapter. ;

ILLUSTRATIONS. All available stages of every species are figured, the larvae and

pupae in full and the adults in pertinent details only. Each illustration is based on a

topotypic specimen, whenever available, but the character states shown represent the

modal condition determined usually from at least 10 topotypic specimens. In the il-

lustrations of the ornamentation of mesonotum and pleuron, dotted lines represent

golden or creamy scales and dashed lines denote white or silvery scales. |

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DISTRIBUTION DATA. In the distribution lists, the arrangement of countries is

from north to south and west to east and the localities in each country are listed al-

phabetically under the major political subdivisions. Included in these lists are all the

records of material | have examined as well as published records from the literature

which I consider reliable. In these lists, P and L denote whole pupa and larva and p

and |, pupal and larval skins respectively.

DEPOSITORIES. The abbreviations used by Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959)

for institutions in which types are deposited are followed here to indicate the loca-

tion of the material studied. To these are added the Institute of Jamaica [IJ] and the

Department of Zoology, Los Angeles, California [UCLA]. The bulk of the material

will remain at UCLA. The types of all new species described here will be deposited

in the U.S. National Museum.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

TAXONOMIC CHARACTERS. The following discussion is limited to external

morphological characters. Other important taxonomic characters, ecological and geo-

graphical, are discussed below in the sections on Bionomics and Distribution respec-

tively. : hae,

In the adults, the most important taxonomic characters pertain to the pattern of

ornamentation of the mesonotum. As indicated in the diagnosis of the subgenus, the

_ pattern usually consists of lines of light scales superimposed’ on a background of dark

scales. Each section, each group and most species have a distinctive pattern of orna-:

mentation. It was necessary to develop a special terminology for these light lines as

no suitable one was available. This terminology is illustrated in figs.8 and 9 and ex-

plained below. The acrostichal line is the single median longitudinal mesonotal line

and is developed only in some members of the Fulvithorax Section; it ends in front

of the prescutellar space and is more or less distinctly continued caudad as a pair

of lateral prescutellar lines. The median prescutellar line is developed only in the

Walkeri Section and is in the median longitudinal position in the “‘bare’’ prescutel-

lar space. The inner dorsocentral lines are located mesad of the dorsocentral row of

bristles in a submedian longitudinal position on each side; these lines reach the scu-

tellum only in the Sexlineatus Section; the posterior parts (prescutellar) of these

lines more or less correspond to the lateral prescutellar lines found in some members

of the Fulvithorax Section. The outer dorsocentral lines are located laterad of the

dorsocentral row of bristles in a sublateral longitudinal: position; they are repre-

sented to a varied degree in all sections and usually reach the lateral lobes of the scu-:

tellum in the Walkeri and Sexlineatus Sections. The lateral marginal lines border

the mesonotum on each side to a varied degree from the anterior promontory

to the wing root; they may be broken into one or more prescutal and antealar seg-

ments. Transverse diagonal posterior fossal lines may connect the lateral marginal to

the outer dorsocentral on each side. Longitudinal supraalar lines may also be devel-

oped and connected to the lateral marginal lines on each side caudad of the scutal an-

gle. In fulvithorax and to a lesser extent in arborealis of the Fulvithorax Section,

the ornamentation is primarily light and may be considered to have been developed

by the expansion and fusion of the light lines which are discrete in the other sec-

tions, particularly in the Walkeri Section.

Other significant taxonomic features of adult ornamentation are: (1) on the head,

scaling of the vertex and of the torus and first flagellar segment of the antenna; (2)

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scaling of the paratergite; (3) distribution of the scales on the pleuron, particularly

ppn, stp and mep; (4) on the legs, light scaling of the foretibia, midfemur and hind-

femur, and the distribution and extent of light scales on the tarsal segments.

The comparatively simple male genitalia of Howardina snow relatively few obvious

taxonomic characters; even specific differences are usually subtle and sometimes not

apparent. The reduced claspette is more or less characteristically developed in each

section and is absent in the Whitmorei Group. Other significant taxonomic characters

appear to be: (1) extent of separation of the base of the sidepieces midsternally, (2)

width and length of the aedeagus in relation to the proctiger and (3) the shape of the

aedeagus in dorsal aspect. Only 3 species (bahamensis, whitmorei and pseudodomi-

nicii) have genitalia strikingly differentiated from the others in features of the side-

pieces.

The pupae are quite similar in the subgenus but a few characters separating the 3

sections have been noted in: (1) development of cephalothoracic hair 5-C, (2) posi-

tion of abdominal hair 2-[V-VI and (3) development of abdominal hair 9-VI. On the

other hand, reliable group characters within a section have not been found and spe-

cific differences are rather subtle and not always reliable.

The 4th-instar larvae show many taxonomic characters at the section and group

levels usually concordant with those of adult ornamentation, and many reliable spe-

cific differences. Among the important taxonomic characters are: (1) presence or ab-

sence of marginal spicules on the anal saddle, (2) comb scales in a single row or in a

patch, (3) ventral brush with 5 or 6 pairs of hairs, (4) prothoracic hair 13-P present

or absent, (5) presence or absence of integumentary spicules on the thorax and/or

abdomen, and (6) numerous features in the development of hairs, particularly on the

head.

BIONOMICS. All members of the subgenus, as far as known, are container breed-

ers. Immature stages have been reported from rockholes, treeholes, broken bamboo,

plant parts on the ground, leaf axils of bromeliads and aroids, and flower bracts of

heliconias. A few species invade artificial containers of various types. Only the

Walkeri Section utilizes the full range of breeding habitats; the Fulvithorax Section

is apparently restricted to treeholes and broken bamboo and the Sexlineatus Sec-

tion is known to breed only in bromeliad axils. :

In common with other ornamented mosquitoes, species of Howardina are appar-

ently largely diurnal in activity (Bates 1944:159-170; 1949:16,61; Carpenter, Galin-

do and Trapido 1952:163; Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter 1955:530,537,538; For-

attini 1965:401-403). To supplement the published information, I made a full 24-

hour observation on the biting activity of females near Porus, Manchester, Jamaica

at an elevation of approximately 1000 ft, where 4 species of Howardina were pres-

ent. Biting-landing collections were made at hourly intervals at ground level under

bromeliad laden trees. As seen in fig.7 there appear to be specific or group differ-

ences in activity since walkeri shows 2 definite peaks, a higher one in the morning,

and members of the Aurites Group show only a moderate afternoon peak.

Although a number of species are known to bite man in forested areas, the definite

altitudinal stratification of different species suggests that their natural hosts are a

variety of vertebrates characteristic of a particular stratum in the forest. Members of

the Quadrivittatus Group have been collected mainly in the forest canopy (Trapido

and Galindo 1957:122,123,124,125,131), while members of the Fulvithorax Group

are predominantly forest floor biters (Trapido and Galindo 1957:131); members of

the Sexlineatus Group (Trapido and Galindo 1957:132) and Whitmorei Group (Bates

1944:166), on the other hand, demonstrate inconsistent behavior.

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DISTRIBUTION (fig.1). Howardina is strictly a Neotropical taxon, centered in

the American Mediterranean region in the sense of Belkin (1962:562). At present its

known northern limit is Grand Bahama Island in the east and the Sierra Madre del

Sur and the southern end of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico in the west. The

southern limit appears to be in northern Argentina along the Andes; the subgenus ap-

parently does not reach the mouth of the La Plata river in the east.

The distributions of the 3 sections are largely complementary. The Walkeri Sec-

tion is almost entirely confined to the islands of the Caribbean area with only a

slight overlap with the other 2 in northern Venezuela and Trinidad. The Fulvithorax

Section is found primarily in eastern South America but with a significant overlap

with the Sexlineatus Section in southern Central America. The Sexlineatus Section

is primarily associated with the mountain regions of Central America and western

South America.

SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION. The 35 species recognized in the present

study fall into 12 largely well-defined, discrete groups of 1 or more species each. On

the basis of morphological similarity the 12 groups form 3 very distinct sections in

the subgenus, the Fulvithorax Section with only 1 group (Fulvithorax) of 5 species

(1 not named), the Walkeri Section with 5 groups (Walkeri, Aurites, Ioliota, Albo-

notatus, and Busckii) of 11 species, and the Sexlineatus Section with 6 groups

(Quadrivittatus, Sexlineatus, Whitmorei, Allotecnon, Eleanorae and Aurivittatus) of

19 species.

As indicated in the preceding discussions, as well as in the taxonomic treatment of

each section, there is practically no overlap in diagnostic morphological characters

among the 3 sections, little overlap in distribution, and strong differentiation in the

breeding sites between Fulvithorax Section and the Sexlineatus Section. It appears,

therefore, that the 3 sections represent 3 old phyletic lines.

In spite of this clear-cut divergence, there is a remarkable basic similarity in all

stages in all 3 sections. This is undoubtedly indicative of true affinity and some kind

of monophyletic origin. Two general explanations for the development of 3 major

phyletic lines in Howardina are possible. First, would be serial or independent devel-

opment of 2 of the sections from the third; this is not plausible because each of the

lines has retained primitive features absent in 1 or 2 of the others. Second, would be

a tripartite splitting of one ancestral species. This interpretation is supported by the

present distributions of the 3 sections and I therefore suggest on this basis that the

original stock was divided into 3 segments: (1) one in the Caribbean, giving rise to

the Walkeri Section, (2) one in Central America, giving rise to the Sexlineatus Sec-

tion, and (3) one in northeastern South America, giving rise to the Fulvithorax Sec-

tion.

Subsequent speciation and evolution have followed different patterns in each sec-

tion, probably because of different environmental conditions. In the Fulvithorax

Section, which occupies primarily eastern South America where relatively few bar-

riers to dispersal have existed, at least in relatively recent geological times, there

has been little differentiation and speciation. The Walkeri Section shows typical

complex insular speciation of a variety of divergent types, including relict forms.

In the rather homogeneous Sexlineatus Section the extensive speciation reflects the

barriers and environmental diversity associated with the complex orogenies of the

cordilleras of western America.

AFFINITIES. The general similarity between the subgenera Howardina and Fin-

laya has been recognized by many culicidologists, notably Edwards (1932:156), and

as indicated in the introduction, some species of Finlaya were originally included in

Howardina, primarily on the basis of the ornamentation of the adults. The chief dif-

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ferences from Finlaya are the untoothed claws and less prominent sternite VIII in

the females and the claspette poorly developed or completely absent in the males. In

the last feature, Howardina shows little difference from the Oriental dissimilis sub-

group of Finlaya (Knight and Marks 1952:516-517). The immature stages of How-

ardina also bear a general resemblance to those of Finlaya and are very similar to

those of some species of the genus Haemagogus, which is also restricted to the Neo-

tropical region and may have evolved from a Finlaya stock “‘through some such spe-

cies as A. (F.) leucocelaenus”’ (Edwards 1932:178). The following unusual combina-

tion of features in the larvae of Howardina may be diagnostic for the subgenus: ab-

dominal hair 12-I never developed, hair 9-I always ventrad of hair 7-I, and tubercles

of prothoracic hairs 5-7-P usually distinctly joined (except in Fulvithorax Section).

Little can be done now to clarify the affinities of Howardina chiefly because the

immature stages of the majority of annectent groups in the tribe Aedini are very

poorly known both in the Old World and the New World. In spite of some apparent

slight overlap with the subgenus Finlaya and the genus Haemagogus, Howardina is a

very distinct group, and should be retained as a subgenus of Aedes.

MEDICAL IMPORTANCE. Little information is available on the medical impor-

tance of species of Howardina. A few of the more abundant species were investigated

in connection with studies on the vectors of jungle yellow fever. Experimental stud-

ies with fulvithorax showed that while it could be infected with and maintain the

virus, it was not able to transmit it naturally through bites (Davis and Shannon 1931;

Whitman and Antunes 1937). Similar results were obtained with other species of

Howardina by Boshell-Manrique and Osorno-Mesa (1944), Bugher, Boshell-Manrique

et al (1944) and Aitken (1960). Bates (1949:205) has suggested that the incubation

period of this virus in some mosquitoes may be a long one and it is possible that

Howardina species may transmit the yellow fever virus if the incubation period is

prolonged at favorable temperatures. Galindo (1964) reported the isolation of an

unidentified virus from guadrivittatus in Panama. Since some species of Howardina,

especially members of the Walkeri Section (Walkeri, Aurites and Busckii Groups),

attack man readily and are very abundant, a more thorough investigation of the

role of these species as vectors of arboviruses should be made.

TAXONOMIC TREATMENT

Subgenus HOWARDINA Theobald

1903.Howardina Theobald, 1903:287. TYPE SPECIES: Culex walkeri Theobald, 1901, Jamaica;

the second of 2 included species, selection of Dyar (1905a:49). 7

1936.Soperia Komp, 1936b:71. TYPE SPECIES: Aedes dominicii Rangel and Romero-Sierra,

1907, Venezuela, original designation. NEW SYNONYMY.

Aedes (Howardina) of Dyar (1920:10); Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925 :366); Dyar (1928:103);

Shannon (1931:125); Edwards (1932:155); Gerry (1932:40); Lane (1939:98); Anduze (1941:

14); Bates (1949:320); Lane (1949:255,261); Del Ponte, Castro and Garcia (1951:231,239);

Lane (1953:706); Levi-Castillo (1953:40); Horsfall (1955:471); Martinez and Prosen (1955:21-

22); Peyton, Galindo and Blanton (1958:95-100); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:173-174);

Martinez, Prosen and Carcavallo (1960:25); Belkin (1962:340); Stone (1963:127); Prosen, Car-

cavallo and Martinez (1964:103); Forattini (1965:397-401); Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo

(1966a:in part; 1966b:333); Porter (1967:38); Stone (1967:208).

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Aedes (Soperia) of Lane (1939:98); Anduze (1941:14); Senevet and Quievreux (1941:258); Andu-

ze (1943:193; 1947:357); Lane (1953:700); Levi-Castillo (1953:40); Komp (1956:38); Stone,

Knight and Starcke (1959:173); Forattini (1965 :404,460,462); Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo

(1966b:338-339). ,

Howardina of Blanchard (1905:399,415); Dyar (1905:49); Theobald (1905:21); Theobald and

Grabham (1905:7), Coquillett (1906b:16,26); Dyar and Knab (1906b:188); Theobald (1907:

21,149,214); Coquillett (1910:553); Theobald (1910:220); Surcouf and Gonzalez-Rincones

(1911:102,139-141; 1912:276).

Aedes in part of Howard, Dyar and Knab (1912:65,70; 1917:613); Dyar (1918:71).

FEMALES (fig.16). Small to medium sized ornate species; usually blackish to dark

brown with white, silver, creamy, yellowish or golden markings on head, thorax and

abdomen and with white basal tarsal markings. Head: Eyes distinctly separated be-

tween antennae. Decumbent scales predominantly broad and flat; narrow scales usu-

ally largely restricted to median longitudinal light stripe of varied width running from

lower end of interocular space to occiput; lower end of interocular space always with

a tuft of very long outstanding narrow bristlelike striated scales; orbital line of nar-

row light scales, varied in width and length, frequently developed. Erect scales short,

usually forked apically, restricted to occiput or extending on to the disc and sides of

vertex. One pair (rarely 2) of interorbital bristles always differentiated; a single row

of orbitals, upper usually 4(3-6) pairs, heavier, longer and more closely spaced than

lower. Clypeus bare, deep brown to black. Proboscis slender; subequal to or distinct-

ly longer than forefemur; entirely dark scaled; with a few basal bristles. Palpus al-

ways short, about 0.15 to 0.2 of proboscis; 5-segmented, segments 1 and 2 anky-

lozed, segment 5 minute; segments 1 and 5 without scales, remainder entirely or pre-

dominantly dark scaled, light scales usually restricted to apex of segment 4. Antenna

distinctly shorter than or subequal to proboscis; torus dark brown to black, with

light to dark scales always present, sometimes indistinct, usually restricted to mesal

surface; flagellar segment 1 only slightly longer than segment 2, always with a few

small scales on mesal surface; flagellar segments 2-13 usually with 6 moderate bris-

tles in basal whorls. Thorax: Integument dark brown to almost black. Mesonotum

usually with a background of short, narrow curved scales auburn to black in color

and with a varied pattern of lines of light scales (except in fulvithorax and arborealis

in which light scales predominate) as follows: (1) median acrostichal, (2) inner dorso-

central, (3) outer dorsocentral, (4) lateral marginal, (5) prescutal, (6) posterior fossal,

(7) supraalar, (8) median prescutellar and (9) lateral prescutellar. Acrostichal bristles

usually not developed on disc (present in busckii); dorsocentrals, prescutellars and

supraalars always present, variously developed; 1 posterior fossal and 1 parascutellar

always developed. Median scutellar lobe with 4,5 large marginal bristles and with dark

broad flat scales laterally and narrow light scales in varied median longitudinal line;

lateral lobe with 3-5 large marginal bristles and usually with narrow scales only. Para-

tergite bare or with scales. Bristles present on apn, ppn, ppl, psp, stp, pra and upper

mep; lower mep bristles always absent; lowermost stp bristles distinctly ventrad of

lower margin of mep. Pleural scaling dingy white, white or silvery; always present on

apn, ppl, base of pra, stp and mep; ppn, psp, and ssp with or without scales. Legs:

Coxae with light scales on external surface; trochanters with mesoventral light scales. .

White or silvery knee spots prominent on midleg and hindleg, slightly indicated on

foreleg. Midfemur and hindfemur with or without distal light spot on anterior surface.

Tibiae completely or predominantly dark; light scaling either as narrow lines or as

patches. Tarsal white rings always basal, usually restricted to proximal segments.

Claws simple on all legs but with minute spicules at base of external surface. Wing:

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Veins usually entirely dark scaled, white scales rarely present on remigium; plume

scales restricted to veins Rg, R243, Ry, R3 and M. Abdomen: Tergite I with numer-

ous scales; laterotergite with large white or silvery scale patch. Tergites II-VII with

broad basolateral silvery patches, progressively more removed from base and extend-

ing more tergally on distal segments, on VIII usually merging with its mate middor-

sally; basomedian tergal light scaling present or absent on II-VII. Light scaling of

sternites varied.

FEMALE GENITALIA (fig.16). Deeply retracted into segment VIII, even cerci

usually invisible. Segment VIII partially retracted into segment VII, apex visible, nu-

merous scales and bristles present; tergite about 0.6 length of tergite VII; sternite

about 1.4 of tergite length and about 0.8 of sternite VII. Tergite [X strongly devel-

oped, about 0.5 of tergite VIII, undivided, without bristles. Sigma joined to cowl,

narrow; continuous with poorly sclerotized insula which bears 2 pairs of setae. Cowl

narrow, joined to base of postgenital plate; atrial plates absent. Postgenital plate

shorter than cercus, bilobed. Tergite X not developed. Cercus broad, subequal in

length to tergite [X or a little longer. Spermathecae 3, 1 a little larger than others.

MALES (fig.16). Coloration usually similar to females, sometimes light scales of

torus absent (allotecnon) and rarely proboscis with a ventral light patch (whitmorei);

sexual dimorphism of head appendages marked. Proboscis usually longer than in fe-

males. Palpus porrect, slender, subequal to proboscis; 5-segmented, segments 4 and 5

subequal, narrowed; entirely or predominantly dark scaled, light scales restricted to

lower surface of segments 4 and 5; a few short inconspicuous setae on body of seg-

ment 4 and apex of segments 3 and 5. Whorls of flagellar segments 1-12 very strong-

ly developed, usually with about 40 or more long bristles; flagellar segment 12 and

13 elongate, 12 about 1.25 of 13; torus greatly swollen. Claws of foreleg and midleg

enlarged, unequal; larger claw with a blunt submedian tooth; both claws with or

without an acute basal external tooth and with external basal spicules more numer-

ous than in females, extending on shaft. Hindclaws as in the females.

MALE GENITALIA. Segment VIII long and wide, unspecialized. Segment [IX

moderately to strongly developed; tergite lobes indistinct or prominent and bearing

a few to many moderate to strong setae, connected middorsally by a narrow sclero-

tized bridge, sternite strongly developed, usually with distinct median sclerotization

bearing several pairs of setae distally. Sidepiece well developed; more or less conical

or subcylindrical; mesal membrane developed from base to apex; tergomesal and/or

sternomesal margins rarely (Whitmorei Group) with slight median lobes; with numer-

ous long bristles and scales laterally and ventrally, tergal surface varied. Claspette

rarely completely absent (Whitmorei Group), usually very poorly developed as a

small sternal basomesal lobe bearing 1 or rarely 2 thickened apical setae and some-

times a few other less differentiated setae. Clasper simple, slender; 1 apical spiniform

always present. Aedeagus without teeth; varied in shape, usually large; lateral sclero-

tization sometimes produced as a distal horn or lobe. Proctiger strongly developed,

prominent; paraproct with a simple, large, heavily sclerotized, curved apical tooth;

cercal setae distinct, short.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Middorsal ridge moderate; all hairs present, variously de-

veloped; hair 6-C always smaller than and cephalad of 7-C; hairs 8,9-C always widely

separated and far caudad of trumpet base. Trumpet: Not placed on tubercle; varied

in length; index from about 3.0 to 9.0; always without tracheoid; pinna short to long.

Metanotum: Hairs 10,11-C removed from 12-C, moderately close together. Abdo-

men: Hairs 8,10,11-II apparently usually absent; hair 5-II,II] usually caudad of hair

4: hair 1 usually most mesal hair on all segments; hair 9-VIII ventral in position, near

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 11

caudolateral angle or removed considerable distance cephalad; hairs 1-[X,X apparent-

ly not developed. Tergite IX strongly developed, its posterior margin smoothly

rounded; cercal lobe of female projecting only a short distance beyond genital lobe.

Paddle: Variously developed; midrib usually strongly differentiated; marginal spic-

ules varied.

LARVAE. Head: Width of head capsule subequal to length or slightly greater; la-

brum indistinctly differentiated, very narrow; mouthbrushes very numerous, filamen-

tous; collar well developed, narrow; ventral part of head capsule (labial plate) rather

short; posterior tentorial pit near caudal border; maxillary suture complete, some-

times extending caudolaterad of pit; cephalic border of labial plate truncate; aulaeum

with filamentous spicules; mental plate well developed. Hair O-C distinct, far re-

moved laterad of 1-C; 2-C apparently always absent; 3-C moderately developed; 11,

12,14-C sometimes stellate. Antenna: Short to moderate in length; shaft with or

without short spicules. Hair 1-A single to 3-branched. Thorax: Integument glabrous

or with more or less distinct spicules. Hairs 0,1,3,4,8,13,14-P, 1,13,14-M, 1,3,4,5,8,

13-T sometimes stellate. Hairs 1-3-P on common tubercle, placed close to middorsal

line; tubercles of 5-7-P usually distinctly joined (except in Fulvithorax Section); 9-

12-P far ventrad, poorly developed, none of the hairs distinctly stellate. Hair 5-T

always cephalad of hair 3. Abdomen: Integument as on thorax. Hair 12-I never

developed, 9-I always ventrad of 7-I; hairs 1,2,5,7,9,13 frequently stellate on seg-

ments I-VI; hair 6-I-VI always well developed, long; hair 7-I long. Segment VIIT:

Comb scales in a single regular row to an irregular patch of 3-5 rows. Siphon: Index

varied from 2.0-9.0. Integument smooth, imbricate or spiculate. Pecten in a straight

line, usually at least reaching to middle of siphon. Hair 1-S usually near middle; ac-

cessory hairs not developed. Acus varied or rarely absent (walkeri). Anal Segment:

Saddle always incomplete; integument smooth, imbricate or spiculate; caudal margin

with or without spines; acus absent. Ventral brush with 5 or 6 pairs of hairs, on a

more or less distinctly sclerotized boss, with or without distinct grid bars.

DISCUSSION. For a general discussion of taxonomic characters, bionomics, dis-

tribution, systematics and affinities see the preceding chapter entitled “General Con-

siderations.”

The subgenus Soperia is here synonymized with Howardina. The taxon involved

represents the Whitmorei Group of 2 species in the Sexlineatus Section, character-

ized primarily by the total absence of the claspette in the male genitalia. In oth-

er respects the Whitmorei Group obviously belongs in this section of Howardina and

it is evident that there is a tendency within this subgenus to reduction in the clasp-

ette. Further, the name Soperia cannot be applied to the Whitmorei Group without

recourse to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature since the

nominal type species, dominicii, designated by Komp is a synonym of sexlineatus

which obviously belongs to a different taxonomic group. In view of the above-men-

tioned taxonomic interpretation, there is no need at this time to request the Com-

mission to vary the type species of Soperia, and this subgenus becomes a subjective

synonym of Howardina by strict application of the rules in the current code.

KEYS TO SECTIONS

ADULTS

& Prescutellar space with single median golden, yellow or silvery line; parater-

gite without scales ob ee ee WAL ARERI SECTION

2(1).

3(2).

4(3).

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Prescutellar space with paired lateral hie yellow, golden or silvery lines;

paratereideowmitivscdies ig a ee ee eee ee ee

Mesonotum with acrostichal line always dark . . SEXLINEATUS SECTION

Mesonotum with at least acrostichal line yellow or golden, sometimes anteri-

or half or more of mesonotum entirely or largely yellow or golden-scaled

FULVITHORAX SECTION

MALE GENITALIA

Tergal surface of sidepiece with a very dense vestiture of large bristles ob-

scuring claspette area from dorsal aspect (15. bahamensis) . .

. in part WALKERI SECTION

Tergal surface of sidepiece with sparse ‘vestiture of short or moderate bristles

MOL Goscuring claspeite area trom dorsal ASPeCt an... ek ce, ee ee

Claspette completely absent Eee Group) |. e

. in part SEXLINEATUS SECT ION

Claspette represented by1 more or less strongly developed sternomesal lobe or

plaque bearing usually 1 thickened apical bristle, rarely 2 ormore . . .3

Sidepieces separated from each other at base sternally by a distance less than

maximum width of aedeagus . ... . . .SEXLINEATUS SECTION

Sidepieces separated from each other at base Noe by a distance greater

LAall WiAxteI Wicd IY OL. acccaeus 2... ge eae cate ow do cone ee

Claspettes connected across midline by more or less distinct sclerotized bar

Ae Sere Oe eer ae eer FULVITHORAX SECTION

Claspettes not connected across midline . . . . . . WALKERI SECTION

PUPAE

Hair 5-C longer than distance between its base and that of trumpet, always

double; hair 2-[V-VI usually within basal 0.66 of itstergite. . .

. SEXLINEATUS SECTION

Hair 5-C shorter than distance bétween its base and that of trumpet, varied in

branching; hair 2-IV-VI usually distad of basal 0.75 ofits tergite. . . .2

Hair 9-VI minute, less than 0.5 of hair 2-VI. . FULVITHORAX SECTION

Hair 9-VI subequal to or longer than hair 2-VI. . . . WALKERI SECTION

LARVAE

Caudal border of saddle without distinct marginal spicules; comb scales al-

ways in a patch of 3 or 4irregularrows . . FULVITHORAX SECTION

Caudal border of saddle with conspicuous long marginal spicules; comb scales

usually in a single even row, rarely in a patch of 2-4 irregular rows (J6.

Hair 13-P notdeveloped ........... .. . .WALKERI SECTION

Oe eee er ee OE ete ace hd cia a oe do sane beech: Ga

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 13

3(2). Hair 9-P poorly developed, single (Ioliota Group). .

coo Ieper WALKERI SECTION

Hair 9-P strongly developed, at Jeast A-branched . SEXLINEATUS SECTION

FULVITHORAX SECTION

FEMALES. Medium sized species, wing 2.8-3.6 mm. Head: Scales predominantly

or entirely light, submedian and lateral dark patches sometimes large. Erect scales

present on disc of vertex. Torus yellowish to dark brown, with a few moderately

broad dark scales mesally. Palpus entirely dark scaled. Thorax: Mesonotum varying

from nearly entirely golden or yellow to predominantly dark bronzy but with at.

least golden acrostichal line developed; median prescutellar light line not developed.

Paratergite with scales. Acrostichal bristles absent on disc. Pleural scales silvery or

dingy golden; ppn, psp, and ssp with scales; most of mep covered with large continu-

ous scale patch. Legs: Midfemur and hindfemur without distinct distal light spot on

anterior surface. Apex of tibia and base of tarsal segment 1 of all legs with white

scales; all other tarsal segments dark. Wing: Veins entirely dark scaled. Abdomen:

Sternites II-[V without dark scales.

MALES. Larger claw of foreleg and midleg with submedian tooth only.

MALE GENITALIA. Lobes of tergite [IX indistinct to moderately prominent, with

numerous strong setae. Sidepieces separated from each other at base by a distance

greater than diameter of aedeagus at that level; tergomesal and sternomesal margins

without any indication of lobes. Claspette prominent, connected at base with its

mate by more or less distinct sclerotized bar; apical and subapical bristles varied in

development.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Hair 5-C distinctly shorter than distance between its base

and that of trumpet. Abdomen: Hair 5-IV,V usually single, extending beyond apex

of tergite following; 2-IV-VI usually distad of 0.75 of its tergite; 9-II-VI cephalad of

hair 6; 9-VII moderate to strong, close to hair 6, not removed cephalad.

LARVAE. Stellate hairs moderately developed. Antenna: Short; without spicules;

hair 1-A single. Thorax: Integument glabrous; hairs 5-7-P on separate tubercles; hair

9-P usually single or double; hair 13-P absent. Abdomen: Integument glabrous; hairs

2,5,9-II-VII usually stellate, with few branches; hair 8-VII cephalodorsad of 9-VII.

Segment VIII: Hair 5 stellate. Comb scales always in a patch of 3,4 irregular rows;

individual scales rounded apically. Siphon: Index 2.2-2.3. Integument glabrous; pig-

mentation very strong. Acus distinct. Pecten teeth with basal denticles. Anal Segment:

Saddle without marginal spicules. Hair 1-X short to moderate, double or triple; hair

3-X single, 2-X multiple Ventral brush with 6 pairs of hairs arising from a strongly

sclerotized boss.

DISCUSSION. The Fulvithorax Section is probably the most generalized lineage

in Howardina and is strongly differentiated in all stages from all the other sections of

the subgenus. The pattern of ‘ornamentation of the mesonotum of the adults is

unique in the subgenus and shows considerable variation whereas it is stabilized in the

other sections. The male genitalia are readily recognized by the widely spaced side-

pieces and the relatively large prominent claspette. The larvae are immediately sepa-

rated from all the other sections by the characteristic comb patch and the absence of

caudal marginal spicules on the anal saddle. The pupal stage has the simplest chaeto-

taxy in the limited branching and the relatively small size of the more conspicuous

hairs. In nearly all these characters, the Fulvithorax Section shows the closest simi-

14 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

larity to the subgenus Finlaya from which Howardina was probably derived. Further-

more, as in typical American Finlaya, the natural breeding sites of the Fulvithorax

Section are treeholes and broken bamboo.

The Fulvithorax Section presents a challenging taxonomic problem, which, unfor-

tunately, I have not been able to resolve satisfactorily because of the absence of

reared associated material from nearly all the critical areas of its wide reported distri-

bution (fig.2) which is largely confined to the Atlantic drainages and extends from

Nicaragua to southern Brazil. Formerly, 3 species with nearly overlapping distribu-

tions were recognized almost entirely on the basis of the extent and arrangement of

the golden scaling of the mesonotum. The name fulvithorax was applied to forms

with the mesonotum nearly entirely golden, septemstriatus to specimens with dis-

crete lines of golden scales separated by dark scales, and arborealis to specimens in-

termediate in this respect. This situation suggested that only 1 very variable species

was involved. However, closer analysis of the adults available for the present study

and the examination of associated reared immature stages from 3 areas reveals a

much more complex situation.

In the present study, I am recognizing only 1 group with 5 different one in the

Fulvithorax Section: fulvithorax, with a wide distribution from Venezuela and Trini-

dad to southern Brazil and occurring a considerable distance inland in Brazil and

Peru; septemstriatus, restricted to lowland and moderate elevations in Nicaragua,

Panama and Colombia; arborealis, from the Guianas and the lower Amazon; aureo-

lineatus, primarily from the state of Bahia but apparently extending north to Para

and south to Rio de Janeiro; and the unnamed Iquitos form from Peru which may be

an inland type of arborealis. A. fulvithorax, septemstriatus and arborealis all show

more or less distinct north-south clines in the extent of mesonotal golden scales, the

southern populations being in general darker. In the case of fulvithorax, the inland

populations also tend to be darker than the coastal. In any given area, only 2 of these

forms appear to be present, except that 3 may occur in Para, and in all instances the

different sympatric forms are quite distinct, without any intermediates. This suggests

that distinct species are involved. However, the material available for this study is

very limited and it is possible that the 5 forms recognized here are only subspecifical-

ly distinct and that there might be intergradations between them. It is even possible

that only 1 very variable species is involved. The problem cannot be definitely re-

solved without progeny and individual rearings from areas of contact and overlap.

KEYS TO SPECIES

ADULTS

]. Mesonotum usually entirely golden-scaled from anterior promontory to wing

root, rarely a few darker scales along dorsocentral lines posteriorly; no

corispicuous dark bronzy scalesonfossa. ... . . .. . JL. fulvithorax

Mesonotum not entirely golden-scaled in anterior portion, with at least some

conspicuous dark bronzy scales on fossa, usually with a more or less con-

spicuous linear pattern of golden scales surrounded by dark bronzy scales

. ae

2(1). Central part of anterior mesonotum with at least anterior inner dorsocentral

lines golden in addition to the acrostichal line. . .. co

- Central part of anterior mesonotum with only the acrostichal line golden .4

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 15

3(2). Lateral mesonotal light line conspicuous anteriorly, broad, not interrupted at

or before scutal angle . . . . . . 2. Septemstriatus

Lateral mesonotal light line either completely absent Or very narrow or inter-

rupted at scutal angie; es ee ee eras

4(2). Posterior outer dorsocentral golden line distinct, linear . . 4. aureolineatus

Posterior outer dorsocentral golden line represented by a patch caudad of

scuta anes 68 bee ee ae ae ae oe ee ee

MALE GENITALIA

(5. Iquitos form unknown) ©

F; Subapical seta of claspette usually less than 0.7 of length of apical, latter not

reaching middle of sternomesal margin of sidepiece . Die:

. . 1. fulvithorax; 2. septemstriatus

Subapical seta of claspette usually subequal i in length to apical, latter extend-

ing beyond level of middle of sternomesal margin of sidepiece. . . . .2

2(1). Several subapical setae of claspette distinctly thickened . . 4. aureolineatus

None of the subapical setae of claspette thickened . . . . . 3. arborealis

PUPAE

(4. aureolineatus and 5. Iquitos form unknown)

iP Hair 1-II usually with 4 or more branches. . 1. fulvithorax; 2. septemstriatus

Haiw-i ll usually double @ 66456 sha a6 2 we ees ie Ay reals

LARVAE

(4. aureolineatus and 5. Iquitos form unknown)

L Hair 6-C usually double; 11-C double; most pecten teeth without basal den-

telee 2 ess . . 3. arborealis

Hair 6-C single; 11-C with more than 2 branches; all pecten teeth with basal

Genes: (ilies i ere ee ae ee TO a eee:

2(1). Hair O-P long, usually 14-branched (10-21); gills moderate, ha, unequal .

. 1. fulvithorax

Hair 0-P short, usually $-branched (4 0 lls long slendet and subequal.

SORE Oe BO8 .2. septemstriatus

1. Aedes (Howardina) fulvithorax (Lutz)

Figs.2,8,10,11

1904.Haemagogus fulvithorax Lutz, 1904:47,66,73. TYPE: Holotype ?, bridge Ipe-Arcado (Goias),

Brazil, date and collector not specified [LU].

1906.Taeniorhynchus palliatus Coquillett, 1901a:61. TYPE: Holotype , Trinidad, locality and

date not specified, F.W. Urich [USNM, 9140]. Synonymy with fulvithorax by Howard, Dyar

and Knab (1917:844).

1947.Aedes (Howardina) tachirensis Anduze, 1947:355-357. TYPE: Holotype ?, Las Mesas de

16 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

Seboruco, Dto. Jauregui (Tachira), Venezuela, date and collector not specified [A] . Synony-

my with fulvithorax by Lane (1951:335).

Aedes (Howardina) fulvithorax of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:373-375); Dyar (1928:228-

229); Shannon (1931a:8,23,24,25; 1931b:142,143,146,161); Edwards (1932:155); Soper, Pen-

na et al (1933:576); Lane (1936b:186); Whitman and Antunes (1937:819-821); Lane (1939:

99); Floch and Abonnenc (1942a:5; 1942b:6); Anduze (1947:355); Lane (1951:335; 1953:

706-708); Horsfall (1955:413,471,483); Martinez and Prosen (1955:29-31); Vargas (1956:22);

Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174); Fauran (1961:29); Prosen, Carcavallo and Martinez

(1964:104); Forattini (1965:400); Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo (1966a:57,285; 1966b:11,

73,141 ,169,333-334).

Aedes fulvithorax of Howard, Dyar and Knab (1912:65); Urich (1913:528); Howard, Dyar and

Knab (1917:844-846); Dyar (1918:73,80); Costa Lima (1930:255); Davis and Shannon (1931:

716,717,718); Martini (1931:206-208); Lane (1936a:131); Causey and Kumm (1948:475,476,

477); Causey and Santos (1949:478); Causey, Kumm and Laemmert (1950:302,307); Matheson

(1950:325); Delponte, Castro and Garcia (1951:239,240); Whitman (1951:263); Floch and

Fauran (1954:48); Aitken (1960:4); Belem Virus Lab (1964:101,103); Bates (1949:205,320).

Gualteria fulvithorax of Theobald (1907:552); Peryassu (1908:45,179-180); Theobald (1910: oe

Haemagogus fulvithorax of Lutz (1905:67); Dyar and Knab (1906a: 166,167). 3

Taeniorhynchus palliatus of Coquillett (1906b:24); Theobald (1910:432).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.97 mm. Proboscis: 2.34 mm. Forefemur: 2.16mm. Abdomen:

about 2.88 mm. Head: Scaling predominantly golden, a few dark scales present but

not forming distinct lateral patches; narrow median scales occupying an extensive tri-

angular area extending in the back to the outer erect scales and wide in front. Palpus

about 0.19 of proboscis. Torus light brown to yellow, usually darkened on mesal sur-

face. Thorax: Mesonotal integument yellowish to light brown; scaling usually entire-

ly golden to just before level of prescutellar space; numerous linear dark bronzy

scales along prescutellar rows, sometimes extending forward along dorsocentral bris-

tles, a few similar dark scales in front of prescutellar space, a variable patch of similar

dark scales above supraalar bristles, no dark scales on fossa; golden scales at scutal

angle not markedly broadened (fig.8). Median scutellar lobe with numerous broad

dark scales and a few golden in middle from base to apex; lateral lobes predominant-

ly with narrow golden scales. Pleural scaling silvery, with slight yellowish tinge; apn

predominantly with narrow scales, a few moderately broadened ones on lower and

posterior parts; ppn with sparse vestiture of short linear golden scales, usually with

only a few broadened scales in lower part. Abdomen: Median basal light patches usu-

ally present on tergites III, IV, light brown or golden; always present on V,VI, usually

with slight yellowish tinge.

MALE. Wing: 2.36 mm. Proboscis: 2.1 mm. Forefemur: 1.49 mm. Essentially sim-

ilar to female but lighter in color, dark scales of prescutellar area and midlobe of scu-

tellum less numerous; apn with large patch of broad scales on lower posterior sur-

face. Palpus distinctly shorter than proboscis.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.10). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe not prominent, with about 5 bristles. Claspette with subapical seta not

thickened, less than 0.7 of apical, latter not reaching middle of sternomesal margin

of sidepiece. Clasper with 1,2 subapical hairs.

PUPA (fig.10). Abdomen: 3.24 mm. Trumpet: 0.38 mm; index 4.5. Paddle: 0.73

mm. Chaetotaxy as figured; hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Apparently indis-

tinguishable from septemstriatus except perhaps by the longer trumpet. Readily sep-

arated from arborealis by hair 9-VI being minute, less than 0.5 of hair 2-VI, and more

numerous branches in hairs 1-II, 9-VII, VIII. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 17

pigmented between trumpets; lateral areas and metanotum slightly darker. Hair 1(1,

1+2),° 201); 301); 4Q)s- 5Qa1-3),- 601), 7; 1-3)380- F3), 9Uy 10, 2-4) 11),

12(2, 1-4). Abdomen: Tergite I deeply pigmented except for usual membranous ar-

eas; tergite II uniformly moderately pigmented; tergites and sternites HI,[V with

moderate pigmentation but anterior border darker; rest of segments lighter. Segment

I: hair 1(10-14 primary branches, each with many secondary ones), 2(2, 1-4), 3(1),

4(4, 2-6), 5(3, 2-5), 6(1), 7(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1, present on majority of specimens but

sometimes absent on one side). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(7, 4-13), 21, 1-2), 31, 1-3),

4(4, 3-5), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1, 1-2), 7(1, 1-4), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-4), 2(1),

3(1)s.435 1-4; 501 2: 1-2),.601), 78:2-4).8@, 13), 90), 100, 1-2); LU, 140).

Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3(3, 1-4), 4(2, 1-3), 5(1), 6(1), 7(3, 2-3), 8@,

2-3), 9(1), 10(1, 1-3), 11(1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 11, 1-2), 2(1), 31, 1-2),

4(2, 1-4), 5(1), 6(1), 7(3, 2-4), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10C1, 1-2), 111), 141). Segment VI:

hair O(1, 1-2), 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4, 1-2), 51), 6(1), 71, 1-2), 8@2, 1-2), 9(1), 101),

11(1), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1), 21), 3), 41), 5(1), 6(@, 1-4), 70), 8@,

1-3), 9(4, 3-5), 10(1), 111), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(7, 5-8), 14(1).

Paddle: Uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib darker; external margin slightly ser-

rated; hair 1-P slender; male genital lobe extending to about 0.37 of paddle, female

genital lobe to 0.29.

LARVA (fig.11). Head: 0.89 mm. Siphon: 0.7 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. Both

hairy and nonhairy forms known. Very similar to septemstriatus from which it can

be separated apparently by the longer, more profusely branched hair 0-P and the

broad, short unequal gills. Head: Pigmentation moderate except around mouthparts

where it is deeper; integument smooth. Mental plate with a strong median tooth and

11(11,12) distinct teeth on either side, often a smaller detached tooth at base. Hair

O(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(13, 10-16), 5(1), 6(1; moderate), 7(3, 2-4), 8(1), 9(2, 1-2), 10(1),

11(12, 11-16; stellate), 12(3, 2-4), 13(1), 14(4, 3-8), 15@, 2-4). Antenna: Length

about 0.48 of head; pigmentation deeper than on head capsule; all hairs single; hair |

at 0.5 from base. Thorax: Apices of long hairs attenuate; barbs present on long and

stellate hairs. Prothorax: hair 0(14, 10-21), 1(4, 3-4), 2(1), 3(7, 4-8), 444, 4-9), 5@,

2-4), 6(1), 7(3, 2-3), 8(11, 8-18), 9(2, 1-5), 10(1), 11@, 1-4), 121), 14(21, 17-28).

Mesothorax: hair 1(5, 3-8), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(5, 4-6), 7(1), 865, 4-7), 965, 4-7),

10(1), 11(2, 1-3), 12(1), 13(15, 12-23), 14(9, 8-16). Metathorax: hair 1(5, 4-12),

2(1), 3(4, 3-6), 4(6, 5-13), 5(5, 4-13), 6(1), 7(5, 4-8), 809, 8-22), 9(4, 3-5), 10(1),

11(1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(11, 8-18). Abdomen: Stellate hairs with branches of unequal

length. Segment I: hair 1(8, 7-13), 2(10, 4-10), 3(1), 4(6, 5-6), 5(12, 10-13), 6(4,

3-4), 7€1, 1-2), 9(6, 5-8), 10(1), 11(12, 6-13), 13(8, 5-12). Segment II: hair 0(1),

1(1:0;:3-441); 209; 6-10), 31), 465, 3-8), 5(10,7-11); 66, 3-4), 73, 2-7), (1), 9(8,

5-10), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13(8, 5-14). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(4, 2-8), 2(7, 7-9),

3(1), 4(1), 5(9, 6-12), 6(2), 7(6, 5-10), 8(1), 9(9, 6-13), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13,

4-12), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(5, 2-9), 2(8, 7-9), 3(1), 4(1), 5(9, 6-11), 6(2),

7(5, 5-8), 8(1), 9(8, 7-11), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 134, 2-10), 14(1). Segment V: hair

0(1), 1(3, 2-9), 2(7, 6-9), 3(2, 1-2), 4(1), 5(6, 6-9), 6(2), 7(5, 5-8), 8(1), 9(8, 6-10),

10(1), 1101), 12(1), 13(5, 2-11), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(5, 2-10), 2(7, 6-9),

3(1), 4(1), 5(7, 4-11), 6(1, 1-2), 7(4, 3-7), 8(1, 1-2), 9(4, 4-11), 10(1), 11€1), 121),

13(6, 5-13), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-8), 2(7, 6-10), 3(1), 4(1), 5(4, 3-8),

6(3, 2-3), 7(1), 8(5, 4-7), 9(4, 3-6), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 134, 3-10), 14(1). Segment

VII. Comb scales 20(19-24), in a patch of 3 irregular rows; individual scale elongate,

rounded apically and evenly fringed with short spinules; hair 0(1), 1(5, 4-10), 2(1),

3(7, 5-8), 4(1), 5(6, 5-11), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 2.25-2.3; darkly pigmented

18 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

and with imbricate sculpturing throughout. Pecten extending to about 0.34-0.38;

with 13 teeth (10-15), usually all with 1-3 basal denticles, terminal tooth not mark-

edly enlarged. Hair 1(3, 3-4), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(@2, 1-3), 9(1). Anal

Segment: Saddle darkly pigmented, with uniform imbricate sculpturing. Gills broad

and short, unequal, ventral about 0.5 of dorsal. Hair 1(3, 2-7), 2(4, 3-5), 3(1), 4a(4,

3-5), 4b(3, 3-4), 4c(3), 4d(3, 3-4), 4e(3, 3-4), 4f(3, 2-4).

SYSTEMATICS. Adults of fulvithorax show considerable variation in thoracic or-

namentation in different areas of the reported wide distribution of this species but

are readily separated from the other species of the group by the much greater amount

of golden scaling on the mesonotum in both males and females. The above descrip-

tions of all stages are based entirely on material from Trinidad, the type locality of

palliatus. The single specimen I have seen from Venezuela, a female paratype of tach-

irensis, is indistinguishable from the Trinidad material. In these 2 northern popula-

tions, the integument of the thorax is light yellowish tan and the mesonotal scaling

is bright yellow golden without any indication of dark scales on the fossa or anterior

dorsocentral lines. The Surinam specimen agrees with this description also. The

French Guiana material is similar in scaling but the thoracic integument is brown. As

one proceeds south along the Atlantic lowlands of Brazil (Para, Bahia and Rio de Ja-

neiro) the mesonotal golden scaling becomes darker, more coppery and the integu-

ment tends to become darker brown; however, in all these populations the fossa is

without dark bronzy scales. At higher elevations in Brazil (Sao Paulo, Goias, Matto

Grosso), the darkening of the integument and scaling becomes even stronger and

there is a tendency for the appearance of a few dark bronzy scales in the fossa and

along the posterior dorsocentral line. The single female from Iquitos resembles the

interior populations of Brazil but has more extensive dark-scaled patches on the head

than any other one I have seen.

In the scanty material of immature stages available from populations other than

palliatus, no striking differences are apparent.

No clear-cut separation can be made of fulvithorax from septemstriatus at this

time in the pupal stage but the larvae of the 2 species are apparently distinct on the

_ characters given in the key and diagnoses.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of fulvithorax have been found only in tree-

holes. The adults are primarily diurnal in activity but a few specimens have been col-

lected at night.

Females feed readily on experimental animals in the laboratory. They have been

investigated as possible vectors of yellow fever virus (Davis and Shannon 1931; Ait-

ken 1960). The virus will survive and apparently develop in these mosquitoes as

shown by successful infection of rhesus monkeys by inoculation of experimentally

infected fulvithorax but all attempts to transmit the virus by bite have been negative.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.2). Lowlands to moderate elevations in Venezuela (Maracai-

bo and Orinoco drainages), Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil (Ama-

zon, Paraguay and Parana drainages, and states of Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro)

and Peru (Amazon drainage). Material examined: 152 specimens; 20 6, 62 9, 29 pu-

pae, 41 larvae; 30 individual rearings (4 pupal, 20 larval, 6 incomplete).

BRAZIL. Bahia: Piraja, 2 Apr 1929, [C. Davis and] R.C. Shannon, 2 Ip, 2 6, 1 6 genitalia, 5 L,

6 1; 1938, 1 6d; 1 1 [USNM]. Espirito Santo: Santa Teresa, Apr 1940, 2 ° (Martinez and Prosen,

1955:31; MEPRA). Valle do Chanaan, 173 @ (Davis and Shannon 1931:715; Whitman and An-

tunes 1937:819-820). Goias: Anapolis, Sept 1936, 1 6, 1 9 [USNM]. Matto Grosso: Guiaba, Feb

1935, 2 2; Mar 1935, 3 ? [USNM]. Maracaju, July 1937, 1 9; Nov 1937, 1 9; Dec 1937, 8 9;

3 2 [USNM]. Pocinho (Lane 1936b:186). Minas Gerais: Passos, 1945-47, 23A (Causey and Kumm

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 19

1948:475,477); 1840A (Causey, Kumm and Laemmert 1950:302,307); 386A (Causey and Santos

1949:478). Para: Belem, IAN forest, 105 9; IAN and Utinga forests, 9 2; Utinga forest, 9 ? (Belem

Lab Report 1964:101,103,109,114). Belterra, June 1938, 1 2 [USNM]. Ilha de Marajo, 126 ?

(Kumm and Novis 1938:502). Urucurituba, 18 Mar, C.H. Townsend, 1 9 [USNM] . Rio de Janeiro:

Apr 1938, 4 9 [USNM]. Sao Paulo: Guariroba; Nhandeara; Nipoan; Planalto; Villa Poloni (Lane

1936a:131). State not specified: 1 3,1 [USNM].

FRENCH GUIANA. Baduel (Fauran 1961:29). Balourou, Crique Anguille, Galion (Floch and

Abonnenc 1947:10). Placer Isnard, June 1940, E. Abonnenc, 1 @ [UCLA] (Floch and Abonnenc

1947:10; Fauran 1961:29). Rorota, 8 May 1941, E. Abonnenc, 1 ¢ [UCLA] (Floch and Abon-

nenc 1947:10). Souvenir (Floch and Abonnenc 1947:10). Locality not specified, 1944, 1 d, 1

[USNM]. |

GUYANA. Mazaruni, 25 June 1936, 1 2 [USNM]; 6 July 1936, Leslie, 1 d (KO 208A-1)

[UCLA].

PERU. Iquitos, Mar-Apr 1931, R.C. Shannon, 1 9 [USNM].

SURINAM. Moengo, 19 Mar 1946, H.H. Stage, 1 L [USNM]. Locality not specified, 1 (36-

69) [ITH].

TRINIDAD. Nariva: Charuma forest, 27 Aug 1964, treehole, A. Guerra, 1 lp? (TR 634-108)

[UCLA]. St. Andrew: Mt. Harris, elev. 250 ft, 16 July 1964, treehole, F. Powdhar (TR 566), 1 Ipd

(566-102), 1 Ip? (566-108) [UCLA]. St. George: Arima, Aripo Valley, elev. 500 ft, 16 Apr 1964,

bamboo, A. Guerra (TR 319), 1 lpd (319-148), 2 Ip? (319-139,149), 1 p? (319-111), 2 IP (319-

128,137), 1 L; Cumaca road, elev. 500 ft, 14 Jan 1965, A. Guerra, 1 2 (TR 943); Verdant Vale,

elev. 1000 ft, 10 Sept 1964, treehole, A. Guerra, 2 lp? (TR 680-102,103) [UCLA]. Monos Island,

Grand Fond, 17 May 1964, treehole, A. Guerra (TR 410), 2 Ipd (410-106,107), 1 Ip? (410-111);

1 Aug 1964, bamboo, R. Martinez (TR 584), 1 lp? (584-11), 1 pd (584-102); 2 Aug 1964, bam-

boo, R. Martinez (TR 591), 1 lpd (591-109), 4 lp? (591-113,114,119,121), 1 pd (591-108), 1 pe

(591-107), 1 L [UCLA]; 17 Nov 1905, F.W. Urich, 3 6, 1 ?; June 1906, 2 Ip? (20-2,3), 1 12 (20-1),

1 lp (20-4), 4 9? [USNM]. San Rafael, Arena forest, Oct 1965, 2 9 (TR 1432), Dec 1965,3 9 (TR

1441) [UCLA]. Port of Spain, 9 Sept, 1 9; 1 9 [USNM] . County not specified: 26 Aug 1945, 1 Ip;

9 Sept 1945, 1 ? [USNM].

VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Distrito Heres (Anduze 1947:355). Rio Orocopiche (Cova Garcia, Su-

til and Rausseo 1966b:73). Tachira: Chururu, Distrito Uribante (Anduze 1947:357). Las Mesas

de Seboruco, Distrito Jauregui, June 1944, P.J. Anduze, 1 9 [USNM] (Anduze 1947:357; Cova

Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:73).

2. Aedes (Howardina) septemstriatus Dyar & Knab

Figs.2,8,12,13

1907.Aedes septemstriatus Dyar and Knab, 1907:10. TYPE: Holotype ? (8), Bluefields, Nicaragua,

W.F. Thornton [USNM, 10144].

Aedes (Howardina) septemstriatus of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925 :366-367); Dyar (1925:141,

148; 1928:232-233); Shannon (1931:142,147); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939: 100); Floch

and Abonnenc (1942a:6; 1942b:5; 1944:4; 1947:10); Martinez and Prosen (1955:27-29); Reyes

(1955:74,89); Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter (1955:530,537,538); Trapido and Galindo

(1957:122,125); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174); Fauran (1961:29); Belkin, Schick and

Heinemann (1965:42); Prosen (1965:42); Forattini (1965:239,242,403-404).

Aedes septemstriatus of Theobald (1910:485); Howard, Dyar and Knab (1917:846-847); Dyar

(1918:73); Komp (1936:63); Antunes (1937a:16; 1937b:76); Arnett (1949:238); Galindo, Tra-

pido and Carpenter (1950:102,104,105 108,112,113); Carpenter and Peyton (1952:681); Galin-

do, Carpenter and Trapido (1955:163); Reyes (1955:75); Komp (1956:39); Stone and Knight

(1956:225); Blanton and Peyton (1958:31-32).

Aedes arborealis of Antunes (1937b:76); Reyes (1955:74,89); Boshell-Manrique and Osorno-Mesa

(1944:177).

20 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

FEMALE. Wing: 3.15 mm. Proboscis: 2.53 mm. Forefemur: 2.01 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.8 mm. Head: A large patch of broad dark scales on each side of a narrow me-

dian stripe of narrow golden scales, this stripe narrowed caudad. Palpus about 0.14

of proboscis. Torus dark brown. Thorax (fig.8): Mesonotal integument dark brown;

mesonotum with a striking pattern of golden lines on a field of dark bronzy scales,

latter sometimes with a few scattered golden scales; golden scaled lines as follows,

narrow acrostichal bifurcating at prescutellar space, narrow inner dorsocentral not

always reaching prescutellar space, outer dorsocentral arising at about level of scutal

angle where it is broad and extending as a narrow line to scutellum; lateral marginal

line broad, golden, interrupted in front of wing root, golden scales at scutal angle

broader than in fulvithorax; fossa predominantly with dark bronzy scales, but some-

times with some scattered golden scales; space dorsad of supraalars with a large con-

spicuous patch of dark bronzy scales. Scutellar ornamentation as in fulvithorax. Pleu-

ral scaling denser and more silvery than in fulvithorax; scales of apn predominantly

broad and very dense; ppn scale patch more extensive than in fulvithorax and with

distinct broad scales in lower part. Abdomen: Median basal tergal light patches essen-

tially as in fulvithorax except that scales on V,VI more silvery, without distinct yel-

low tinge.

MALE. Wing: 2.7 mm. Proboscis: 2.57 mm. Forefemur: 1.84 mm. Mesonotal or-

namentation markedly different from female; anterior part predominantly with gold-

en scales as in fulvithorax except for very narrow inconspicuous lines of dark bronzy

scales on anterior dorsocentral lines and on each side of moderately broad acrostichal

line, fossa usually without any bronzy scales; posterior part of mesonotum with

more extensive pale scaling than in female but upper supraalar area with a distinct

large patch of bronzy scales. Head with smaller dark patches than in female; palpus

longer than in fulvithorax, subequal in length to proboscis.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.12). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ex-

tremely similar to fulvithorax but apparently with a more prominent IX tergite lobe

with 8,9 bristles, and clasper with 2,3 longer subapical hairs.

PUPA (fig.12). Abdomen: 2.97 mm. Trumpet: 0.48 mm; index 4.3-4.5. Paddle:

0.76 mm. Only nonhairy form known. Extremely similar to and apparently indistin-

guishable from fulvithorax ; separated from arborealis by the same characters as fulvi-

thorax. Chaetotaxy as given below; hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Cephalo-

thorax: Mesonotum lightly pigmented; metanotum moderately pigmented; trumpet

deeply pigmented and sharply contrasting. Hair 1(1), 2(1, 1-2), 3(1), 4C1, 1-2), 5(2,

1-3), 6(1), 7@2, 1-2), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1), 10(2, 1-3), 11(1), 12(2, 1-3). Abdomen: All ab-

dominal segments lightly pigmented, first 3 segments slightly darker; anteromedian

area of sternites III and IV with darker patches; integument imbricate. Segment I:

hair 1(9-15 primary branches subequal in length and each with many secondary

branches), 2(1), 3(1), 4(5, 2-6), 5(3, 2-5), 6(1), 7(1), 9(1), 10(1), and 11(1, found

occasionally). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(5, 2-7), 2(1), 3(1), 4(4, 2-6), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1),

7(1, 1-2), 8(1, found occasionally), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3(1),

4(2, 1-3), 5(1), 6(1), 7(3, 1-4), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1, 1-2), 11(1), 14(1). Segment IV:

hair O(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3@, 1-3), 4(1, 1-2), 5(1), 6(1), 7(@2, 1-3), 8(@2, 1-3), 9(1), 10C1,

1-2), 11(1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3(1, 1-2), 4(2, 1-3), 5(1), 6(1),

7(3, 1-4), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1), 10(1), 11€1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3(1),

4(1), 5(1), 6(1), 701), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1), 101), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1),

I(1), 21), 3(1), 41), 51), 6(1, 1-2), 7(1), 8(2, 1-2), 9(3, 2-4), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1).

Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(5, 4-6), 14(1). Paddle: Lightly pigmented, midrib

slightly darker; apex not emarginated and with minute denticles; hair 1(1, 1-2). Male

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina ) 21

genital lobe extending to 0.35 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.31.

LARVA (fig.13). Head: 0.9 mm. Siphon: 0.78 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.32 mm. Only

nonhairy form known. Very similar to fulvithorax but apparently distinct from the

latter in the short hair O-P with few branches and gills long, slender and subequal.

Chaetotaxy as given below; hairs moderately pigmented. Head: Pigmentation moder-

ate except for areas around mouthparts where it is deeper. Mental plate with a strong

median tooth and 12 distinct teeth (10-12) on each side, often a smaller detached

tooth at base. Hair 0(1). 1(1), 3(1), 4(15, 9-16), 5(1), 6(1), 7(4, 2-6), 8(1), 9(1),

10(1), 116, 3-7), 12(2, 1-3), 13(1), 14@2, 2-3), 15(2, 1-2). Antenna: Length about

0.41 of head; shaft uniform up to middle and then gradually narrowed distally; uni-

formly moderately pigmented, without spicules; all hairs single; hair 1 at about 0.5

from base. Thorax: Apices of long hairs attenuate; integument without spicules; stel-

late hairs with few branches. Prothorax: hair 0(5, 4-6), 1(3), 2(1), 3(3, 3-5), 4(3, 2-

4), 5(3, 3-4), 6(1), 7(3, 2-3), 8(5, 5-8), 9(1, 1-2), 10(1), 11(2, 1-2), 12(1), 14(14, 10-

18). Mesothorax: hair 1(3, 3-4), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(5, 4-5), 7(1), 8(5, 5-6), 9(5,

5-7), 10(1), 111, 1-2), 12(1), 13(7, 3-8), 14(5, 3-5). Metathorax: hair 1(4, 3-5), 2(1),

3(3, 3-5), 4(3, 3-5), 5(5, 3-6), 6(1), 7(5, 5-7), 8(6, 4-7), 9(4, 3-5), 10(1), 11(1, 1-2),

12(1), 13(4, 3-6). Abdomen: Stellate hairs with fewer branches than in fulvithorax.

Segment I: hair 1(5, 4-5), 2(6, 3-6), 3(1), 4(4, 2-8), 5(6, 5-7), 6(4, 3-4), 7(1), 9(3, 3-

5), 10(1), 11(6, 5-8), 13(2, 2-5). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-4), 2(6, 5-8), 3(1), 4(3,

2-5), 5(5, 4-6), 6(3), 7(2, 1-3), 8(1), 9(4, 3-5), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 133, 2-5). Seg-

ment III: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-4), 2(7, 4-7), 3(1), 4(1), 5(5, 3-5), 6(2), 7(4, 2-5), 8(1),

9(6, 4-7), 101), 11(1), 12(1), 13(@2, 2-3), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(2), 2(6, 5-

8), 3(1), 4€1), 5(4, 4-6), 6(2), 7(3, 3-5), 8(1), 9(7, 4-7), 10(1), 11(1), 1201), 13Q, 2-

3), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-2), 2(7, 5-8), 3(1), 4(2, 1-2), 5(5, 3-5), 6(2),

7(3, 3-4), 8(1), 9(6, 4-7), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13@, 1-3), 14(1). Segment VI: hair

O(1), 1(2), 2(6, 6-7), 3(1), 4(@2, 1-2), 5(4, 3-5), 6(1, 1-2), 773, 3-5), 8(1), 9(4, 3-5),

10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(2, 2-4), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(2), 2(6, 6-7), 3(1),

4(1), 5(3, 2-4), 6(2, 1-4), 7(1), 8(3, 2-5), 9(3, 3-4), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13(2, 2-5),

14(1). Segment VIIT: Comb scales usually 20(13-27), in 3 irregular rows, elongate,

rounded apically and evenly fringed; hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-3), 2(1), 3(5, 4-6), 4(1), 5(4, 3-

4), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 2.2-2.3; darkly pigmented and imbricate. Pecten ex-

tending to about 0.4; usually 15 teeth (12-15), smaller at base and gradually becom-

ing larger distally, all with 1-3 basal denticles. Hair 1(3, 2-3), 2(1), 3-5 not visible,

6(1), 7(1), 8(@2, 1-3), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle darkly pigmented and uniformly

imbricate. Gills moderately long, narrow and subequal. Hair 1(2), 2(4, 3-5), 3(1),

4a(3, 3-4), 4b(2, 2-3), 4c(2, 2-3), 4d(2, 2-3), 4e(2, 2-3), 4£(2).

SYSTEMATICS. In the present interpretation, septemstriatus appears to be re-

stricted to areas of rain forest, chiefly in the lowlands, in Nicaragua, Panama and Co-

lombia. In the past it has been confused with arborealis and aureolineatus but it ap-

pears to be more closely related to fulvithorax on the basis of male genitalia and im-

mature stages.

This species has a more marked sexual dimorphism in adult ornamentation than

any other member of the group, the male approaching the condition in both sexes of

fulvithorax and the female having a striking arrangement of golden and dark bronzy

scales in lines on the mesonotum. In the area of overlap of the 2 forms in Colombia,

fulvithorax and septemstriatus are very strongly differentiated and there is no indi-

cation of intergradation; for this reason septemstriatus is considered here to be a dis-

tinct species.

There is considerable variation in the ornamentation of the adults of septemstria-

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tus but the available material is too scanty to determine whether this is entirely in-

dividual, ecological or geographical. However, it appears that in Colombia the light

scaling is more restricted than in Panama and Nicaragua and particularly that the sex-

ual dimorphism is not as marked. The above descriptions are based on individually

associated material from Panama.

Although the adults of septemstriatus are usually readily separated from all other

members of the group on the diagnostic characters in the key and descriptions, I

have not been able to find any reliable characters to separate it in the pupal stage

from fulvithorax. The larvae of the 2 species are also very similar and it is possible

that some of the characters used to differentiate them are not reliable because only

the nonhairy form of septemstriatus has been seen.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of septemstriatus have been found in treeholes

and broken bamboo. In one instance they were associated with 3 species of Haema-

gogus, Aedes (F.) terrens, 2 species of Culex and a species of Sabethes (Galindo, Car-

penter and Trapido 1955). The adults are diurnal, primarily sylvan, and are found

mainly at the forest floor and not in the canopy (Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter

1955; Trapido and Galindo 1957). Other published reports on the bionomics of sep-

temstriatus (Kumm and Novis 1938; Causey and Santos 1949; Floch and Fauran

1954; Belem Virus Lab 1964) do not apply to this species and should probably be

attributed to arborealis.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.2). Lowland to moderate elevations in Colombia (Upper Ori-

noco drainage), Costa Rica (Pacific side), Nicaragua (Atlantic side) and Panama (At-

lantic and Pacific sides). Material examined: 151 specimens; 44 6, 57 °, 42 pupae, 8

larvae; 12 individual rearings (9 pupal, 3 larval).

COLOMBIA. Meta: Restrepo, 12 July 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 2 6 [USNM], 2 ? (KO 209A-9), 1°

(KO 209A-11) [UCLA]; 22 July 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 9 6, 3 , 24; July 1935, 1 6 genitalia, 1 L;

22 Aug 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 1 6 [USNM], 1 ? (KO 206A-1), 4 6, 8 2 (KO 206A-7), 1 6 (KO

206A-13) [UCLA]; 2 May 1942, W.H.W. Komp, 2 2; 11 [USNM]. Villavicencio, 16 July 1943,

W.H.W. Komp, | 9; 25 Oct 1943, M. Bates, 3 9; 1944, M. Bates, 1 p, 1 1 [USNM].

COSTA RICA. Puntarenas: Esquinas, elev. 300 ft, 6 June-30 Nov 1950, 1 A (Trapido, Galindo

and Carpenter 1955:530).

NICARAGUA. Bluefields, W.F. Thornton, 2 9? topotypes [USNM].

PANAMA. Bocas del Toro: Almirante, Bocas-Chiriqui Road, 2 May 1963, A. Quinonez (PA

301), 3 Ipd (301-106,109,112), 5 pd (301-102,105 108,110,111), 4 p? (301-101,103,104,109),

29 P. Chiriquisito, Trail Caldera, 5 Nov 1965, P. Orjuela (PA 1004), 5 9 [UCLA]. Canal Zone: Em-

pire, 11 Feb 1926, J.B. Shropshire, 1 ¢. Fort Randolph, 27 July 1926, D.P. Curry, 1 6. France

Field, 20 Feb 1926, J.B. Shropshire, 6 6, 19 9. Mojinga Swamp, 1 A (Blanton and Peyton 1958:

32). Paja (=Nueva Emperador), 13 May 1941, G.B. Fairchild, 5 d, 1 2. Summit, 30 May 1938,

W.H.W. Komp, 1 ?; 7 May 1943, W.H.W. Komp, 1 6; 15 May 1945, W.H.W. Komp, 1 6; 1 ?

[USNM] . Chiriqui: Chorcha, elev. 300 ft, 12 June-11 Dec 1950, 1 A (Trapido, Galindo and Car-

penter 1955:530). David, C.S. Ludlow, 1 @ (Dyar 1923:148) [Army Medical Museum]. Cocle:

Tucue, elev. 1000 ft, 12 June-14 Dec 1950, 14 A (Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter 1955:530).

Colon: Candelaria, elev. 200 ft, F4-27 Aug 1950, 5 A (Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter 1955:530).

Panama: Arraijan, elev. 600-800 ft, 5 June-29 Dec 1950, 2 A. Campana, elev. 2000 ft, 14 June-6

Dec 1950, 12 A. Campanita Arriba, elev. 600 ft, 24 Aug-4 Dec 1950, 14 A. La Victoria, elev. ©

400-1200 ft, 7 Feb-28 Dec 1950, 1 A (Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter 1955:530). Pacora area,

10 2 (Galindo, Trapido and Carpenter 1950:548,551). San Jose Island: 26 July 1944, W.H.W.

Komp, 1 9 [USNM].

3. Aedes (Howardina) arborealis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne

Figs.2,8,14,15

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina Pe

1920.Aedes arborealis Bonne-Wepster and Bonne, 1920:178. TYPE: Lectotype 6 (3893) with as-

sociated larval and pupal skins (M 53) and genitalia slide (M 41), both slides marked BB 655,

Dam, Surinam, Jan 1919, J. Bonne-Wepster and C. Bonne [ITH; selection of Belkin 1968].

Aedes (Howardina) arborealis of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:377-380); Dyar (1928:23 1-232);

Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1936b:186; 1939:99); Floch and Abonnenc (1944:41; 1947:10);

Lane (1953:708-710); Horsfall (1955:471); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:173); Floch and

Fauran (1954:48); Fauran (1961:29); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:63); Forattini

(1965:400); Stone (1967:208).

Aedes septemstriatus of Kumm and Novis (1938:502,507,510-511); Causey and Santos (1949:

478); Floch and Fauran (1947:10; 1954: 48); Fauran (1961: 29); Belem Virus Lab (1964:101,

103,109,112).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.8 mm. Proboscis: 2.45 mm. Forefemur: 1.93 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.63 mm. In most respects intermediate between fulvithorax and septemstria-

tus but differing from both in the following. Head: Median line of golden scales very

narrow, these scales linear; submedian dark patches distinct but smaller than in sep-

temstriatus. Thorax (fig.8): Mesonotum predominantly with golden yellow scales an-

teriorly; ornamentation superficially very similar to 9 of septemstriatus except that

golden acrostichal line narrower, fossa predominantly with bronzy scales, and mar-

ginal golden area interrupted in front as well as caudad of scutal angle; caudal part

of mesonotum with dark scaling more extensive than golden; upper supraalar patch

of dark scales conspicuous. Scutellum with a conspicuous median line of golden

scales. Scales of apn, ppn, and ppl golden, remaining pleural scales silvery; apn with

numerous dense broad scales; ppn patch restricted, without broad scales. Abdomen:

Median basal tergal patches as in septemstriatus on VI,VII but apparently small and

yellowish on IV,V.

MALE. Wing: 2.8 mm. Proboscis: 2.62 mm. Forefemur: 1.75 mm. Mesonotal or-

namentation essentially as in the female but golden scales more numerous; acrostichal

golden line broad; paraacrostichal dark-scaled line very narrow; outer dorsocentral

dark line evident only posteriorly; fossa with small patch of dark bronzy scales; lower

part of ppn with a few broad scales. Head: Without distinct dark patches, with only

a few dark scales. Palpus subequal to proboscis in length, with numerous pale scales

on lower basal surfaces of segments 3 to 5.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.14). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. In

general similar to fulvithorax except for the following. Ninth tergite lobe indistinct,

with 6,7 strong bristles. Claspette with subapical seta subequal to apical but not

markedly thickened; other setae much longer than in fulvithorax, apical seta extend-

ing beyond middle of sternomesal margin of sidepiece. Clasper with about 5 setae in

distal half.

PUPA (fig.14). Abdomen: 3.24 mm. Trumpet: 0.44 mm; index 3.3-3.4. Paddle:

0.65 mm. Only nonhairy form known. Readily differentiated from fulvithorax and

septemstriatus by fewer branches in hairs 1-II, 9-VII, VIII and broader paddle. Chae-

totaxy as given below; hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Cephalothorax: Meso-

notum between trumpets moderately pigmented, darker laterad; metanotum moder-

ately pigmented; trumpets darkly pigmented and strongly contrasting. Hair 1(1), 2(1),

3(1), 4(1, 1-2), 5C1, 1-2), 6(1, 1-2), 7(1, 1-2), 8(2, 2-3), 9(1), 10(2), 11(1), 12(1). Ab-

domen: Tergite I moderately pigmented except for usual light membranous areas;

other segments moderately pigmented and integument imbricate; pigmentation pro-

gressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(5-7 main branches, subequal in length

and each with many secondary branches), 2(1), 3(1), 4(2, 2-4), 5(1), 6(1), 7(1, 1-2),

24 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

9(1). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-4), 21, 1-2), 3(1), 4¢4, 1-4), 5(1), 6(1), 71, 1-2),

9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(1), 21), 31, 1-2), 4C1, 1-3), 51), 6(1), 7@, 1-4), 8@,

1-2), 9(1), 101, 1-2), 111, 1-2), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3@, 2-3),

41, 1-3), 5(1), 6(1), 71, 1-2), 8C1, 1-2), 9(1), 10€1), 11€1), 141). Segment V: hair

O(1), 101), 201), 301), 4(@, 1-3), 3(1),, 61), 7G, 1-2), 8(@2, 122), 901), 10d), 110),

14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(€1), 2(1), 31), 4€1), 51), 6(1), 7(1), 8C1, 1-2), 9(1),

101), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4€1), 5C1), 6(1), 7Q1),

8(1), 9(2, 1-2), 10(1), 111), 141). Segment VUIT: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(3), 14(1). Pad-

dle: Ovoid; lightly pigmented, midrib dark; apex slightly produced; hair 1 single;

male genital lobe extending to 0.6 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.34.

LARVA (fig.15). Only nonhairy form known. Readily differentiated from fulvi-

thorax and septemstriatus by the following. Head hairs 6,11-C usually double; stel-

late hairs with heavier spikes; comb scales usually more numerous (27-39), in 4,5

rows, siphon index about 2.0; 10-11 pecten teeth without basal denticles, the distal

teeth greatly elongate; anal gills shorter than saddle, broad and subequal.

SYSTEMATICS. As indicated in the diagnosis above, arborealis is somewhat inter-

mediate between fulvithorax and septemstriatus in the ornamentation of the adults.

Its larva and pupa are quite distinct from these species but may be similar to the un-

known immature stages of aureolineatus which appears to be closely related to ar-

borealis.

In the present interpretation, arborealis has a more restricted distribution than for-

merly reported, being confined to the Guianas and the lower Amazon. Former re-

ports of arborealis from Colombia pertain to septemstriatus and all the specimens

from the lower Amazon identified as septemstriatus in USNM appear to be arborealis.

The above descriptions are based on the type series from Surinam. Specimens

from Guyana and French Guiana agree in all respects with the Surinam material. The

adults from the lower Amazon are usually considerably darker, with more extensive

dark bronzy scaling on the mesonotum, but there is a great deal of variation in this

character and some specimens are indistinguishable from the material from French

Guiana. I consider all these populations as members of a single species.

A single specimen of aureolineatus from Para without specified locality, suggests

that this species and arborealis may overlap in the lower Amazon but there is no in-

dication of intergradation of the 2 forms in the material at hand from Belem and up-

river. |

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of arborealis have been found in treeholes on-

ly. There are no published reports on the adult bionomics of arborealis but the rec-

ords of septemstriatus taken on human bait (Belem Virus Lab 1964) and during the

wet (Oct-Mar) and dry seasons (Causey and Santos 1949) undoubtedly refer to ar-

borealis in the present sense.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.2). Confined to low elevations in Guyana, Surinam, French

Guiana and Brazil (lower Amazon drainage). Material examined: 80 specimens; 8 6,

57 2, 6 pupae, 9 larvae; 7 individual rearings (3 larval, 4 incomplete).

BRAZIL. Para: Belem, July 1931, R.C. Shannon, 1 @ [USNM]; IAN Forest, 413 ?; IAN and

Utinga forests, 18 9; Utinga Forest, 107 ? (Belem Lab Report 1964:101,103,109,112). Curralinho,

1 Apr 1936, 1 9; Apr 1936, 1 ?; 26 July 1936, 1 3, 1 9; 1936, 1 L; 2 9 (K 325,341); Mar 1938, 5 9

[USNM]. Ilha de Marajo, 1 9 (Kumm and Novis 1938:507). Santarem, Belterra, Aug 1938, 1 9;

Oct 1938, 1 9 [USNM].

FRENCH GUIANA. Baduel (Floch and Abonnenc 1944:4; 1947:10). Cayenne, Apr 1943, 1 9

[USNM] ; June 1944, E. Abonnenc, 32 9. Cabassou, 4 Feb 1965, T.H.G. Aitken, R. Martinez and

A. Guerra (FG 46), 1 ¢ [UCLA]. Iracoubo (Fauran 1961:29). Placer Isnard, 17 June 1940, E.

Abonnenc, 2 9 [UCLA]. Rorota, 8 May 1941, 2 9, 3 lp (577,578) [USNM].

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 25

GUYANA. Mazaruni, 25 June 1936, W.H.W. Komp, 2 2? [USNM]; 6 July 1936, Leslie, 1 6, 2 9

(KO 208A-7); 6 July, 1 6 (KO 208A-8); 1 6 (KO 208A-10) [UCLA].

SURINAM. Aloesoebanja, 17 Jan 1956, E. van der Kuyp, 1 L. Dam, 1 Ip, “‘cotype’”? [USNM,

No.22712]; 1 lp? (39-09, “‘cotype’’), 1 lp (39-01); 1 ¢ (38-98, “‘cotype”) [UCLA].

4. Aedes (Howardina) aureolineatus Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.2,8,58

. TYPES: Holotype ¢, Piraja (Bahia), Brazil, May 1931, Servico Febre Amarela, M.E.S., Brasil

[USNM]. Allotype ¢ (660121-10) with genitalia slide, same data as holotype [USNM]. Paratypes:

2 2, same data as holotype [USNM, UCLA].

FEMALE. Wing: 3.6 mm. Proboscis: 2.7 mm. Forefemur: 2.32 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.33 mm. Head: Median line of golden scales very narrow; these scales broader

than in fulvithorax and curved; submedian dark patch very large, extending to occi-

put; a small elongate lateral dark line at level of middle of apn. Palpus about 0.19 of

proboscis. Torus light yellowish brown, darkened on mesal surface. Thorax (fig.8):

Mesonotal integument brown; scaling predominantly dark bronzy; a conspicuous

acrostichal golden line from anterior promontory, bifurcating on prescutellar space

and reaching scutellum; a golden outer dorsocentral line arising caudad of scutal an-

gle, broad and curved outward anteriorly, narrow posteriorly and reaching scutellum;

lateral margin golden scaled, broadly to level of middle of ppn, narrowly to scutal an-

gle, broadly caudad of scutal angle, separated by dark scales from a very large golden

patch in and above supraalars; a few scattered golden scales laterad of acrostichal line

especially in front. Scutellum with a conspicuous median line of narrow golden

scales. Paratergite as in fulvithorax. Scales of apn numerous, light golden, moderately

broad and curved; ppn patch extensive, light golden, scales short and curved; remain-

ing pleural scale patches silvery to very light golden. Abdomen: Median basal tergal

light patches silvery on VI,VII, light brown on V, usually absent on other segments.

MALE. Wing: 3.06 mm. Proboscis: 3.1 mm. Forefemur: 2.16 mm. Allotype lack-

ing proboscis, 1 antenna, palpi and all legs on right side; description from Salvador

specimen. Essentially similar to female except that scattered golden scales more nu-

merous and lateral marginal light line wider on mesonotum. Palpus subequal to pro-

boscis in length.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.58). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Es-

sentially as in arborealis except that lobe of tergite IX more prominent and several

setae of the claspette distinctly thickened.

IMMATURE STAGES. Unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. The adults of aureolineatus are strikingly different from all other

members of the group except sp. 5 (Iquitos form) in the reduction of the golden

scaling on the central anterior part of the mesonotum to a narrow acrostichal line.

This form appears to be a distinct species probably related to arborealis, but this can-

not be definitely determined until the immature stages are found.

In the small series of aureolineatus very little individual variation is evident. The

Specimens from Para and Rio de Janeiro are not significantly different from the type

material from Bahia.

BIONOMICS. Nothing is known of the breeding sites and adult bionomics of au-

reolineatus but it is likely that they are similar to other members of this group.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.2). Confined to low elevations in Brazil along the coast from

Para to Rio de Janeiro.

26 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

BRAZIL. Bahia: Piraja, May 1933, 1 d, 3 9, type series [USNM, UCLA]. Salvador, 27 Apr

1936, E. Silva, 1 6 [USNM]. Para: Apr 1930, N.C. Davis, 1 ° [USNM] . Rio de Janeiro: Apr 1933,

1 9 [USNM].

5. Aedes (Howardina) sp., Iquitos form

FEMALE. Wing: 3.33 mm. Proboscis: 2.71 mm. Forefemur: 2.34 mm. Abdomen:

broken off. Extremely similar to aureolineatus and differing apparently chiefly in the

following. Mesonotal ornamentation darker; acrostichal golden line narrower; dorso-

central golden line represented only by a rounded spot at about 0.5 of mesonotum;

fewer scattered golden scales; apn scales more numerous and broader, more distinctly

silvery; ppn scale patch more extensive, with some broad scales below.

MALE and IMMATURE STAGES. Unknown.

DISCUSSION. The single specimen from Iquitos, Peru, Mar-Apr 1931, R.C. Shan-

non [USNM] lacks the abdomen. It may represent a distinct species related to arbor-

ealis and aureolineatus or a local population of one of these. This form shows the

greatest reduction in the golden scaling on the anterior part of the mesonotum in the

Fulvithorax Group.

WALKERI SECTION

FEMALES. Usually small to medium sized species, wing 2.1-3.5 mm. Head: Sub-

median dark patch broad; lateral patch smaller, bordered posteriorly by light scales.

Erect scales varied. Torus brown to dark brown, with a few small black scales mesal-

ly. Palpus with or without apical light scales. Thorax: Mesonotum usually with dis-

tinct linear light pattern (except in some grabhami), light scales all golden or combi-

nation of golden and silvery. Acrostichal line absent but a small light patch present

at level of anterior promontory; inner and outer dorsocentral lines incomplete, inner

not reaching scutellum, outer usually not reaching anterior margin; lateral marginal

line broken at scutal angle, usually narrow (very broad in Walkeri Group); median

prescutellar line present. Paratergite bare. Acrostichal bristles usually absent on disc,

present in Busckii Group. Pleural scales silvery (fig.17); ppn and psp without scales;

ssp scale patch present or absent; mep with a small, restricted patch at upper half be-

low bristles only. Legs: Midfemur and hindfemur without distinct distal light spot on

anterior surface. Foretibia sometimes with light scales distally. Tarsal light markings

not restricted to segment 1. Wing: Veins entirely dark scaled. Abdomen: Sternites H-

IV without dark scales.

MALES. Larger claws of foreleg and midleg with both submedian and basal teeth

present (in Busckii Group basal tooth absent).

MALE GENITALIA. Lobes of tergite IX indistinct, bearing a few strong setae.

Sidepieces separated from each other at base by a distance greater than diameter of

aedeagus at that level; tergomesal and sternomesal margins without any indication of

lobes. Claspette represented by a small roughly triangular or fingerlike lobe bearing

1, rarely 2, apical setae; not connected to its mate.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Hair 5-C usually shorter than distance between its base

and that of trumpet; either subequal to or longer than hair 4-C; if longer, varied in

branching. Abdomen: Hair 5-IV,V usually single (double or triple in Aurites and

Busckii Groups), terminating before or extending beyond apex of tergite following;

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina | 8 |

2-IV-VI usually distad of 0.75 of its tergite; 9-III-VI usually caudolaterad of hair 6

(except in walkeri); 9-VII moderately to strongly developed, either close to or re-

moved considerable distance cephalad of hair 6.

LARVAE. Stellate hairs developed or not. Antenna: Short; with or without scat-

tered spicules; hair 1-A single. Thorax: Integument glabrous. Tubercles of hairs 5-7-P

distinctly joined; hair 9-P simple, usually single or double; hair 13-P absent except in

Ioliota Group. Abdomen: Integument glabrous except in walkeri and members of

Ioliota Group. Hairs 2,5,9-VII usually stellate; hair 8-VII cephalad or cephalodorsad

of 9-VII. Segment VIIT: Hairs 1,5-VIII usually strong, with a few branches but not

stellate. Comb scales usually in a single row (up to 2-4 irregular rows in Busckii

Group); individual scale usually blunt apically. Siphon: Index 2.0-8.5. Integument

smooth, imbricate or spiculate. Acus distinct except in Walkeri and Aurites Groups.

Pecten teeth with or without basal denticles. Anal Segment: Saddle with distinct

marginal spicules. Hair 1-X short to moderate, with a few branches; hair 3-X single,

2-X multiple. Ventral brush with 5 or 6 pairs of hairs arising from a boss with or

without distinct grid bars.

DISCUSSION. The Walkeri Section is the most heterogeneous of the 3 sections in

the subgenus, particularly in the immature stages. However, it is probably a mono-

phyletic lineage characterized by 3 unique features of adult ornamentation: parater-

gite and ppn both without scales and prescutellar area with a median light-scaled line.

Four rather distinct phylads within the section are suggested by differences in the

mesonotal pattern of the adults: (1) Aurites Group, with a rather broad linear golden

pattern very reminiscent of the Sexlineatus Section, (2) Walkeri Group, with a very

broad continuous lateral silvery patch and apparently relatively broad golden dorso-

central lines, (3) the very similar Ioliota and Albonotatus Groups, with a very narrow

silvery lateral line, very faint golden dorsocentral lines and a silvery prescutellar line,

and (4) Busckii Group, intermediate between the Walkeri Group and the Ioliota-

Albonotatus Groups in the width of the lateral silvery line which is frequently broken.

The Busckii Group is unique in the subgenus in the presence of acrostichal bristles on

the disc of the mesonotum.

The immature stages are much more diverse than in the other sections, each of the

above-mentioned phylads possessing a type quite as distinct as those characterizing

the Sexlineatus and Fulvithorax Sections. The Ioliota Group is also clearly separated

in the larval and pupal stages from the Albonotatus Group. The breeding sites in the

Walkeri Section encompass the entire range used by the subgenus, extending to habi-

tats not utilized by the other sections.

The Walkeri Section is almost entirely confined to islands in the Caribbean area.

Only 2 small encroachments on present continental areas are known: (1) in the Yu-

catan Peninsula by the Ioliota Group and (2) in northern Venezuela and Trinidad by

the Ioliota Group and northern Venezuela only by the Walkeri Group. The groups

show primarily allopatric complementary distributions. The only exceptions known

are in (1) the Walkeri and Aurites Groups in Jamaica, (2) possibly Albonotatus and

Busckii Groups in Guadeloupe, and (3) Ioliota and Walkeri Groups in northern Vene-

zuela. Except in the Aurites Group, members of a group always have allopatric dis-

tributions (fig.3).

There are 2 surprising gaps in the distribution of the Walkeri Section. Although in-

tensive collections have been made in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Leeward Is-

lands, no species of Howardina has yet been recorded from this area. Nor has the

subgenus been recorded from Cuba. However, it is possible that the record of Haema-

gogus sp. from Cuba by Montchadsky and Garcia (1966:46-47) is based on a mis-

28 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

identification of an undescribed species of Howardina.

The diversity of types in the Walkeri Section is undoubtedly a reflection of typical

insular speciation through isolation of small populations. As indicated above, it ap-

pears that only one original stock was probably involved, although there is a sugges-

tion of a possible recent intrusion of the Sexlineatus Section in the Aurites Group

(see). However, the present pattern could not have been attained through a simple

splitting of the original stock among the island masses as they exist today. The reten-

tion of such primitive features as acrostichal bristles in the adults of busckii, hair 13-

P in the larvae of the Ioliota Group, 6 pairs of hairs in the ventral brush in all species

except busckii and a patch of comb scales in the larvae of some populations of

busckii, is indicative of very early separation of the Walkeri Section from the other

sections rather than its recent derivation from one of them. That the present pattern

represents speciation and dispersal on island masses no longer in existence in the

Caribbean area is strongly supported by the relict distributions of the Walkeri and

Ioliota Groups.

KEYS TO GROUPS AND SPECIES

ADULTS

3 All mesonotal leht scaling golden (Aurntes Group)... 2°. we

At least lateral marginal lime silvery-or white <0 2. 2 7) cosue Teeio nw a

Aurites Group

2(1). Pleuron with a large silvery patch continuous from lower pra across posterior

stp toitslower margin. . . - oc 6) aurives

Pleuron with 3 small discrete, separate silvery parches. one each on lower

Pra, Upoct. se and {ower 870 (6 Oe A ee

3(2). Antealar area (above paratergite) with golden scales, rarely 1-3 bronzy scales

present; mesonotal light lines usually distinct and broad, sometimes almost

completely merging in anterior two-thirds of mesonotum . .9. grabhami

Antealar area with numerous dark bronzy scales above narrow posterior lat-

eral mesonotal golden line; mesonotal light lines narrow, discrete, never

Mere ie ee Oe IO imeeamalis, 1 ic siene

4(1). Lateral marginal line broadened to form a conspicuous lateral silvery patch;

ssp without scales (Walkeri Group) .

Lateral marginal line very narrow, not extending o on fossa: - ssp with patch of

ls yes atin cen ee

Walkeri Group

5(4). Inner dorsocentral line continuous, moderately broad. . >. . . 6. walkeri

Inner dorsocentral line dotted, only faintly indicated . . . . . 7. argyrites

Busckii Group

6(4). Median prescutellar line golden, faint; palpus entirely dark in both Sexes;

acrostichal bristles presenton disc @ 2) 0 a eee a 12 busekil

7(6).

8(7).

(7).

oul

S(2).

4(3).

=),

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 2

Median prescutellar line silvery, conspicuous; silvery scales on apex of female

palpus and base of some segments of male palpus; acrostichal bristles ab-

Sent OHCne a ee ee

Hindtarsal segment 5 with ae scales (Ioliota Group) eg ee ae

Hindtarsal segment 5 with black scales only (Albonotatus Group). re

Ioliota Group

Hindtarsal segment 5 entirely white-scaled . . . tues 6G 2. toloda

Hindtarsal segment 5 with some apical and posterior dark scales .

ws comnclensis

Albonotatus Group

Hindtarsal segment 3 white-scaled in barely more than basal 0.5 . ;

Mee ee a) eg

Hindtarsal segment 3 white-scaled in at least basal0.7. . . 14. albonotatus

MALE GENITALIA

(7. argyrites not definitely known)

Tergal surface of sidepiece with very dense vestiture of long bristles, some as

long as’sidepiece . . >. 5 a. LD. Daehamensis

Tergal surface of sidepiece with sparse vestiture of short or moderate bristles,

none more thay.0.5’of sidepiece length 27 ee? Gk ee

Clasper very a including spiniform about as peice as sidepiece .

14. albonotatus

Clasper short or r moderate, including spiniform not more than 0.75 of side-

eieceleneih.. . -. Caete cromp ik Ged (OILS peak ig eine ee

Claspette with an apical fingerlike cylindrical process more than twice as long

as wide and bearing apical bristles; body of claspette with short subapical

Drisiies: 2 ae. 4

Claspette without distinct apical fingerlike cylindrical process, apical bristle

borne on a short broad conical process; body of claspette with several

strong subapical bristles borne on similar but smaller tubercles . . . .5

Apex of aedeagus deeply emarginate in dorsal aspect producing lateral lobes

and/or distal half of aedeagus distinctly broader than proximal half; basal

tergal bristles of sidepiece strong, subequal in length and development to

tergomesal marginal bristles. . . . pu Soe EO ser

Aedeagus not emarginate apically in dorsal aspect and roughly of uniform

width; basal tergal bristles of sidepiece weak, much shorter and weaker

than tergomesal marginal bristles

6. aurites, 9. grabhami; | 0. inaequalis; : a stenei

Clasper more than 0.5 of sidepiece length, without distinct subapical setae .

6. walkeri

Clasper less than 0. 5 of sidepiece length. with distinct subapical eetae <0

6(5).

2(1).

3(2).

4(3).

a¢3).

6(2).

7(6).

8(6).

9(8).

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Clasper gradually tapered todistalO.75 ..... . .13. cozumelensis

Clasper swollen on base, abruptly tapered at about middle So wh pedoge

PUPAE

(7. argyrites unknown)

Walkeri Group

Paddle deeply emarsinate athar!] .°. . 6. . . . 6. walkeri

Paddle usually smoothly rounded on apex, at ctost shallowly emarginate at

PR a a ei as ee ee ds ee ee

Hair 10-C usually at least 10-branched (Aurites ee Sy se ak a peace

Hair 10-C usually less than 5-branched. . .. . ee en eek

Aurites Group

Pigmentation very light and uniform; metanotum pene scape pigmen-

ted ore.

Pigmentation moderate and t uneven; metanotum with light < area in the middle

er ro a ee

Hair 2-¥ idistinctly laterad Of Nair 3. 4 ea ee ses hae Ge oe © UTES

Flaw 2-Vi miesad or at level of Neir3. . 6 Om es BR Bona

Median tergal darkening of abdominal segment III indistinct.

ie SC, inaequalis

Median tergal darkénine of abdominal segment i sharply marked |

11. stenei

Hair 5 at least 2.0 of hair 4 (loliota Group). . . ae aoe

Hair 5-C subequal to hair 4 (Albonotatus and Busckii Groups). Sree

Ioliota Group

Hair 1-II strongly dendritic and with many branches; paddle ovoid, length

about 1.5 greatest width . . i G2. toon

Hair 1-II with 7-12 simple branches: ‘paddle rounded, length about 1.2 great-

OS Wiltd ue Beak Begs err Gay ah ane, hy eyes

Albonotatus and Busckii Groups

Hairs 7,10-C both Single; paddle elongate, length more than 1.5 greatest

width . . 14. albonotatus

Hairs 7 10-C usually at least double: paddle length moderate, usually less

than 1. 3 greatest Widths so ucan he ee

Pinna very long, more than 0.33 of total trumpet length; paddle slightly

emarginate at hair 1; hair 6-III],IV strong, usually at least double .

. . L535. bahamensis

Pinna moderate, about 0. a of total trumpet length: paddle evenly rounded

on apex; hair 6-III AV Weak Wives Pe ea ee, Base

2(1).

erg

4(2).

5(4).

6(5).

At).

8(7).

9(8).

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 31

LARVAE

(7. argyrites unknown)

Walkeri Group

Abdominal integument densely covered with large dark-branched spicules .

oc Bia Gm Me Te ee el ey ee: 6. walkeri

Abdominal injeeument Slanraus at A a a ee es ee ee

Hair 13-P present (loliota ack ae WT ee RESET OO NO COE ini Sarna NACE RE

Hair 13-P' absent ... 3 fMea Gk eet lea ige Ugly eas ees ae eae

Ioliota Group

Siphon slightly swollen in middle, index about 2.5; comb scales blunt or

rounded apically... . ped £2 Aptliota

Siphon slightly evenly tapered from base, index. about a OQ; comb scales

Ponte APIO ee I I aa ions

Busckii Group

Ventral brush with 5 pairs of hairs (comb scales sometimes in 2 to 4 rows;

pecten teeth sometimes extending well beyond hair 1-S). . . 16. busckii

entrar Dish) Will G paws OL ais” Ce ee eee

Head hair 6-C usually single or double; pecten teeth short and with basal den-

ticles; siphon index 3.0 or less (Albonotatus Group) . . .6

Head hair 6-C multiple, usually more than 5-branched; pecten teeth long,

slender and without basal denticles; siphon index more than 4.0 (Aurites

eC) petunia ee ee at

Albonotatus Group

Anal gills subequal; siphonal hair 1-S adjacent to last pecten tooth .

. . . 14. albonotatus

Anal ills markedly unequal siphonal hair 1. -S well beyond last pecten tooth

ool Eh ae ERR cs £5, bahamensis

Aurites Group

Hair 2-VII large, stellate, 4-7-branched. . ...... . .. .. Jd. stenei

PROT ee i IR OR ie iar dyna Wie ecw aga a age eee ee

Siphon index less than 5.5; anal gills markedly unequal, the small distinctly

shorter than saddle... |... . . . 10. inaequalis

Siphon index 6.0 or more; anal gills subequal and distinctly longer than sad-

1 Nill idle Coe ihdib inline ree Rue) a Bi) Lene

Head hair 5-C usually single; 7-C very short, less than 0.25 of antenna, and

usually triple . . ay? grabhami

Head hair 5-C a at least triple; +e about 0. 5 of antenna and usually 6-

DYANENOG 464. eae gc ee Na ie ae ee ee ee ae

32 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

Walkeri Group

FEMALES. Head: Narrow decumbent scales white. Palpus with apical silvery

scales (broken in argyrites). Thorax: Inner dorsocentral line golden, continuous or

dotted; median prescutellar line broad, white or predominantly white; outer dorso-

central line faint, narrow, golden; lateral marginal line broadened to form a conspic-

uous lateral silvery patch from anterior angle to wing base. Acrostichal bristles not

developed on disc: Scutellum predominantly dark scaled, light scales restricted to

median lobe. Ssp without scales; upper stp patch separate, large. Legs: Foretarsus

completely dark; midtarsus with incomplete or complete basal white ring on segment

1; hindtarsus with moderate basal white rings on segments 1-3 in walkeri, at least on

1-2 in argyrites (rest broken). Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light markings creamy,

present on proximal segments.

MALE (walkeri only). Palpus with basomedian. white scales on segments 4,5. Larg-

er claw of foreleg and midleg with both submedian and basal teeth; smaller claw with

basal tooth only.

MALE GENITALIA (walkeri only). Caspette with short broad conical tubercle

bearing 1 apical bristle. Clasper about 0.6 of sidepiece; minute spicules basally; sub-

apical hairs absent. Aedeagus subquadrate, shorter than proctiger, without apical

~ lobes.

PUPA (walkeri only). Cephalothorax: Hair 5-C usually at least triple, moderately

long, subequal to distance from its alveolus to trumpet base and at least 2.0 as long

as hair 4; hair 7-C usually 3-branched; hair 10-C with 2-7 branches. Abdomen: All

large hairs except 1-II,IJI, 9-VII,VHI usually single or double; hair 2-II laterad of or

in line with hair 3; hair 5-[V,V usually extending to apex of tergite following; hair 9-

II-VI usually at level or slightly cephalad of hair 6; 9-VII subequal to hair 6-VIJ; hair

4-VIII single. Paddle: Short; apex distinctly emarginate; marginal spicules distinct.

LARVA (walkeri only). Head: Hair 1-C always branched, usually triple; 4-C un-

usually long, multiple; 5-C single, long and stout; 6-C usually 4-branched; hairs 11,

12,14-C all stellate, 11-C with unequal branches; 15-C double, long, exceeding apex

of mental plate. Antenna: Shaft with scattered, short, sharp spicules; hair 1-A single.

Thorax: Hair 13-P absent. Hairs 0,1,3,4,8,14-P, 1,13,14-M, 1,3,4,5,8,13-T all strong-

ly stellate, with numerous branches, very darkly pigmented; hairs 1-M,T far mesad of

~ hairs 2,3. Abdomen: Integument with numerous very dark, large branched spicules;

hairs 2 and 9 removed cephalad of hair 8. Hairs 1,2,5,9,13-I-VI, 11-I, 7-II-VI all

strongly stellate as on thorax; hair 8-VII cephalodorsad of 9-VII. Segment VUIIT:

Comb scales in a single row; individual scale long, pointed and fringed to apex. Si-

phon: Index less than 3.0; integument with rows of short spicules; acus absent, no

indication of basal indentation. Pecten extending almost to apex; teeth long, proxi-

mal ones simple, distal branched apically. Anal Segment: Saddle body with numer-

ous strong spicules; caudal margin with long fringed spines; hair 1-X multiple, near

lower end of caudal margin. Ventral brush with 6 pairs of hairs on very strongly scle-

rotized boss without distinct grid bars.

DISCUSSION. The diagnosis of the group is based almost entirely on walkeri, the

type species of the subgenus and a common species endemic to Jamaica. A. argyrites,

known only by the imperfect female holotype from northern Venezuela and possi-

bly a male genitalia slide, is extremely similar to walkeri in adult ornamentation and

is undoubtedly a member of this group.

The Walkeri Group possesses many features unique in the section, particularly in

the immature stages which are readily recognized from all other species in the sub-

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genus. However, the mesonotal pattern of the adults suggests a greater affinity with

the Aurites Group than with any other group. As indicated under the latter, this is

interpreted here as an indication of introgression with the Sexlineatus Section.

The widely disjunct distribution of the 2 members of the Walkeri Group parallels

that of the 2 members of the Ioliota Group and is similarly interpreted as a relict pat-

tern of a group originally with a wide distribution in the central Caribbean area (fig.

B).

The group may be primarily a breeder in bromeliads as is the case with walkeri but

since the latter sometimes uses treeholes it is possible that these may have been the

original breeding sites, perhaps still retained by argyrites.

6. Aedes (Howardina) walkeri (Theobald)

Figs.3,7,8,16-18

1901.Culex walkeri Theobald, 1901:424. TYPE: Holotype ? (45/110), Jamaica, date and collector

not specified [BM].

Aedes (Howardina) walkeri of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:368); Dyar (1928:235); Edwards

(1932:156); Lane (1939:101; 1953:725-726); Horsfall (1955:471); Stone, Knight and Starcke

(1959:174); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:31); Forattini (1965S: 399 ,400); Porter (1967:

38).

Aedes walkeri of Dyar and Knab (1906b:189,192); Howard, Dyar and Knab (1912:70; 1917:849-

852); Picado (1913:325); Dyar (1918:73,80); Johnson (1919:424); Gowdey (1926:74); Thomp-

son (1947:78); Hill and Hill (1948:46).

Howardina walkeri of Theobald (1903a:287-289); Dyar (1905a:49; 1905b:23; 1905c:27-28); Theo-

bald and Grabham (1905:20-22); Theobald (1905:9; 1907:215-216; 1910:220); Coquillett

(1906b:26); Grabham (1906:170-171); Surcouf and Gonzalez-Rincones (1911:139-140).

Culex walkeri of Blanchard (1905:416).

Haemagogus walkeri of Dyar and Knab (1906a:166).

FEMALE (fig.16). Wing: 2.62 mm. Proboscis: 2.1 mm. Forefemur: 1.75 mm. Ab-

domen: about 2.45 mm. As described for group, with the following apparently diag-

nostic features. Head: Median stripe on vertex broad, silvery; light scales on sides and

venter creamy. Thorax (figs.8,16): Scales on anterior promontory golden. Inner dor-

socentral line distinct, continuous and moderately broad; median prescutellar line

usually silvery, sometimes with a few golden scales, rarely predominantly golden;

outer dorsocentral line golden; lateral marginal line very broad, silvery. Antealar area

above paratergite with silvery scales. Silvery scales on median scutellar lobe narrow;

lateral lobes with narrow dark scales. Pleural scales as in the group. Legs: Forefemur

and midfemur predominantly dark anteriorly, a few basal scales creamy, proximal

0.5 of posterior surface broadly creamy, extending distally as a light line, rest dark;

hindfemur mostly creamy except for lateral distal dark scales. Midtarsal segment 1

with only a few white scales at base. Haltere: Stem pale, knob mostly dark, fringe

scales creamy white. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal creamy patches distinct on {I-VI

a few pale scales on II. Sternites creamy on II-IV, rest of segments with basal creamy

and apical dark scales.

MALE (fig.16). Wing: 2.28 mm. Proboscis: 1.93 mm. Forefemur: 1.04 mm. Essen-

tially similar to female in color.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.17). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe indistinct, with 3,4 strong setae. Sidepiece about 2.5 times median width.

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Clasper with minute spicules basally; spiniform about 0.2 of clasper.

PUPA (fig.17). Abdomen: 2.7 mm. Trumpet: 0.38 mm; index about 4.5-5.0. Pad-

dle: 0.46 mm. Chaetotaxy as figured; hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Diagnos-

tic characters as in the key. Readily separated from all other species of the subgenus

by the presence of minute denticles on abdomen and by the distinctly emarginate

paddle. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately pigmented between trumpets, slight-

ly deeper laterally; trumpets contrasting. Hair 1(1), 2(2, 2-3), 3(1, 1-2), 4(3, 2-5),

5(5, 3-6), 6(1, 1-2), 7(3, 2-4), 8(3, 1-5), 9(1), 1005, 2-7), 1101, 1-2), 12(3, 2-5). Ab-

domen: Tergite I moderately to strongly pigmented except for usual membranous

areas; remaining segments moderately to strongly pigmented, progressively lighter

caudad; integument with minute denticles. Segment I: hair 1(8-12 primary branches,

each with many secondary branches), 2(1, 1-2), 3(1), 4(3, 2-5), 5(4, 3-6), 6(1, 1-2),

7(2, 1-3), 9(1, 1-2). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(8,.5-17), 2(1), 31), 4(@2, 2-4), 5@, 1-3),

6(1, 1-2), 7(3, 1-4), 81, present in some), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(4, 2-9), 2€1,

1-2), 3(1), 4@, 1-3), 5(2, 1-3), 6(1), 7(2, 2-5), 8(3, 2-5), 9(1), 10(1, 1-2), 11(1), 14(1).

Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-4), 2(1, 1-3), 3(3, 2-6), 4@, 1-2), 5(2, 2-3), 6(1, 1-2),

7(2, 1-4), 8(2, 2-3), 9(1), 101, 1-3), 11€1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-3),

2(1, 1-3), 3(1, 1-3), 41, 1-5), 5@, 2-4), 6(1, 1-2), 7(2, 2-5), 8(2, 2-4), 9(1), 101, 1-

2), 111), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-3), 2(1, 1-3), 31, 1-2), 4(2, 1-4), 5(3,

2-4), 6(1, 1-2), 7(2, 1-3), 8(2, 2-3), 9(1), 10(1), 11€1), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1),

1(1, 1-3), 21, 1-3), 3(2, 1-3), 4(1, 1-2), 5(@2, 1-4), 6(5, 3-6), 7(1, 1-2), 8(2, 2-6), 9(6,

6-9), 10(1), 11(1, 1-4), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(12, 11-16), 14(1, 1-2),

Paddle: Uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib slightly darker; dorsal surface with fine

denticles, external margin serrated; apex deeply emarginate; hair 1-P slender. Male

genital lobe extending to 0.5 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.41.

LARVA (fig.18). Head: 0.7 mm. Siphon: 0.43 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.22 mm. Chae-

totaxy as figured; hairs darkly pigmented. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Readi-

ly differentiated from all other species of the subgenus by: (1) stellate hairs with nu-

merous branches, (2) dendritic spicules on abdomen and (3) pecten teeth extending

almost to apex of siphon. Head: Width subequal to length; integument smooth and

strongly pigmented. Mental plate with 12 distinct teeth on each side of strong medi-

an tooth, often a smaller detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-3), 3(1), 4(6, 5-8),

5(1), 6(4, 2-5), 7(4, 3-5), 8(1), 9(2), 10(€1), 11(14, 9-17; stellate, branches of 3

lengths), 12(10, 8-17), 13(1), 14(15, 11-24; stellate), 15(2, 1-3). Antenna: Length

about 0.3 of head; uniformly strongly pigmented; with scattered spicules; all hairs

usually single; hair 1-A about 0.62 from base. Thorax: Integument glabrous; in life

thorax appears bluish green. Apex of long hairs attenuate; stellate hairs with numer-

ous branches; long and stellate hairs weakly barbed. Prothorax: hair 0(32, 30-46),

1(32, 27-38), 2(1), 3(26, 24-36), 4(36, 30-42), 5(4, 3-5), 6(1, 1-2), 7(3, 2-4), 8(36,

30-38), 9(2, 1-4), 10(1), 11(4, 3-5), 12(1), 14(48, 44-54). Mesothorax: hair 1(36, 25-

54), 2(1), 31), 4C1), 5(1), 6(8, 5-8), 7(1), 8(8, 7-10), 9(10, 7-14), 10(1), 11(3, 2-4),

12(1), 13(22, 17-27), 14(23, 19-29). Metathorax: hair 1(54, 48-63), 2(1), 3(22, 19-

24), 4(28, 28-34), 5(25, 22-33), 6(1), 7(8, 7-10), 8(19, 16-23), 9(8, 6-8), 10(1, 1-2),

11(3, 2-4), 12(1), 13(42, 38-43). Abdomen: Integument densely packed with large

dendritically branched spicules, more sparsely on segment I; stellate hairs as on tho-

rax. Segment I: hair 1(53, 51-71), 2(40, 40-53), 3(1), 4(2, 1-2), 5(29, 28-41), 6(3,

3-4), 71, 1-2), 9(14, 9-15), 10(1), 11(26, 24-30), 13(35, 29-38). Segment II: hair

O(1), 1(60, 52-65), 2(46, 36-46), 3(1), 4(2, 1-3), 5(32, 25-36), 6(4, 3-4), 7(18, 14-

22), 8(1), 9(20, 18-22), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(36, 33-44). Segment III: hair 0(1),

1(64, 56-66), 2(41, 35-45), 3(1), 4(1), 5(34, 30-40), 6(3, 2-3), 7(20, 20-24), 8(1),

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9(21, 21-26), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(36, 32-44), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(60,

54-62), 2(42, 36-46), 3(1), 4(1, 1-2), 5(37, 30-42), 6(2, 2-3), 7(20, 18-22), 8(1),

9(24, 22-27), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(40, 25-41), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(60,

47-61), 2(37, 37-42), 3(1), 4(3, 1-3), 5(36, 30-41), 6(@2, 2-3), 7(20, 18-25), 8(1),

9(26, 25-31), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(36, 30-42), 14(1, 1-2). Segment VI: hair 0(1),

1(56, 44-60), 2(41, 36-41), 3(1), 4(2, 1-2), 5(30, 30-42), 6(2, 1-2), 7(22, 18-24),

8(1), 9(28, 25-29), 10(1), 111), 1201), 1334, 28-38), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1),

1(50, 42-50), 2(36, 30-40), 3(1), 4(1), 5(28, 28-39), 6(20, 16-26), 7(1), 8(24, 22-

28), 9(26, 26-32), 10(1), 1101), 12(1), 13(22, 20-28), 14(2). Segment VIIT: Comb

scales in a single row of 12(10-14); individual scales long, pointed apically, fringed to

the tip. Hair 0(1), 1(48, 46-54), 2(1), 3(8, 8-10), 4(1), 5(28, 26-31), 14@, 1-2). Si-

phon: Index about 2.8-2.9; darkly pigmented; integument uniformly pilose. Pecten

extending beyond hair 1-S, almost to apex; 20(16, 22) teeth, progressively longer dis-

tad, individual teeth long, without basal denticles, distal teeth broad, with apical den- ©

ticles. Hair 1-S about 0.67 from base. Hair 1(3, 2-4), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1),

8(1), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle strongly pigmented, with darker basal ring; integu-

mentary spicules progressively larger distally; caudal margin with long spines fringed

laterally. Gills narrow, moderately long, ventral pair slightly shorter than dorsal. Hair

1(8, 6-10; strong, at caudolateral angle), 2(12, 10-14), 3(1), 4a(7, 6-8), 4b(7, 6-7),

4c(6, 5-8), 4d(6, 6-7), 4e(6, 6-7), 4f(S, 4-7).

EGG. Length about 0.62 mm, width about 0.14 mm; exochorion transparent and

endochorion dark and with polygonal sculpturing.

SYSTEMATICS. A. walkeri, the type species of Howardina, is among the most

clearly marked species in the subgenus. In the adults, only the closely related argyri-

tes, known by a single female from Venezuela, could be confused with walkeri. The

immature stages are also very strikingly differentiated but it would not be surprising

if those of argyrites, when found, were to conform to the same general type in view

of the resemblance of the females.

Little variation is apparent in the extensive material of walkeri, either in the adults

or the immature stages. Only the median prescutellar line exhibits some noticeable

variation, ranging from entirely silvery in the majority of specimens to predominant-

ly golden in a few. The dorsocentral lines are always clearly marked and never dotted

- aS in argyrites.

BIONOMICS. The breeding sites of walkeri are usually bromeliad axils but a few

collections of immatures have been made in treeholes (JA 336,390), broken and cut

bamboo (JA 711,778), heliconia axils (JA 748) and a crabhole (JA 369). Both terres-

trial and arboreal bromeliads are used by walkeri. This species has been found associ-

ated with all members of the Aurites Group and appears to have a much wider alti-

tudinal and geographical range than any other species of Howardina on Jamaica. The

larvae of walkeri are readily recognized in the field by their very dark and “hairy”

bodies.

Females of walkeri commonly bite humans under the shade of bromeliad laden

trees. I found a maximum peak of activity in mid morning (0900) and a lesser one in

late afternoon (1700) as shown in fig.7. However, Hill and Hill (1948:46) state that

walkeri prefers to feed at dusk in the open, and bites at any time of the day in forest

shade.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Endemic to the island of Jamaica where it is widespread

at elevations from 100 ft to 4500 ft. Material examined: 2964 specimens; 244 4,

1139 2, 699 pupae, 882 larvae; 516 individual rearings (237 pupal, 150 larval, 129

incomplete).

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JAMAICA. Clarendon: Honeycomb Rock, elev. 800 ft, 8 Aug 1965, W.A. Page (JA 237), 1 Ip

(237-27) [UCLA]. Mocho Road, 10 Sept 1965, J.N. Belkin, 1 9 (JA 353) [UCLA]. Slippery Fall,

elev. 800 ft, 8 Aug 1965, W.A. Page, 1 L (JA 239) [UCLA]. Hanover: Copse, elev. 500 ft, 6 Nov

1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 668), 1 pd (668-101), 1 p? (668-100), 6 L, 21 [UCLA].

Lethe, elev. 500 ft, 6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 4 p, 1 L, 5 1(JA 655), 1 lp? (667-

10), 5 pd (667-100-104), 5 IP (667-11-15), 2 9,2 P, 4 p, 34 L, 41(JA 667) [UCLA]. Manchester:

Hope Farm, elev. 1000-1100 ft, 10 Sept 1965, W.A. Page, 1 p? (354-102), 1 IP (354-13), 55 9 (JA

356); 23 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 31 2 (JA 634A), 2 Ipd (635-11,16), 2 Ip? (635-

10,12), 4 pd (635-100-103), 1 p? (635-104), 8 IP (635-13-15,17-21), 1 P, 21 (JA 635); 2 Nov

1966, O.G.W. Berlin, 12 2 (JA 663A), 779 2 (JA 684) [UCLA]. Mandeville, elev. 900 ft, 23 Oct

1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 639), 4 lp? (639-10,14,22,25), 8 pd (639-101,104,107-

111,114), 7 p? (639-100-103,105,106,112,113), 12 IP (639-11-13,15-21,23,24), 9 6, 4 9, 18 P,

22 p, 62 L, 24 1; 24 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin (JA 640), 1 IP (640-10), 1 L [UCLA]. Melrose Hills,

elev. 900 ft, 8 Aug 1965, W.A. Page (JA 244), 1 lpd (244-43), 1 p? (244-41A), 1 IP (244-40), 7 P

[UCLA]. Porus, elev. 900-1000 ft, 8 Aug 1965, W.A. Page (JA 243), 2 Ipd (243-22,29), 3 lp?

(243-21 ,26,27), 1 pd (243-102), 2 p? (243-101,103), 2 IP (243-19,20), 1 P, 15 L; 23 Oct 1966,

O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 1 IP (631-30), 2 Ip? (633-11,12), 1 p? (633-100), 5. IP (633-10,13-

16), 4 L (JA 633); 1 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin (JA 657), 2 lpd (657-10,11), 1 pd (657-100), 2 p?

(657-101,102), 2 IP (657-13,14), 2 P, 2 p, 1 L, 7 1; 2 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin, 1 lpd (660-10),

1 pd (660-100), 1 P (JA 660), 1 Ip? (664-12), 4 pd (664-100,103-105), 2 p? (664-101,102), 2 IP

(664-10,11), 1 P, 22 L(JA 664) [UCLA]. Williamsfield, elev. 1100 ft, 23 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin

and D.C. Watson (JA 637), 4 Ipd (637-10,11,13,17), 3 lp? (637-12,23,27), 10 pé (637-100-105,

108-110,112), 3 p? (637-106,107,111), 11 IP (637-14-16,18-22,24-26), 3 p, 25 L, 1 1 [UCLA].

Portland: Ecclesdown, elev. 1000 ft, 22 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A. Page (JA 748), 1 p? (748-

94), 1 p [UCLA]. Fairy Hill, elev. 100 ft, 13 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 20 L, 21

(JA 693), 4 Ipd (694-11,13,14,17), 9 lp? (694-10,12,15,18-23), 21 pd (694-100-103 ,106-108,112-

117,119-121,123,125,128-131), 13 p? (694-101 ,104,105 ,109-111,118,122,124,126,132,133), 1.1P

(694-16), 4 6,1 9,2 P, 2 p, 34 L (JA 694), 19 L (JA 695) [UCLA]. Kemney-Sherwood Forest,

elev. 750 ft, 13 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A. Page (JA 707), 3 lpd (707-10-12), 2 pd (707-100,

102), 1 IP (707-13), 1 P, 1 L; 13 Aug 1967, W.A. Page, 2 Ipd (708-11,12), 1 lp? (708-15), 1 d(JA

708), 1 Ipd (709-10), 1 pd (709-101), 1 p, 1 L(JA 709), 1 L(JA 710), 1 lpd (716-10), 3 pd (716-

100,101,104), 1 P, 4 L (JA 716) [UCLA]. Portland Point, 4 Aug 1942, C.B. Philip, 1 @ [USNM].

St. Andrew and Kingston: Castleton, elev. 600 ft, 27 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson

(JA 645), 2 IP (645-10,11), 1 P, 5 L, 5 1 [UCLA]. Duhaney River, 6 Nov 1965, W.A. Page (JA

399), 1 IP (399-13) [UCLA]. Ferry Quarry, 13 Sept 1965, W.A. Page, 1 d (JA 369) [UCLA].

Hardwar Gap, elev. 3800 ft, 29 Oct 1966,0.G.W. Berlin (JA 647), 2 lpd (647-10,11), 1 lp? (647-

12), 1 pd (647-100), 1 p? (647-101), 1P, 1 p, 1 L, 11 [UCLA]. Hermitage Dam, 1934, 6 9? [USNM].

Hermitage Dam Road, 22 Aug 1965, W.A. Page (JA 282), 1 Ipd (282-36), 1 Ip? (282-33), 1 IP (282-

31); 13 Aug 1965, W.A. Page, 1 IP (294-44), 1 IP (304-21); 1 Sept 1965, W.A. Page, 1 Ipd (319-22),

1 Ip? (319-23), 1 pd (319-104), 31 L(JA 319), 1 lp? (322-23), 3 IP (322-24,31,32), 1 9 (JA 322),

3 L (JA 323), 2 p? (324-102,103), 6 L (JA 324); 7 Sept 1965, J.N. Belkin (JA 333), 1 lp? (333-

21), 1 pd (333-100), 2 p? (333-101 ,102), 1 IP (333-20), 2 L; 29 Oct 1965, W.A. Page, 1 9 (JA 390),

1 P (JA 391), 1 Ipd (392-12), 1 Ip? (392-11), 6 pd (892-102,104,106,109,111,113), 4 p? (392-

100,101,105,114), 1 IP (392-10), 2 3, 2 9,2 p, 16 L(JA 392), 1 lpd (393-12); 15 Aug 1967, J.N.

Belkin and W.A. Page, 1 Ip? (723-30), 1 pd (723-103), 1 p? (723-102), 2 L(JA 723), 2 Ipd (724-

12,14), 3 Ip? (724-10,11,15), 3 pd (724-102-104), 1 IP (724-13), 1 P, 2 p,3 L(JA 724), 2 Ipd

(725-15,16), 1 Ip? (725-14), 5 pd (725-90,100A,105A,106,108A), 3 p? (725-92,107,112), 3 3,

3 2,1 P,3 p (JA 725); 1 Sept 1967, W.A. Page and J.N. Belkin (JA 765), 1 IP (765-10), 2 L; 13

July 1967, W.A. Page (JA 843), 3 lpd (843-12,13,15), 3 Ip? (843-10,11,14), 1 pd (843-101), 2 p?

(843-100,102); 25 July 1967, W.A. Page, 1 L (JA 854), 1 Ipd (855-11), 2 lp? (855-1012), 3 IP

(855-13-15), 1 P, 6 L (JA 855) [UCLA]. Kingston, 1 Apr 1906, M. Grabham, 1 6, 2 9 [USNM].

Mavis Bank, M. Grabham, 1 6 [USNM]. Mt. Salus Road, elev. 1500 ft, 11 Sept 1967, W.A. Page,

1 pd (777-100), 2 IP (777-10,11), 1 Ipd (779-10), 1 pd (779-104), 2 p? (779-101,105), 1 2, 1 P,

2 L (JA 779); 24 July 1967, W.A. Page (JA 848), 1 IP (848-10), 1 P, 1 L, 11 [UCLA]. Newcastle,

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elev. 2500-4000 ft, 5 Sept 1964, W.A. Page (JA 124), 1 Ipd (124-15), 3 lp? (124-10,12,14), 1 IP

(124-11), 2 L; 29 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin (JA 648), 1 lpd (648-16), 1 lp? (648-19), 2 pd (648-

100,101), 9 IP (648-10-15,17,18,20), 1 P, 9 L, 13 1; track to Catherines Peak, elev. 4000-4300 ft,

8 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin, 1 P, 1 p, 1 L, 11 (JA 678), 9 2 (JA 679), 2 p? (680-100,101), 1 9,2 P,

1 p, 2 L(JA 680), 1 p,2L,51(JA 681), 1 P, 16 L(JA 682), 1 P, 1 L, 11(JA 683) [UCLA]. Stony

Hill, elev. 1100 ft, 18 July 1964, L. Paton (JA 85), 3 pd (85-101,103,104), 8 p? (85-100,102,105-

108,110,111), 1 P, 3 L;1 Sept 1965, W.A. Page (JA 318), 2 Ipd (318-32,35), 1 Ip? (318-38), 5 pd

(318-33,34,110,111,113), 6 p? (318-102,104,106-109), 1 IP (318-36), 1 6,8 P, 1 p,5 L [UCLA];

1934, 3 2 [USNM]. Uester Road, elev. 4500 ft, 8 Sept 1965, J.N. Belkin, 1 9 (JA 336), 5 lpd (337-

10,14,15,18,24), 2 lp? (337-11,16), 2 pd (337-22,23), 1 p? (337-27), 1 IP (337-17), 5 6,3 9, 1 P,

4 L (JA 337) [UCLA]. Waterworks track, elev. 1100 ft, 8 Sept 1965, J.N. Belkin (JA 335), 2 Ip

(335-10,20), 3 lp? (335-11,22,30), 1 pd (335-100), 1 IP (335-25), 8 6, 2 2, 2 p,6 L [UCLA].

Woodcutters Gap, elev. 4500 ft, 3 Sept 1964, W.A. Page (JA 122), 1 lp? (122-11), 2 d(JA 122),

1 Ipd (123-10), 1 Ip? (123-11), 1 pd (123-100) [UCLA]. St. Ann: Moneague, elev. 500-1750 ft, 9

Sept 1965, D.C. Watson, 2 p? (606-100,101), 4 IP (606-10-13), 4 L (JA 606), 1 2? (JA 607); 17 Aug

1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A. Page, 2 L (JA 733); 31 Aug 1967, W.A. Page, 2 L (JA 762); 2.0 miS of

Moneague near Unity, elev. 1750 ft, 28 Aug 1967, W.A. Page (JA 758), 1 Ipd (758-22), 1 Ip? (758-

21), 1 pé (758-102), 1 IP (758- 20): 29.0 mi post on Moneague Road, elev. 1750 ft, 30 Aug 1967,

W.A. Page, 5 Ipd (763-10,11,13,15,17), 1 lp? (763-16), 1 pd (763-91), 4 p? (763-93,104,110 113),

36,19%,3p,4L; TIGA 763). 2 Ip? (764-11,20), 2 L(JA 764); Moneague-Claremont Road, elev.

750-1250 ft, 17 Sept 1965, W.A. Page, 1 6 (374-100), 1 Ipd (379-12), 2 lp? (379-10,14), 1 IP (379-

11), 4 LIA 379), 11(JA 381); 5 Aug 1967, W.A. Page, 1 p (JA 767) [UCLA]. St. James: Monte-

go Bay, elev. 500 ft, 6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 669), 1 p? (669-103), 1 IP

(669-20), 2 L [UCLA]; Jan 1940, W.H.W. Komp, 21 [USNM]. Reading, elev. 200 ft, 6 Nov 1966,

O.G.W. Berlin, 1 1(JA 670), 11(JA 671), 2 9 (JA 672) [UCLA]. St. Mary: Broadgate, elev. 500 ft,

25 Aug 1965, D.C. Watson, 1 L (JA 257); 27 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 643),

2 Ipd (643-10,14), 4 Ip? (643-11-13,15), 1 pd (643-109), 2 p? (643-110,111), 1 IP (643-16), 2 p,

1 L, 81 [UCLA]. Castleton, elev. 600 ft, 27 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 644),

1 Ip? (644-20), 1 p? (644-110), 6 P,4 L [UCLA]. St. Thomas: Barrett’s Gap, 14 Nov 1946, G.A.

Thompson, 1 ? [IJ]. Norris, elev. 500 ft, 30 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 653),

1 Ip? (653-21), 1 p? (653- 100), 2 IP (653 -20,22), 1 P, 4 p, 1 L, 1 1 [UCLA]. Pleasant Hill, elev.

250 ft, 14 June 1931, Kisliuk, 7 2 [USNM]. Port Morant Bay, 16 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A.

Page, 2 6,1L(JA 729) [UCLA]. Scotland Gate, elev. 500 ft, 30 Oct 1966, O.GW. Berlin and D.C.

Watson (JA 654), 5 pd (654-100,102,103,107,109), 5 p? (101,104-106,108), 10 IP (654-10-19),

1 ¢,10P, 101 [UCLA]. Windsor Forest, elev. 750 ft, 30 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson,

1 Ipd (650- 10), 1 pd (650-113), 1 p? (650- oe 4 IP (650-12- 15), 1 P,1L,21(QA 650), 4 Ipd

(651-10,11,14,15), 5 lp? (651-12,17,19-21), 7 pd (651-100-102,105- 108), 5 pe (65 1-103,104,109,

115 116), 3 IP (651-13,16,18), 4 P, 1 p,6 L,11€JA 651) [UCLA] . Westmoreland: Whitehouse,

elev. 100 ft, 11 Sept 1965, W.A. Page, L& (JA 359), 3 2 (JA 360) [UCLA] . Parish not specified:

Sandy Folly, Feb 1945,G A. Thompson, 1 L; Jan 1940, W.H.W. Komp, 1 6; 1940, W.H.W. Komp,

1 9; Jan 1946, G.A. Thompson, a a 1940, 1 ?;M. Grabham, 1 6, 3 2, 1p, 51; R.B. Hill, 3 2;

G.A. Thompson, 1 2 [USNM]; W.A. Page, 1 IP (771-11), 1 Ipé (772. 20), 1 lp? (772-21), 3 L. a

(JA 772), 2 lpé (787-12,14), 2 Ip? (787-11,13), 3 pd (787-108,109,111), 7 p? (787-100-102, 104,

105,107,112), 1 IP (787-10), 1 P, 1 p, 10 L(JA 787) [UCLA].

7. Aedes (Howardina) argyrites Dyar and Nunez Tovar

Figs.3,8

1927.Aedes (Howardina) argyrites Dyar and Nunez Tovar, 1927:190. TYPE: Holotype ?, Vene-

zuela, M. Nunez Tovar [USNM].

Aedes (Howardina) argyrites of Dyar (1928:230); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:99); Anduze

(1941:14); Lane (1953:708); Horsfall (1955:471); Stone and Knight (1956:226); Stone, Knight

38 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

and Starcke (1959:173); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:74); Cova Garcia, Sutil and

Rausseo (1966a:58; 1966b:141,333).

FEMALE. Apparently distinct from walkeri in the following features (fig.8). Sides

and venter of head mottled with black and white scales; inner dorsocentral mesonotal

line faint, narrow, dotted; midtarsal segment 1 with complete basal ring. The single

known specimen has the apex of the proboscis, palpi, antennae and segments 3-5 of

hindtarsi broken; hindtarsal segments 1 and 2 have basal white rings.

MALE, PUPA, LARVA unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. The pattern of ornamentation of the single known adult of argy-

rites is so similar to that of walkeri that I have no hesitation in assigning argyrites to

the Walkeri Group. The 2 forms are apparently differentiated primarily by the diag-

nostic characters given above but since the holotype of argyrites is damaged it is pos-

sible that additional differences may be present, especially in tarsal markings. A slide

of male genitalia [USNM] from an unspecified locality in Venezuela (P.J. Anduze)

probably represents another specimen of argyrites, as identified by W.H.W. Komp.

There appear to be some differences between these and the male genitalia of walkeri

but without additional material and the absence of the whole adult I hesitate to de-

scribe them at this time. ,

The exact type locality of argyrites is not known but the most likely place is

somewhere in the Cordillera de la Costa in the state of Aragua, the origin of the bulk

of the material collected by Nunez Tovar. Failure to find additional material of argy-

rites in this relatively well-known area suggests that argyrites may be a rare relict

form.

BIONOMICS. The holotype was presumably obtained in a biting-landing collec-

tion. Immature stages of argyrites should be looked for in bromeliad axils, treeholes

and broken bamboo, the known breeding sites of the closely related walkeri.

Aurites Group

FEMALES. Head: Narrow decumbent scales yellowish. Palpus with a few white

scales on apex. Thorax: All light mesonotal lines golden, varied in development; lat-

eral line sometimes moderately to rarely strongly broadened but not silvery. Acros-

tichal bristles not developed on disc. Scutellum with linear golden scales on lateral

lobes. Ssp with or without scales; upper stp patch separate or united. Legs: Foretar-

sus completely dark; midtarsus with basal white markings on segments 1 or 1,2; hind-

tarsus with basal white markings on segments 1,2 or 1-3. Abdomen: Basomedian ter-

gal light markings when present restricted to distal segments.

MALES. Palpus entirely dark. Larger claw of foreleg and midleg with small acute

basal tooth and large submedian tooth; smaller claw with basal tooth only.

MALE GENITALIA. Claspette with a distinct outstanding apical fingerlike cylin-

drical process more than twice as long as wide and bearing a short apical bristle.

Clasper about 0.5 of sidepiece; basal half with minute spicules; subapical hairs absent.

Aedeagus subquadrate, slightly wider at middle, subequal to proctiger in length.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Hair 5-C at least 4-branched, moderately long but usual-

ly not reaching base of trumpet; hair 7-C with 3 or more branches; hair 10-C usually

at least 10-branched. Abdomen: Hair 1-II-[V with many branches, 1-II with about as

many branches as float hair (1-I); hair 2-II always mesad of hair 3; hair 5-IV,V usual-

ly double and about 1.5 of tergite following; hair 9-II-VI usually at level or slightly

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 39

cephalad of hair 6; 9-VII subequal to hair 6-VII; hair 4-VIII double. Paddle: Moder-

ate; practically unpigmented; apex rounded; marginal spicules indistinct.

LARVAE. Head: Hair 1-C unbranched; 4-C short; 5-C single or branched, long;

6-C at least 6-branched, moderate; none of ventral hairs stellate; 14-C single; 15-C

short, not extending cephalad of base of mental plate. Antenna: Shaft with a few

scattered spicules; hair 1-A spikelike, single. Thorax: Hair 13-P absent. Only hairs 0,

1,3,14-P and 5-T stellate, with a few, weakly barbed branches; hair 1-T far mesad of

2,3-T. Abdomen: Integument glabrous; all hairs except 0,8,14 at about same trans-

verse level. Only hairs 2,5-I-VI, 11-I, 7-9-II-VI stellate, with a few weakly barbed

branches; hairs 2 and 9 stronger than others; 9-I small, single; hair 8-VII distinctly

cephalodorsad of 9-VII. Segment VIII: Comb scales in a single row; individual scales

long and fringed to apex. Siphon: Index 5.0-8.5; integument glabrous; acus absent

but base of siphon with small lateral indentation. Pecten not reaching middle of si-

phon; teeth long, without denticles. Anal Segment: Saddle body without distinct

spicules except distally; caudal margin with row of long spines; hair 1-X always sin-

gle and at lower end of caudal margin. Ventral brush with 6 pairs of hairs on a weak

boss without grid bars.

DISCUSSION. The clearly marked Aurites Group shows a phenomenon unique in

the subgenus: a flock of 4 sibling species sympatric in one small area. To date the

group has been recognized only in Jamaica, Were some of the species are quite com-

mon (fig.3).

There is a suggestion of some affinity of this group with the sympatric Walkeri

Group in the general similarity in the mesonotal pattern of the adults. However, the

immature stages of the 2 groups are very distinct. There is a much greater resem-

blance in the mesonotal pattern of the adults with the Sexlineatus Section except for

the prescutellar line, and the larvae and pupae also resemble the Sexlineatus Section

more than any group in the Walkeri Section. Although this resemblance may be en-

tirely fortuitous, 2 more plausible explanations are possible. First, the Aurites Group

might be the primitive stock of the Walkeri Section derived from the Sexlineatus Sec-

tion; this is very unlikely since the entire Sexlineatus Section lacks several important

primitive characters represented in other groups of the Walkeri Section (acrostichal

bristles of the adults and comb scales in a patch in the larva). Second, the view held

here; the Aurites Group may have been formed through relatively recent introgres-

sion between the Sexlineatus Section and the Walkeri Group. This interpretation

would also account for the presence of a species flock in the Aurites Group, since

such radiation usually takes place soon after a new phyletic line is established. It is

also supported indirectly by the presence in Jamaica of several species in other gen-

era that are either identical with or very closely related to Central American species,

strongly suggesting a relatively recent connection between these areas.

No specific differences in the male genitalia of members of the group have been

found and the adults of inaequalis and stenei cannot be separated from each other.

In other respects the 4 species are readily differentiated from one another as indi-

cated in the keys.

There appear to be some ecological barriers separating 2 of the species. A. inae-

qualis breeds in treeholes, broken bamboo and rockholes, largely at low elevations,

and never in bromeliad axils, which are utilized exclusively by the other 3 species.

A. aurites breeds primarily at elevations above 3,500 feet and has never been found

associated with the other bromeliad-breeding members of the group. A. grabhami and

stenei occur primarily below 2,500 feet but grabhami has been collected at elevations

up to 4,000 feet. These 2 species are usually found associated in collections but it is

not known if they occupy the same axils under natural conditions.

40 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

8. Aedes (Howardina) aurites (Theobald)

Figs.3 ,8,19,20

1907.Howardina aurites Theobald, 1907:216-218. TYPE: Lectotype ?, Newcastle (St. Andrew),

Jamaica, elev. 4000 ft, July 1906, Col. Loscombe [BM; selection of Belkin, 1968].

Aedes (Howardina) aurites in part of Dyar (1928:236); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:99; 1953:

720-722); Horsfall (1955:471).

Aedes aurites of Howard, Dyar and Knab (1917:859-860); Dyar (1918:73); Johnson (1919:424);

Gowdey (1926:73).

Aedes aurites in part of Hill and Hill (1948:29,42).

Howardina aurites of Theobald (1910:220); Surcouf and Gonzalez-Rincones (1911:139-140).

Aedes (Howardina) inaequalis in part of Thompson (1956:199-200); Stone, Knight and Starcke

(1959:174); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:31); Forattini (1965 :399,400).

Aedes inaequalis in part of Stone and Knight (1956:219).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.6 mm. Proboscis: 2.00 mm. Forefemur: 1.8 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.7 mm. Head: Light decumbent scales golden on median stripe and short or-

bital line, yellowish on sides and venter. Erect scales yellowish, a few lateral ones

darker. Palpus about 0.16 of proboscis. Thorax (fig.8): Mesonotal dark scales dense;

light lines golden, moderately broad, wider than dark lines; inner dorsocentral line

reaching to prescutellar space, followed by moderately broad median prescutellar

line; outer dorsocentral line complete, merging with lateral marginal line anteriorly;

lateral marginal line long, extending from side of anterior promontory to wingbase,

very broad from scutal angle to wingbase due to presence of golden scales on antealar

area above paratergite. Median scutellar lobe with a row of narrow golden scales

flanked on sides by broad dark ones; lateral lobes with a few narrow, golden and

black scales. Apn with a distinct silvery patch; ssp bare; patches on base of pra, up-

per and lower stp merged and continuous; rest of patches as in the section and group.

Legs: Forefemur and midfemur predominantly dark anteriorly except for a few basal

creamy scales, posterior surface and hindfemur predominantly creamy except for dis-

tal dark areas. Midtarsus with few white scales on segment 1; hindtarsus with short

white rings on 1,2, rest dark scaled. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly dark,

fringe scales whitish. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light scaling inconspicuous. Ster-

nites II-IV straw yellow, V predominantly yellow with few apical dark scales; rest of

segments with basal creamy and distal dark scales.

MALE. Wing: 2.34 mm. Proboscis: 2.16 mm. Forefemur: 1.71 mm. Essentially

similar to female in coloration.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.19). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe indistinct, with 2 strong bristles. Sidepiece length about 3.0 median

width. Clasper about 0.6 of sidepiece, basal 0.3 with minute spicules; sly ae short,

about 0.25 of clasper.

PUPA (fig.19). Abdomen: 2.48 mm. Trumpet: 0.38 mm; index 6.0-6.2. Paddle:

0.7 mm. Readily separated from inaequalis and stenei by the absence of lightly pig-

mented area on metanotum and hair 9-C single; from grabhami by hair 2-VI laterad

of 3-VI. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum and metanotum uniformly lightly pigmented;

trumpets contrasting. Hair 1(1), 2(2, 1-2), 3(1, 1-2), 4(5, 3-8), 5(5, 4-7), 6(1, 1-2),

7(4, 4-6), 8(1), 9(1), 10(10, 9-16), 11(1), 12(3, 2-6). Abdomen: Tergite I uniformly

lightly pigmented except for usual membranous areas; rest of segments light, pigmen-

tation progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(12-18 primary branches, each

with many secondary ones), 2(1), 3(1), 4(6, 3-8), 5(6, 2-6), 6(1, 1-2), 7(2, 2-3), 9(1),

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 41

10(1, present in some). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(37-56 branches, variable in different

specimens), 2(1), 3(1), 4(4, 2-4), 5(1), 6(1), 7(4, 3-4), 9(1), 10(1, present in some).

Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(14, 6-24), 2(1), 3(1, 1-3), 4(4, 2-4), 5(1), 6(1), 7(3, 2-4),

8(3, 2-4), 9(1, 1-2), 10(2, 2-3), 11(1), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(8, 5-16), 21,

1-2), 3(4, 3-6), 4(2, 1-4), 5(1, 1-3), 6(1), 7(3, 2-5), 8(2, 1-3), 9C1), 10@, 2-4), 11Q1), _

14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-7), 2(1, 1-2), 3(2, 2-3), 4(5, 3-8), 5(1), 6(1), 744,

2-6), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(€1, 1-2), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-6), 2(1),

3(2, 1-3), 4(4, 2-6), 5(2, 1-5), 6(1, 1-3), 7(1), 8(3, 1-8), 91), 10(1), 1101), 14().

- Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 31, 1-2), 4(2, 1-2), 5C1, 1-2), 6(2, 2-4), 7(1, 1-2),

8(3, 2-4), 9(3, 2-4), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(2), 9(10, 8-12),

14(1). Paddle: Almost without pigmentation; midrib faintly pigmented; external

margin smooth. Male genital lobe extending to 0.42 of paddle, female genital lobe to

O27:

LARVA (fig.20). Head: 0.73 mm. Siphon: 0.97 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.24 mm. Read-

ily separated from stenei by hair 2-VII small and single; from inaequalis by the longer

subequal gills and at least 3-branched hair 5-C; from grabhami by the 3-branched

hair 5-C. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moderately pigmented. Head: Width about

1.18 of length; pigmentation light, deeper around mouthparts and behind ocular area

ventrally. Mental plate with a strong median tooth and 10 distinct teeth on either

side. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(4, 4-5), 5(3, 2-4), 6(10, 9-13), 7(6, 4-7), 8(1), 9(3, 2-3),

10(1), 11(3, 3-5), 12(1, 1-2), 13(1), 141, small), 15(3, 3-4). Antenna: Length about

0.44 of head, very lightly pigmented and with few scattered spicules. All hairs single;

hair 1-A about 0.5 from base. Thorax: Long hairs attenuate apically and weakly

barbed; stellate hairs with a few weakly barbed branches. Prothorax: hair O(11, 8-

14), 109, 9-11), 21), 313, 12-14), 41), 5Q, 2-3), 6(1), 7(1, 1-2), 8(8, 8-12), 9Q, 1-

3), 10(1), 11(4, 2-5), 12(1), 14(16, 11-19). Mesothorax: hair 1(5, 3-6), 2(1), 3(1),

4(1), 5(1), 6(5, 4-6), 7(1), 8(7, 6-8), 9(8, 6-9), 10(1), 11(2, 1-3), 121), 13(10, 6-16),

14(5, 5-9). Metathorax: hair 1(2, 1-4), 2(1), 3(4, 3-5), 4(7, 3-9), 5(9, 6-10), 6(1),

7(7, 6-9), 8(4, 3-5), 9(5, 4-7), 10(1), 11@2, 1-2), 121), 13(7, 4-7). Abdomen: Stellate

hairs as on thorax. Segment I: hair 1(3, 2-3), 2(7, 6-8), 3(1), 4(4, 2-5), 5(7, 7-10),

6(3, 3-4), 7(1), 9C1, 1-2), 10(1), 11(7, 6-9), 13(5, 3-6). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(@2, 1-

3), 2(7, 6-8), 3(1), 4(2, 2-4), 5(9, 7-10), 6(3), 7(3, 2-4), 8(1, 1-2), 9(6, 3-7), 10(1),

111), 12(1), 133, 3-5). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(6, 5-8), 3(1), 4(@2, 2-3),

5(10, 8-10), 6(1, 1-2), 7(5, 4-7), 8(1), 9(6, 5-6), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(5, 3-6), 14(1).

Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(7, 6-7), 3(1), 4(2, 2-3), 5(10, 8-11), 6(1, 1-2), 7¢4,

4-8), 8(1, 1-2), 9(6, 5-7), 10(1), 11€1), 121), 13(5, 4-6), 14(1). Segment V: hair

O(1), 1(2), 2(6, 5-7), 3(1), 4(2, 2-5), 5(9, 7-10), 6(1), 7(3, 3-5), 8C1, 1-2), 9(6, 5-6),

101), 11(€1), 121), 13(5, 4-7), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(2), 265, 4-6), 3(1),

4(1), 5(6, 5-9), 6(1), 7(2, 2-3), 8(3, 1-3), 9(4, 4-6), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(7, 5-8),

14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1€1, 1-2), 2(1), 3(1), 41), 5(3, 2-4), 6(3, 2-3), 7(1),

8(6, 4-7), 9(3, 2-3), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 133, 2-5), 14(1). Segment VIIT: Comb scales

in a single row, 18(16-19) in number; individual scale long and fringed uniformly to

apex. Hair 0(1), 1(4, 3-5), 2(1), 3(6, 4-6), 4(1), 5(2, 2-3), 14(1). Siphon: Index about

6.0-6.5; moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring. Pecten extending to about

0.45, with 19(14-21) teeth; proximal teeth smooth, distal with a few apical spinules.

Hair 1(2, 2-3), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle

moderately pigmented; caudal margin with spines of varying sizes. Gills subequal,

long, about 2.0 of saddle length. Hair 1(1), 2(5, 4-7), 3(1), 4a(4, 4-5), 4b(4), 4c(4,

3-5), 4d(4, 3-5), 4e(4, 3-4), 4f(3, 2-4).

SYSTEMATICS. A. aurites is undoubtedly a distinct species erroneously synony-

42 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

mized by Thompson (1956:199) with inaequalis. It is readily differentiated in the

adult stage from all the other members of the group, as pointed out by Theobald

(1907:217) in the original description, by the large continuous silvery patch on ssp.

There are other diagnostic features in the adults as indicated above and the immature

stages are readily separated from the other members of the group.

There is no striking variation in adult ornamentation in the small series of speci-

mens examined and the diagnostic characters of the immature stages are quite con-

stant.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of aurites have been found only in arboreal

bromeliads, in my experience generally at elevations of more than 3,500 feet and

never in association with grabhami or stenei, the other bromeliad-breeding members

of the Aurites Group. It appears that this species occurs at lower elevations at least

occasionally as Thompson reared several adults from larvae collected at Hope Farm

[USNM] at an elevation of 1,000 feet in 1946, and 2 females (JA 702) were caught

recently (1967) near Kingston at elevations of about 1,000-1,500 feet. Females have

been collected biting humans during the day but no attempt has been made to study

their activity cycle. From the available data, aurites appears to have a restricted geo-

graphic range, having been collected only from the parishes of Manchester and St.

Andrew.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Endemic to the island of Jamaica where it has been re-

ported from the parishes of Manchester, St. Andrew and Kingston, primarily at ele-

vations of 3400 to 5250 ft. Material examined: 145 specimens; 24 6, 33 9, 44 pupae,

44 larvae; 36 individual rearings (22 pupal, 7 larval, 7 incomplete).

JAMAICA. Manchester: Hope Farm, 1 Jan 1946, G.A. Thompson, 2 Ipd (460101-24,26), 1 1d

(460101-30), 1 lp? (460101-27), 1 lp (460101-15); 1 Oct 1946, G.A. Thompson, 1 p (461001-1)

[USNM]. St. Andrew and Kingston: Cinchona Gardens, elev. 4000-5250 ft, 8 Sept 1965, J.N. Bel-

kin, 1 d (JA 341); 24 Aug 1967, W.A. Page, 3 L (JA 752) [UCLA]. Ferry River, 4 Aug 1967, W.A.

Page, 2 (JA 702) [UCLA]. Hardwar Gap, elev. 3800 ft, 1 lpd (647-20), 2 pd (647-110,111)

[UCLA]. Kingston, July 1905, M. Grabham, 1 ? [USNM]. Newcastle, elev. 4000 ft, 5 Sept 1964,

W.A. Page (JA 125), 1 lp? (125-10), 2 pd (125-102,106), 7 p? (125-100,101,103-105,107,114),

1 IP (125-11), 1 6, 7 2, 4 L; track to Catherines Peak, elev. 4000-4300 ft, 8 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Ber-

lin, 2 pd (677-101,102), 1 p? (677-100), 5 2 (JA 679), 2 pd (680-110,111), 1 p? (680-112), 3 6,

1 P (JA 680), 1 Ipod (681-10), 1 pd (681-100), 1 6, 2 9, 2 p, 7 L(JA 681), 1 pd (682-101), 3 p?

(682-100,102,103), 3 IP (682-10-12), 3 6,5 P, 13 L, 21(JA 682). Uester Road, elev. 3400-4500 ft,

8 Sept 1965, J.N. Belkin, 2 IP (337-12,13), 1 6, 1 2 (JA 337), 1 L(JA 338) [UCLA].

9. Aedes (Howardina) grabhami Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.3,7,8,21,22

TYPES: Holotype ¢ (JA 688-20) with associated pupal and larval skins and genitalia slide, near

Hope Farm, Porus, Manchester, Jamaica, elev. 1000 ft, 12 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin [USNM]. Al-

lotype ? (JA 688-11) with associated pupal and larval skins, same data as holotype [USNM]. Para-

types: 11 6 (JA 688-13,100,101,107,108,111,114-116,126,128), 14 9 (JA 688-12,15,102,103,

110,113,120-123,129-132), 1 IP (JA 688-16), 1 6,5 p, 8 L, 1 1, same data as holotype [USNM,

BM, UCLA].

1906.Howardina aureostriata Grabham, 1906:171-173. TYPES: 6, °, larva, Newcastle (St. An-

drew), Jamaica, elev. 4000 ft, Sept 1905, Loscombe and Maclaverty [NE].

Aedes (Howardina) aureostriata in part of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925 :370-371).

Aedes aureostriata of Gowdey (1926:73).

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 43

Aedes aureostriata in part of Howard, Dyar and Knab (1917:855-859); Dyar (1918:73,80).

Howardina aureostriata of Theobald (1910:609-611).

Haemagogus aureostriata of Dyar and Knab (1906a:166,167).

Aedes (Howardina) inaequalis in part of Thompson (1947:78; 1956:199-200); Stone, Knight and

Starcke (1959:174); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:31); Forattini (1965 :399,400).

Aedes inaequalis in part of Stone and Knight (1956:219).

Aedes (Howardina) aurites in part of Dyar (1928:236); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:99;

1953:720-722); Horsfall (1955:471).

Aedes aurites in part of Hill and Hill (1948:29,42).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.15 mm. Proboscis: 1.68 mm. Forefemur: 1.33 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.1 mm. Essentially similar to aurites, differing mainly in the following. Head:

Erect scales entirely dark. Thorax (fig.8): Mesonotal dark scales not as dense as in

aurites; light lines usually distinctly narrower than in aurites, in a few specimens

broader than in aurites and rarely almost completely fused; outer dorsocentral line

usually distinctly shorter, not merging with lateral marginal line anteriorly, in a few

specimens merging with lateral marginal line; lateral marginal line long, moderately

broad, extending from side of anterior promontory to wingbase. Antealar area above

paratergite predominantly with scattered golden and a few bronzy scales. Lateral scu-

tellar lobes with a few narrow golden scales only. Apn with a moderate silvery patch;

ssp with a distinct silvery patch. Patches on base of pra, upper and lower stp distinct,

separate. Legs: Midtarsus with few white scales on segments 1,2; hindtarsus with

moderate white rings on 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly white but

with a few dark scales dorsally. Abdomen: Sternites II, III straw yellow, [V predomi-

nantly straw yellow, a few apical scales dark; rest of segments with basal yellow and

distal dark scales.

MALE. Wing: 2.21 mm. Proboscis: 1.75 mm. Forefemur: 1.31 mm. Essentially

similar to female in color.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.21). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe indistinct, with 2 strong bristles. Sidepiece length about 3.0 median

width. Clasper length 0.65 of sidepiece, basal 0.33 with minute spicules; spiniform

about 0.2 of clasper.

PUPA (fig.21). Abdomen: 2.75 mm. Trumpet: 0.38 mm; index 4.6-4.8. Paddle:

0.69 mm. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moderately pigmented. Readily separated

from inaequalis and stenei by the absence of lightly pigmented area on metanotum

and abdominal segments uniformly lightly pigmented; from aurites by the hair 2-VI

distinctly mesad or at level of 3-VI. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum and metanotum

lightly pigmented. Hair 1(1), 2(2, 2-3), 3(1), 4(7, 4-8), 5(5, 4-7), 6(1, 1-2), 7(4, 3-5),

8(1, 1-3), 9(1, 1-2), 10(22, 18-32), 11(1), 12(5, 3-6). Abdomen: Lightly pigmented,

progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(12-16 primary branches, subequal in

length with many secondary branches), 2(2, 1-3), 3(1), 4(8, 6-8), 5(8, 4-8), 6(1, 1-2),

7(4, 3-4), 9(1), 10€1), 11€1). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(60, 50-74), 2(1), 3(1), 465, 4-

6), 5(1), 6(1), 7(5, 4-6), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(13, 8-17), 21), 3d, 1-3), 4¢4,

3-6), 5(1), 6(1), 7(4, 3-6), 8(4, 2-4), 9(1), 10(2, 2-3), 11(1), 141). Segment IV: hair

O(1), 109, 8-14), 2(1), 3(4, 4-6), 4(4, 2-4), 5(1), 6(1), 7(4, 3-6), 8@2, 1-4), 9(1), 10@,

1-2), 11(1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3@, 1-3), 4(4, 4-7), 5(1), 6(1),

7(5, 4-6), 8(2, 2-3), 9(1), 10(1, 1-2), 11(1), 141). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2),

2(1, 1-2), 3(2, 1-2), 4(4, 3-4), 5(1), 6(1), 7(1), 8@, 2-3), 9€1), 10€1, 1-2), 11(1),

—14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1€1), 2(1), 3(2, 1-2), 4(2), 5(1), 6(2, 2-5), 7(1), 8G,

2-4), 9(2, 2-4), 10(1), 11€1), 14(€1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(2, 1-2), 9(10, 8-11),

4d Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

14(1). Paddle: Almost without pigmentation, midrib faintly pigmented. Male genital

lobe extending to 0.42 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.35.

LARVA (fig.22). Head: 0.7 mm. Siphon: 0.92 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.22 mm. -Chae-

totaxy as given below, hairs lightly to moderately pigmented. Readily separated from

stenei by the small and single hair 2-VII; from aurites by hair 5-C always single; from

inaequalis by hair 5-C single and longer, narrow gills. Head: Width about 1.14 of

length. Mental plate with a strong median tooth and 10 distinct teeth (9-12) on each

side, often: a small detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(3, 2-5), 5(1), 6(6,

5-10), 7(3, 2-3), 8(1), 9@, 2-3), 10(2, 1-2), 11(2, 1-7), 12(@2, 2-4), 131), 14(1), 15@G,

2-4). Antenna: Length about 0.49 of head, very lightly pigmented and with a few

scattered spicules. Hair 1-A at about 0.46 from base. Thorax: Stellate hairs with a

few, weakly barbed branches; long hairs barbed, with attenuate apices. Prothorax:

hair 0(7, 4-12), 1(6, 5-9), 2(1), 3(13, 8-19), 4(1, 1-2), 5(2, 1-2), 61), 71), 8@, 2-11),

9(2, 1-2), 10(1), 11@2, 2-4), 121), 14(13, 9-22). Mesothorax: hair 1(2, 2-13), 2(1),

3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(4, 2-6), 7€1), 8(5, 4-7), 9(7, 6-8), 1001), 11@, 1-2), 121), 1344,

2-4), 14(5, 4-7). Metathorax: hair 1(2, 1-12), 2(1), 3(4, 2-5), 4(2, 2-10), 5(5, 5-14),

6(1), 7(7, 6-8), 8(5, 4-8), 9(6, 6-9), 10(1), 11(2), 121), 13(4, 3-10). Abdomen: Long

and stellate hairs as on thorax. Segment I: hair 1(3, 2-14), 2(6, 6-14), 3(1), 4(4, 3-4),

5(4, 4-12), 6(3), 7(1), 9(1), 10(1), 1105, 5-11), 13(4, 4-11). Segment II: hair 0(1),

1(2, 2-12), 2(5, 5-13), 31), 4(2, 2-4), 5(7, 5-14), 6(3, 2-3), 7(2, 2-3), 8(1), 9(5, 5-9),

101), 11€1), 12(1), 13(3, 2-8). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(5, 5-11), 31),

4(2, 2-3), 5(7, 5-12), 6(1, 1-2), 7(6, 3-7), 8(1), 9(5, 4-9), 10€1), 11€1), 121), 13@,

2-8), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-3), 2(5, 5-12), 3(1), 4Q, 2-3), 5(6, 6-14),

6(1), 7(6, 5-7), 8(1), 9(5, 5-9), 10(1), 11€1), 121), 13(3, 3-8), 14(1). Segment V:

hair O(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(5, 5-10), 3(1), 4(4, 3-5), 5(5, 4-13), 6(1), 7(6, 3-7), 8(1), 965,

5-7), 101), 11€1), 121), 13(3, 2-8), 14(1). Segment VE: hair 0(1), 1@2, 1-3), 2(4, 4-

8), 3(1), 4(1), 5(2, 2-9), 6(1), 7(3, 2-5), 8(3, 2-3), 9(3, 2-7), 10(1), 1101), 12(1), 13,

2-11), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-2), 2(1), 31), 41), 5(3, 2-3), 6(3, 2-5),

71), 8(5, 5-10), 9(€1, 1-2), 10(1), 1101), 121), 131, 1-3), 141). Segment VIIT:

Comb scales 16(15-19), moderately pigmented, elongate, fringed on sides and apex.

Hair 0(1), 1(3, 3-4), 2(1), 365, 4-7), 4(1), 5(2, 2-5), 141). Siphon: Index about 6.8-

8.5; moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring. Pecten extending to about 0.44;

teeth 17(14-22). Hair 1(2, 2-3), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1). Anal

Segment: Saddle moderately pigmented. Gills narrow, length about 1.5 of saddle,

ventral 0.8 of dorsal. Hair 1(1), 2(5, 5-8), 3(1), 4a(5, 4-7), 4b(5, 4-5), 4c(4, 3-5),

4d(4, 4-5), 4e(4, 2-6), 4f(3, 2-4).

SYSTEMATICS. Although it is almost certain that grabhami represents the same

taxon as aureostriatus Grabham, 1907, which is preoccupied in Aedes by aureosStria-

tus (Doleschall, 1857) and aureostriatus (Leicester, 1908), I am proposing it as a new

Species and not as a replacement name for aureostriatus because the types of the lat-

ter are lost and therefore the identity of this nominal taxon cannot be objectively de-

termined. This species was believed to be identical with inaequalis and aurites by

Thompson (1956) who used the former name because of priority. A. grabhami is

readily differentiated from the other species of the Aurites Group in all stages by the

characters indicated in the diagnosis and keys.

There is considerable variation in the ornamentation of adults of grabhami. The

majority have distinct golden mesonotal lines, broader than in inaequalis and stenei

and narrower than in aurites; a few have these lines narrower than in inaequalis or

stenei. The most striking departure is found in a few specimens with the mesonotum

almost completely golden except for a few dark scales in indistinct narrow longitu-

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 45

dinal lines; in these the hindtarsal light markings are restricted to segments 1 and 2.

I have retained these specimens under grabhami on the basis of similarity in other

diagnostic features but their exact taxonomic status is doubtful. They may represent

a distinct species or possibly hybrids between typical grabhami and stenei which have

been found in the same collections. There is also considerable variation in the chaeto-

taxy of the larvae, some being much more “hairy” than others; however, the diagnos-

tic characters given above apply to all the material I have seen.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of grabhami are found in both terrestrial and

epiphytic bromeliads. A. stenei is frequently associated with grabhami in the same

bromeliads but it is not known if the 2 species actually occupy the same axils. I did

not find grabhami above 1,800 feet elevation but the original material of aureostria-

tus is reported to have been collected at an altitude of about 4,000 feet. A. grabhami

is, next to stenei, the most common member of the Aurites Group and has been re-

ported from all parishes of Jamaica except Westmoreland, Trelawny and St. Elizabeth.

Females were found to bite humans along with stenei and inaequalis and showed the

same small peak of biting activity at 1700 hrs, as the latter (fig.7).

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Endemic to the island of Jamaica where it has been re-

ported from all parishes except Westmoreland, Trelawny and St. Elizabeth at eleva-

tions of 100 ft to 1800 ft. Material examined: 1223 specimens; 172 6, 385 9, 373

pupae, 293 larvae; 298 individual rearings (198 pupal, 69 larval, 31 incomplete).

JAMAICA. Clarendon: Belcarres, 7 Nov 1967, W.A. Page (JA 902), 1 pd (902-101), 1 p? (902-

102), 3 L [UCLA]. Hanover: Lethe, elev. 500 ft, 6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 2 L

(JA 667) [UCLA]. Manchester: Hope Farm, 8 July 1945, G.A. Thompson, 1 Ipdé (450708-2), 2 lp?

(450708-9,11), 1 lp (450708-7), 1 1(450708-8); 1 Aug 1945, G.A. Thompson, 1 16 (450801-12),

1 2 (450801-12), 2 1(450801-6,8); 1 Oct 1945, G.A. Thompson, 2 Ip¢ (451001-6,9), 1 16 (451001-

1), 1 Ip (451001-14); Oct 1945, 3 L; 1 Jan 1946, G.A. Thompson, 2 lp? (460101-4,12), 16

(460101-15); 8 Jan 1946, 1 6, 1 9 [USNM]; elev. 1000-1100 ft, 10 Sept 1965, W.A. Page, 1 Ip?

(354-12), 2 pd (354-105,106), 3 p? (354-103,104,107), 1 d (JA 355), 1 9 (JA 356); 12 Nov 1966,

O.G.W. Berlin, 210 2 (JA 684), 2 pé (686-100,102), 1 p? (686-101), 2 Ip? (687-11,12), 5 pd (687-

100-104), 1 IP (687-10), 1 P (JA 687), 2 Ipd (688-13,20), 3 Ip? (688-11,12,15), 10 pd (688-100,

101,107,108,111,114-116,126,128), 12 p? (102,103,110,113,120-123,129,130-132), 1 IP (688-

16), 16,5 p,8L, 11(JA 688, type series) [UCLA]. Mandeville, 5 Mar 1928, Pickering, 5 9 [USNM].

Porus, elev. 900-1000 ft, 23 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 1 lpé (630-11), 1 lp? (630-

10), 1 L (JA 630), 4 pd (631-105,106,109,112), 2 p? (631-108,113), 29,1 P,2p,1L,11(JA

631), 2 Ipd (632-10,12), 1 Ip? (632-11), 6 pd (632-101,103,104,108,112,114), 5 p? (632-100,102,

105-107), 2 IP (632-13,15), 1 P, 2 p, 19 L, 21 (JA 632); 1 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin, 1 Ipé (655-

10), 6 pd (655-101,103,105-107,109), 4 p? (655-100,104,108,111), 4 IP (655-11-14),4.L,61(JA

655), 2 L (JA 656), 2 pd (658-110,114), 4 p? (658-103,107,112,113), 16,1 p, 1 L, 11(JA 658)

[UCLA]. Portland: Kemney-Sherwood Forest, elev. 750 ft, 12 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A.

Page, 1 Ipé (706-11), 1 p? (706-100), 1 p (JA 706), 2 lp? (708-13,16), 1 pd (708-11), 1 Ip (708-

14), 1 @ (JA 708) [UCLA]. St. Andrew and Kingston: Hermitage Dam Road, 1 Sept 1965, W.A.

Page (JA 319), 1 lp? (319-105); 17 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A! Page, 2 lpd (723-21 ,23), 1 lp?

(723-24), 1 IP (723-20), 2 p? (725-113A,114), 1 6, 1 P(JA 725); 5 July 1967, W.A. Page and IN.

Belkin (JA 765), 1 pd (765-100); 25 Aug 1967, W.A. Page (JA 854), 1 Ipd (854-13), 2 po (854-

105,106), 1 p? (854-107), 2 IP (854-15,16), 2 L;5 Aug 1967, W.A. Page and J.N. Belkin (JA 892),

4 Ip (892-10,13,15,16), 3 Ip? (892-11,12,14), 2 pd (892-100,104), 3 P, 1 L [UCLA]. Kingston,

M. Grabham, 1 6 [USNM]. St. Ann: Moneague, 17 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A. Page (JA 733),

1 pd (733-105), 4 p? (733-40,90,96,114), 2 6, 1 P,6 p, 3 L, 11 [UCLA]; Faiths Pen Schoolyard,

elev. 1750 ft, 31 Aug 1967, W.A. Page (JA 762), 2 pé (762-100,101), 16,19, 1P,11 [UCLA];

2.0 mi S of Moneague near Unity, elev. 1750 ft, 25 Aug 1967, W.A. Page (JA 758), 6 pd (758-100,

103,104,109,110,113), 2 p? (758-30,101), 1 6, 2 9, 3 p [UCLA]; 29.0 mi S of Moneague, elev.

1750 ft, 30 Aug 1967, W.A. Page, 1 6, 2 9, 4 P, 31 (JA 763), 2 lpd (764-10,12), 1 Ip? (764-30),

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9 pd (764-91,94,95,99 103-106,109), 5 p? (764-92,98,100,102,108), 2 d, 12,8 P, 6p, 21LQJA

764) [UCLA] ; Moneague-Claremont Road, 17 Sept 1965, W.A. Page, 1 lpd (375-12), 1 lp? (375-

13), 1 p? (375-100), 7 2 (JA 375), 1 pd (378-100), 1 p? (378-101), 1 IP (378-13), 1 Ipd (380-12),

4 Ip? (380-10,11,13,17A), 3 pd (380-101,104,105), 2 p? (380-100,107), 5 IP (380-14,15,17,18,

20) [UCLA]; Moneague-Ocho Rios Road, 10 Sept 1967, W.A. Page (JA 776), 1 p? (776-101)

[UCLA]. Mt. Diablo, 17 Sept 1965, W.A. Page (JA 376), 1 Ip? (376-12); 17 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin

and W.A. Page, 6 Ipd (731-21,33,35-38), 1 lp? (731-31), 9 pd (731-90,92,93,105,108-112), 12 p¢

(731-80,81,91,94,97,99,103-107,113), 2 IP (731-30,34), 11 6,79, 2P,17 p, 24 L(VJA 731), 1 Ipd

(732-10), 10 pd (732-70,94,97,100-102,104 111,112,114), 6 p? (732-90,92,93,105 ,107,108), 1 °,

1 P,3 p, 5 L, 21(JA 732), 4 lpd (733-13-16), 1 pd (733-100), 1 IP (733-11), 12 L JA 733), 1 pd

(734-102), 2 p? (734-101,105), 2 P, 1 L (JA 734), 1 2 (JA 735) [UCLA] . St. Elizabeth: Darling-

ton; 28 Oct 1967, W.A. Page, 1 p,4 L(JA 901) [UCLA]. St. James: Five Miles, elev. 100 ft, 6 Nov

1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 676), 1 Ip? (676-11), 2 pd (676-115,121), 6 p? (676-

104,107,112,113,116,123), 1 IP (676-17), 1 3, 1 2, 3 p, 2 L [UCLA]. Montego Bay, elev. 500 ft,

6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 669), 1 IP (669-11) [UCLA]. Reading, elev. 200 ft,

6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 1 1 (JA 670) [UCLA]. St. Mary: Broadgate, elev.

500 ft, 27 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 643), 2 lpd (643-33,43), 1 lp? (643-37),

1 L,11 [UCLA]. Leith Hall, 13 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 4 L (JA 689) [UCLA].

Windsor Forest, elev. 750 ft, 30 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 1 Ip? (650-22), 4 pd

(650-100-102,105), 2 IP (650-20,23), 1 6, 6 P, 3L (JA 650), 1 IP (651-34), 2 Ip? (652-10,12), 4 pd

(652-100,102,103,110), 4 p? (652-101,104,108,111), 2 IP (652-14,15), 11 L, 11(JA 652) [UCLA].

Parish not specified: 1944, R.B. Hill, 1 6; 1 Jan 1946, G.A. Thompson, 7 L; M. Grabham, 1 Ip;

G.A. Thompson, 1 6, 2 9? [USNM]; W.A. Page, 2 pd (771-101,106), 4 L (JA 771), 2 Ip? (772-33,

34), 8 pd (772-90,93,95,97,99,106,110,114), 11 p? (772-91,92,96,98,101 ,103,104,107,108,111,

113), 1 lp (772-30), 3 6,6 9,5 P, 11 p, 40 L, 11(JA 772) [UCLA].

10. Aedes (Howardina) inaequalis (Grabham)

Figs.3,7,8,23,24

1907.Howardina inaequalis Grabham, 1907:25-26. TYPE: Lectotype 6 with genitalia slide, Kings-

ton (St. Andrew), Jamaica, date not specified, M. Grabham [USNM; selection of Stone and

Knight 1956:219].

Aedes (Howardina) inaequalis in part of Thompson (1947:78; 1956:199-200); Stone, Knight and

Starcke (1959:174); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:31); Forattini (1965:399,400); Por-

ter (1967:38).

Aedes inaequalis in part of Stone and Knight (1956:219).

Howardina inaequalis of Theobald (1910:611); Surcouf and Gonzalez-Rincones (1911:141).

Aedes (Howardina) aurites in part of Dyar (1928:236); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:99;

1953:720-722); Horsfall (1955:471).

Aedes aurites in part of Hill and Hill (1948:29,42).

Aedes (Howardina) aureostriata in part of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:370-371). 7

Aedes aureostriata in part of Howard, Dyar and Knab (1917:855-859); Dyar (1918:73,80).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.37 mm. Proboscis: 1.93 mm. Forefemur: 1.49 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.1 mm. Similar to aurites, differing primarily in the following. Head: Erect

scales dark. Thorax (fig.8): Mesonotal dark scales not dense as in aurites; mesonotal

light lines narrow, faintly golden, distinctly narrower than dark lines; outer dorsocen-

tral line shorter, not merging with lateral marginal line anteriorly. Lateral marginal

line narrow from side of anterior promontory to wingbase. Antealar area above para-

tergite with scattered dark scales only. Lateral scutellar lobes with a few narrow gold-

en scales. Apn with a restricted silvery patch, distinctly smaller than in aurites and

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grabhami; ssp with a distinct silvery patch; patches on base of pra, upper and lower

stp distinct, separate. Legs: Midtarsus with a few white scales on segments 1,2; hind-

tarsus with broader white rings on 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly

white, with a few dark scales dorsally. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal straw yellow

patches on V-VII. |

MALE. Wing: 2.36 mm. Proboscis: 2.01 mm. Forefemur: 1.58 mm. Essentially

similar to female in coloration.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.23). Diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth tergite lobe

not prominent, with 2,3 bristles. Sidepiece length about 2.5 median width. Clasper

length about 0.55 of sidepiece: spiniform short, about 0.25 of clasper.

PUPA (fig.23). Abdomen: 3.08 mm. Trumpet: 0.46 mm; index 5.0-5.6. Paddic:

0.68 mm. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs lightly to moderately pigmented. Very

similar to stenei but apparently distinguishable by the moderately pigmented abdom-

inal tergite II and segment III only slightly darkened in the middle, without distinct

dark stripe. Readily separated from aurites and grabhami by the lightly pigmented

area on the metanotum. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately pigmented between

trumpets; lateral area slightly darker; metanotum with a small to moderate, lightly

pigmented area in the middle of lateral portion. Hair 1(1), 2(2, 1-3), 3(1, 1-3), 4(4,

2-7), 5(6, 3-7), 6(1, 1-2), 7(4, 3-6), 8(1, 1-2), 9(2, 2-3), 10(15, 6-15), 111), 12(4, 2-

5). Abdomen: Tergite I moderately pigmented except for usual membranous areas;

tergites II,III moderately pigmented; other segments lighter. Segment I: hair 1(11-14

primary branches, subequal in length, each with many secondary branches), 2(1, 1-2),

3(1), 405, 4-7), 5(5, 4-6), 6(1), 7(3, 2-3), 9(1), 10(1, present in some), 11(1, present

in some). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(40, 36-56), 2(1), 3(1), 4(4, 4-8), 5(1), 6(1), 7(4,

3-4), 9(1), 10(2, 2-3, present in a few). Segment III: hair 0(1), 109, 9-20), 2(1), 31),

4(4, 2-4), 5(1), 6(1), 7(4, 2-5), 8(3, 2-3), 9(1), 10(2), 11(1), 141). Segment IV: hair

O(1), 1(6, 3-14), 2(1), 3(4, 3-7), 4(2, 2-3), 5C1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(3, 2-4), 8@2, 1-2), 9C1),

10(2, 1-2), 11€1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-4), 2(1), 3@, 1-3), 4(6, 3-7),

S(1, 1-2), 6(1), 765, 3-7), 8@, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1, 1-2), 11€1), 141). Segment VI: hair

O(1), 1€1, 1-3), 2(1), 31, 1-3), 4(3, 2-7), 5C1, 1-2), 6(1, 1-2), 7(1, 1-2), 8@3, 2-4),

9(1), 10(€1), 111), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1), 21), 31), 4@, 1-3), 5(1),

6(3, 2-4), 7(1, 1-3), 8(3, 1-5), 9(4, 3-5), 10(€1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1),

4(2, 1-2), 9, 8-12), 14(1, 1-2). Paddle: Uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib slight-

ly darker; external margin smooth; hair 1-P slender. Male genital lobe extending to

0.56 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.36.

LARVA (fig.24). Head: 0.7 mm. Siphon: 0.9 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.22 mm. Readily

separated from other species by the short, broad unequal gills and hair 5-C usually

double. Head: Width about 1.12 of length. Mental plate with a strong median tooth

and 11 distinct teeth (11-12) on either side, often a smaller detached tooth at base.

Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(3, 2-4), 5@2, 1-2), 6(9, 8-11), 7(4, 3-4), 8(1), 9(2, 2-3), 10(1),

— 1102, 2-5), 12(1, 1-2), 131), 14(1), 153, 2-3). Antenna: Length about 0.46 of head;

pigmentation very light; shaft with very few minute scattered spicules. Hair 1-A

about 0.5 from base. Thorax: Stellate hairs with a few unequal branches; long hairs

barbed and with attenuate apices. Prothorax: hair 0(4, 2-8), 1(3, 3-7), 2(1), 3(5, 4

6), 4€1, 1-2), 5(2), 6(1), 701, 1-2), 8(3, 2-4), 9(1, 1-2), 10(1), 11(2, 2-4), 12Q),

14(10, 9-12). Mesothorax: hair 1(2, 2-5), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(4, 4-5),-7(1), 8(6,

5-8), 9(7, 5-8), 10(1), 11@2, 2-3), 12(1), 13(11, 7-11), 14(5, 4-5). Metathorax: hair

1(2, 2-4), 2(1), 3(4, 3-5), 4(2, 2-4), 5(5, 4-6), 6(1), 7(6, 5-7), 8G, 5-9), 9G, 5-7),

10(1), 11(2, 1-2), 12(1), 13(4, 1-5). Abdomen: Long and stellate hairs as on thorax.

Segment I: hair 1(3, 2-7), 2(5), 3(1), 4(3, 3-4), 5(4, 3-6), 6(3, 2-3), 7(1, 1-2), 9(1),

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10(1), 11(6, 5-8), 13(3, 2-7). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-6), 2(5, 4-6), 3(1), 4@, 2-

A), 5(6, 4-8), 6(3, 2-3), 7(3, 2-4), 81, 1-2), 9(5, 4-6), 101), 11(1), 121), 13@, 2-4).

Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-4), 2(5, 5-6), 3(1), 4(2), 5(5, 5-8), 6(1), 765, 3-6), 8(1),

9(5, 4-5), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(4, 2-8), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1@, 2-4),

2(6, 5-6), 3(1), 4(2), 5(7, 5-9), 6(1), 7(5, 3-6), 8(1), 9(5, 4-5), 10(1), 11€1), 121),

13(5, 3-10), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-4), 2(5, 5-6), 3(1), 4(@2, 1-3), 5(6, 5-

9), 6(1), 7(5, 3-5), 8C1, 1-2), 965, 4-6), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13(4, 2-9), 14C1). Seg-

ment VI: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(4, 4-5), 3(1), 4(1), 5(4, 2-6), 6(1), 7(3, 2-4), 8(3, I-

3), 9(3, 2-4), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(3, 24), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(2),

I(1), 31), 401, 5C, 2-3), 64, 2-5), 70). 8C7; 6-9); 9G,.24), 1001), 1 LG), IP2c1),

13(2), 14(1). Segment VIII: Comb scales 16(14-18) in number; individual scale mod-

erately pigmented, elongate, fringed on sides and apex. Hair 0(1), 1(4, 3-5), 2(),

3(5, 5-6), 4(1), 5(3, 3-5), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 4.25 to 5.3; moderately pig-

mented but with darker basal ring. Pecten extending to about 0.4, 19(16-25) teeth;

individual tooth narrow, long, with minute spinules in distal half. Hair 1(2), 2(1), 3-5

not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle moderately pigmented. Gills

as long as or slightly shorter than saddle length, broad, unequal, ventral 0.64 of dor-

sal. Hair 1(1), 2(5, 4-5), 3(1), 4a(4, 3-4), 4b(4), 4c(4, 3-4), 4d(4), 4e(3), 4£(3, 1-3).

SYSTEMATICS. Contrary to the opinion of Thompson (1956:199), inaequalis is

a species distinct from aureostriatus (now grabhami) and aurites. The adults of these

3 forms are readily distinguished from one another by the characters mentioned in

the diagnoses and keys but I have not been able to find any reliable characters to sep-

arate inaequalis from Thompson’s stenei which, however, I consider to be also a dis-

tinct species. The larva of inaequalis is clearly differentiated from the other members

of the group but the pupa is very similar to that of stenei. Furthermore, an ecological

barrier separates inaequalis from the rest of the group as this species is never found

breeding in bromeliads to which the other species are confined. A. inaequalis is found

primarily at low elevations and seldom above 1,500 feet. I have seen specimens of in-

aequalis only from the parishes of Clarendon, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, St.

Andrew, St. Catherine, St. Mary and St. Thomas. This species may be more widely

distributed and more common than the records indicate because these are based on

immature stages only and these breeding sites have not been as widely sampled as

those of the other species of the group. :

BIONOMICS. A. inaequalis has been found breeding primarily in treeholes and

cut and broken bamboo but has also been taken occasionally in rockholes and crab-

holes. There are no records of this species breeding in bromeliads. Since adults cannot

be distinguished at present from stenei, it is not known if females of inaequalis bite

humans but it is possible that some females of this species are included in the stenei-

inaequalis material obtained in the 24-hour biting-landing survey (fig.7).

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Endemic to the island of Jamaica where it has been re-

ported from the parishes of Clarendon, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, St. Andrew,

St. Catherine, St. Mary and St. Thomas from near sea level to about 1000 ft. Mate-

rial examined: 574 specimens; 55 6, 81 2, 99 pupae, 339 larvae; 83 individual rear-

ings (47 pupal, 28 larval, 8 incomplete).

JAMAICA. Clarendon: May Pen, 10 Sept 1965, rockholes, J.N. Belkin (JA 352), 6 pd (352-

100A,102,104,106,107,109), 6 p? (352-32,90,91 93,108,111), 1 IP (352-12), 6 6, 8 2, 1 P, 8 p,

37 L; 6 Sept 1966, rockholes, D.C. Watson (JA 602), 1 pd (602-101), 1 p? (602-100), 5 6, 7 9;

1 Sept 1966, rockholes, D.C. Watson, 2 6 (JA 603) [UCLA] . Manchester: Hope Farm, elev. 900-

1000 ft, 23 Oct 1966, treehole, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 634), 2 Ipd (634-10,17), 5 Ip? —

(634-11-13,15,19), 2 pd (634-102,104), 3 p? (634-100-102), 4 IP (634-14,16,18,20), 1 L, 11

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 49

[UCLA]. Portland: Kemney-Sherwood Forest, elev. 750 ft, 13 Aug 1967, bamboo, J.N. Belkin

and W.A. Page, 1 lpd (713-10), 1 pd (713-100), 16 L(JA 713), 2 Ipd (715-10,11), 2 pd (715-100,

102) [UCLA]. St. Andrew and Kingston: Constant Springs, 16 Nov 1966, treehole, O.G.W. Berlin

and D.C. Watson, 6 L (JA 696) [UCLA]. Ferry Quarry, 13 Sept 1965, crabhole, W.A. Page, 1 ?

(JA 369) [UCLA]. Hermitage Dam Road, 20 Aug 1964, rockhole, L. Paton (JA 109), 2 Ipd (109-

10,11), 1 pd (109-101), 1 p? (109-100), 4 3, 1°,1P,2L;22 Aug 1965, treehole, W.A. Page (JA

280), 1 pd (280-102), 1 6; 10 Aug 1965, treehole, W.A. Page (JA 288), 2 Ip? (288-10,15), 1 pd

(288-102), 1 6; 13 Aug 1965, bamboo, W.A. Page, 1 Ipd (290-14), 3 Ip? (290-10,11,13),2L(JA

292), 25 L (JA 293), 6 L(JA 294), 1 Ip? (295-23), 26, 19,10 L(JA 296), 1 L(JA 298),12(JA

299), 1 p? (300-20), 2 L (JA 300), 17 L (JA 302), 1 lp? (304-22), 3 L (JA 307), 24 L(JA 308),

1d, 19, 1 P (JA 309); 7 Sept 1965, J.N. Belkin, 1 9, 2 L(JA 330), 3 L(JA 331); 29 Oct 1965,

treehole, W.A. Page, 1 pd (390-100A), 2 p? (390-101,102), 1 p? (397-105); 13 July 1967, tree-

hole, W.A. Page (JA 826), 1 p? (826-20) [UCLA]. Mt. Salus, 17 Sept 1967, bamboo, W.A. Page,

123 L (JA 780) [UCLA]. Temple Hall, elev. 500 ft, 20 Aug 1965, bamboo, W.A. Page, 1 p? (250-

102), 1 6,1 9,1 P,5 L(JA 250), 1 Ipd (252-35), 4 Ip? (252-102,105,107,108), 16,1 p,6L,11

(JA 252); 25 Aug 1965, bamboo, D.C. Watson (JA 251), 1 pé (251-107), 1 IP (251-60), 1,11 L

[UCLA] . Waterworks, 7 Sept 1965, treehole, J.N. Belkin (JA 327), 1 p? (327-104), 19,1 p,1L;

3 Dec 1965, treehole, W.A. Page (JA 408), 1 IP (408-14) [UCLA]. St. Catherine: Harkers Hall,

elev. 750 ft, 12 July 1967, bamboo, W.A. Page (JA 822), 2 lp? (822-12,14), 1 IP (822-10), 1 ,

1 p, 5 L [UCLA]. Rio Cobre Dam, elev. 100 ft, 10 Sept 1965, treehole, J.N. Belkin (JA 351), 1 lp?

(351-30), 1 p? (351-105), 1 IP (351-31), 1 L; 17 Sept 1965, ditch, D.C. Watson, 1 6 (JA 372), tree-

hole, 1 6,3 2, 1 p(JA 373) [UCLA]. Spanish Town, 9 Sept 1965, treehole, D.C. Watson (JA 605),

1 pd (605-102) [UCLA]. St. Mary: Prospect, 3 Nov 1964, rockhole, W.A. Page, 1 6,19,1p(JA

173) [UCLA]. St. Thomas: Folly, elev. 50 ft, rockhole (JA 103), 4 p? (103-102,103,105,108), 1?

[UCLA] . Parish not specified: Jan 1940, bamboo, 1 6, 2 ? [USNM].

11. Aedes (Howardina) stenei Thompson

Figs 3,7 .6.22,20

1956.Aedes stenei Thompson, 1956:196-199. TYPE: Holotype 6 (45090211) with associated lar-

val skin and male genitalia slide, near Hope Farm, just above Porus, on road to Mandeville,

Manchester (as Clarendon), Jamaica, elev. about 1000 ft, Sept 1945, G.A. Thompson

[USNM].

Aedes (Howardina) stenei of Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174); Belkin, Schick and Heine-

mann (1965:31); Forattini (1965 :471); Porter (1967:38).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.57 mm. Proboscis: 1.66 mm. Forefemur: 1.58 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.02 mm. Essentially similar to inaequalis from which it cannot be separated

(fig.8). |

_ MALE. Wing: 2.38 mm. Proboscis: 2.1 mm. Forefemur: 1.58 mm. Essentially sim-

ilar to female in coloration.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.25). Diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth tergite lobe

indistinct, with 2,3 strong bristles. Sidepiece length about 2.5 median width. Clasper

about 0.6 of sidepiece length, basal 0.33 with small spicules; spiniform about 0.25 of

clasper.

PUPA (fig.25). Abdomen: 2.24 mm. Trumpet: 0.38 mm; index about 5.0. Paddle:

0.68 mm. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs lightly to moderately pigmented. Very

similar to inaequalis but distinguished by the deeply pigmented abdominal tergite II

and by the presence of a distinct narrow median longitudinal dark stripe on tergite

III. Readily separated from aurites and grabhami by the 2-branched hair 9-C and the

lightly pigmented area on the metanotum. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately

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pigmented between trumpets, lateral areas slightly darker; metanotum with a lightly

pigmented area in the middle of lateral portion. Hair 1(1), 2(2, 2-3), 3(1), 405, 4-7),

5(5, 4-9), 6(1, 1-2), 7(4, 3-9), 8(1, 1-2), 9@2, 2-3), 10(10, 7-18), 11(1), 12(5, 3-7).

Abdomen: Tergite I moderately pigmented except for usual membranous areas; ter-

gite II strongly pigmented; tergite III with distinct narrow, median, dark longitudinal

stripe; pigmentation progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(12-17 primary

branches, subequal in length each with several secondary branches), 2(1, 1-2), 3(1),

4(6, 4-8), 5(4, 3-8), 6(1), 7(3, 1-3). 9(1), 10(1), 11(1). Segment IT: hair 0(1), 1(46,

36-72), 2(1), 3(1), 4(5, 3-6), 5(1), 6(1), 7(4, 2-5), 9(1), 10€1, 1-4, present in some).

Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(16, 7-23), 2(1), 3(1, 1-2), 4(3, 2-4), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(3, 2-

4), 8(2, 2-4), 9(1), 10(2, 1-2), 111), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(10, 4-19), 21),

3(5, 3-6), 4(3, 1-4), 5(1, 1-3), 6(1), 7(@2, 2-4), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10@, 1-2), 11(1), 14(1).

Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-7), 2(1), 3@, 1-3), 4(4, 3-6), 51, 1-2), 6(1), 7(4, 2-5),

8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1, 1-2), 11€1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-4), 21), 3@,

1-2), 4(3, 2-5), 5(1, 1-4), 6(1, 1-2), 7(1), 8(2, 2-4), 9(1), 10(€1), 11€1), 14(1). Seg-

ment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1), 21), 31, 1-2), 4(2, 1-2), 5(1), 6(3, 2-4), 7(1), 8(4, 3-5),

9(5, 3-6), 10(1), 11€1), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 42, 1-2), 9(10, 8-13), 14(1).

Paddle: Uniformly very lightly pigmented, midrib slightly darker; external margin

smooth. Male genital lobe extending to 0.42 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.38.

LARVA (fig.26). Head: 0.7 mm. Siphon: 0.95 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. Read-

ily separated from other members of the group by the strong, 4-7-branched hair 2-

VII. Head: Width about 1.02 of length. Mental plate with a strong median tooth and

11 distinct teeth (9-11) on each side, often a detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1),

3(1), 4(5, 3-5), 5(4, 3-5), 614, 11-14), 7(5, 4-7), 8(1), 9(2, 2-3), 10(1), 11(6, 3-8),

12(2, 1-2), 13(1), 141), 15(2, 2-3). Antenna: Length about 0.45 of head; pigmenta-

tion very light; shaft with a few scattered spicules. Hair 1-A about 0.5 from base.

Thorax: Stellate hairs with a few, unequal, weakly barbed branches; long hairs barbed

and with attenuate apices. Prothorax: hair 0(12, 10-14), 1(9, 7-11), 2(1), 3(14, 8-

16), 4€1, 1-2), 5(2, 2-3), 6(1), 7(2, 2-3), 8(6, 6-10), 9(1, 1-2), 10(1), 11(3, 3-5),

12(1), 14(10, 8-14). Mesothorax: hair 1(5, 3-9), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(5, 4-5),

7(1), 8(6, 5-7), 9(8, 7-10), 10(1), 11(2, 1-2), 12(1), 13(14, 10-14), 14(4, 4-9). Meta- -

thorax: hair 1(2, 2-8), 2(1), 3(3, 3-5), 4(8, 5-9), 5(8, 6-11), 6(1), 7(7, 7-9), 8(6, 4-9),

9(8, 6-8), 10(1), 11@2, 1-3), 12(1), 13(11, 5-13). Abdomen: Stellate hairs as on tho-

rax. Segment I: hair 1(5, 5-12), 2(8, 5-9), 3(1), 4(3, 2-4), 5(8, 7-11), 6(3), 7(1), 9(1),

10(1), 11(8, 7-9), 13(10, 3-12). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-9), 2(7, 3-8), 3(1), 4(3,

2-3), 5(9, 7-11), 6(3), 7(2, 2-3), 8(1, 1-2), 9(6, 5-7), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(8, 5-12).

Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-5), 2(7, 5-8), 3(1), 4(2), 5(10, 9-11), 6(1, 1-2), 7(6, 4-

7), 8(1), 9(6, 5-7), 101), 1101), 121), 1309, 5-13), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 103,

2-4), 2(7, 6-8), 3(1), 4(2), 5(9, 9-12), 6(1, 1-2), 7(5, 4-6), 8(1), 9(6, 5-6), 10(1),

11(1), 12(1), 13(10, 7-11), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(6, 5-7), 3(1),

4(3, 2-4), 510, 9-11), 6C1, 1-2), 7(5, 4-6), 8(1), 9(6, 5-6), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13(8,

4-11), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(6, 5-7), 3(1), 4(1, 1-2), 5(7, 5-10),

6(1), 7(2, 2-3), 8(3, 2-3), 9(5, 4-6), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 1309, 6-11), 14(1). Segment

VII: hair O(1), 1(2, 2-4), 2(5, 4-7), 3(1), 4(1), 5(2, 2-3), 6(2, 2-3), 7(1), 8(5, 3-7),

9(4, 4-6), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(6, 3-6), 14(1). Segment VIII: Comb scales 18(16-

19) in number, individual scale moderately pigmented, elongate and fringed on sides

and apex. Hair 0(1), 1(4, 4-6), 2(1), 3(6, 5-7), 4(1), 5(4, 3-5), 14(1). Siphon: Index

about 5.8-6.7; moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring. Pecten extending to

about 0.43; 19(19-24) narrow, long teeth. Hair 1(2, 2-3), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1),

7(1), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle moderately pigmented. Gills subequal;

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moderate, less than 2.0 of saddle length. Hair 1(1, 1-2), 2(7, 5-8), 3(1), 4a(4, 4-5),

4b(4, 3-4), 4c(4, 3-4), 4d(4), 4e(4, 3-4), 4£(3, 3-4).

SYSTEMATICS. A. stenei appears to be most closely related to inaequalis. | have

not found any reliable characters to separate the adults of these 2 species and their

pupae are also very similar but apparently differentiated by the features mentioned

in the diagnoses and key. The larva of stenei is readily separated from inaequalis and

the other members of the group. There appears to be a strong ecological barrier be-

tween stenei, which breeds exclusively in bromeliads, and inaequalis, which is pri-

marily a treehole breeder and has never been found in bromeliads. A. stenei has been

collected most frequently at elevations of about 1,000 feet and less commonly down

to 100 feet and as high as 2,500 feet. Its most common associate is grabhami; as in-

dicated under the latter there is a suggestion of occasional hybridization between

these 2 forms. A. stenei is the most common and widespread species of the group

and has been reported from all the parishes of Jamaica except Clarendon, Trelawny

and Westmoreland.

BIONOMICS. A. stenei has been found breeding only in terrestrial and epiphytic

bromeliads. Although the females of stenei and inaequalis cannot be separated with

certainty, I believe that the majority of the stenei-inaequalis specimens collected in

the 24-hour biting-landing study reported in fig.7 were probably stenei. These showed

a small peak of activity at 1700 hrs.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Endemic to the island of Jamaica where it has been re-

ported from all the parishes except Clarendon, Trelawny and Westmoreland at eleva-

tions of 100 to 2500 ft. Material examined: 1486 specimens; 226 6, 380 2, 492 pu-

pae, 388 larvae; 371 individual rearings (227 pupal, 102 larval, 42 incomplete).

JAMAICA. Hanover: Lethe, elev. 500 ft, 6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 666),

2 p? (666-100,101), 2 p, 2 L [UCLA]. Manchester: Hope Farm, 2 Sept 1945, G.A. Thompson,

1 Ip? (450902-2); 2 Oct 1945, G.A. Thompson, 2 Ip? (451002-10,13), 1 lp? paratype (451002-3),

1 Ipd, paratype (451002-2); 1 Jan 1946, G.A. Thompson, 1 Ipd, paratype (460101-20), 1 lp?

(460101-18) [USNM]; elev. 900-1000 ft, 18 Aug 1965, W.A. Page, 1 lpd (240-62), 2 Ip? (240-63,

64), 1 IP (240-65), 1 Ip? (241-62), 7 pd (241-101,103,106-108,110,111), 1 p? (241-114), 1 IP

(241-60), 2 pd (242-62,100), 4 p? (242-61,103,105,106); 10 Sept 1965, W.A. Page, 1 lp? (355-

10), 1 p? (355-100), 2 6, 2 2 (JA 355), 2 2 (JA 356); 2 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin, 3 Ipd (661-10,

11,16), 2 pd (661-100,104), 3 p? (661-101-103), 4 IP (661-12-15), 19,2 p,61(JA 661), 3 2(JA

663A); 12 Nov 1966, 0.G.W. Berlin, 90 ? (JA 684), 3 P, 5 L(JA 685), 3 lpdé (688-14,17,19), 2 lp?

(688-10,18), 9 pd (688-105,106,112,117-119,124,125,127), 1 p? (688-109), 5°, 1 p,91(JA 688)

[UCLA]. Porus, elev. 900-1000 ft, 23 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 1 lp? (630-12),

1 IP (630-13), 1 6, 1 p, 3 L(JA 630), 2 Ipd (631-13,14), 4 lp? (631-10,11,16,17), 4 pd (631-100,

101,104,107), 6 p?(631-102,103,110,111,114,115), 5 IP (631-18-22), 2d, 1 9, 1 p(JA 631), 1 Ipd

(632-14), 3 pd (632-109-111), 1 p? (632-113), 1 IP (632-16), 1 6, 19,2P,2 p, 5 L, 31; 1 Nov

1966, O.G.W. Berlin, 1 p? (655-102), 1 1(JA 655), 3 lp? (658-10,11,13), 6 pd (658-100-102,106,

109,111), 3 p? (658-104,105,108), 1 IP (658-12), 1 9, 2 p, 21 [UCLA]. Portland: Kemney-Sher-

wood Forest, elev. 750 ft, 13 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A. Page, 2 p? (706-12,103), 146,19

(JA 706), 1 Ip? (708-10), 1 6, 1 9, 2 p, 21(JA 708), 2 L(JA 710), 2 p(JA 711) [UCLA]. St. An-

drew and Kingston: Hermitage Dam Road, 1 Sept 1965, W.A. Page (JA 319), 1 pd (319-102); 29

Oct 1965, W.A. Page (JA 392), 3 pd (392-103,107,112), 2 p? (392-108,110); 15 Aug 1967, JN.

Belkin and W.A. Page, 1 lp? (723-25), 2 p? (723-100,101), 1 IP (723-22), 1 9, 2P (JA 723), 2 Ipd

(725-22,23), 2 Ip? (725-11,12), 7 pd (725-94,101,102A,103A,108,111,112A), 9 p? (725-100,103,

105B,106A,107A,110,111A,113,114), 2 IP (725-20,21), 3 ?, 1 P, 5 p (JA 725); 25 July 1967,

W.A. Page, 3 pd (854-100,101,103), 1 p? (854-104), 1 Ip (854-12), 1 P, 11(JA 854), 1 P(JA 855)

[UCLA]. Kingston, 15 Sept 1906, M. Grabham, 1 6 [USNM]. Mavis Bank, M. Grabham, 1 6

[USNM]. Mt. Salus Road, 11 Sept 1967, W.A. Page (JA 779), 2 pd (779-102,106), 1 p? (779-103)

[UCLA] . Newcastle, elev. 2500 ft, 29 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin, 3 L (JA 648) [UCLA]. Shooters

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Hill, elev. 1800 ft, 3 Dec 1946, G.A. Thompson, 2 ¢ [IJ]. Stony Hill, 16 Sept 1946, G.A. Thomp-

son, 1 ? [IJ]. Temple Hall, elev.500 ft, 27 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson, 3 L (JA 646)

[UCLA]. St. Ann: Moneague, 1943, R.B. Hill, 1 9 [USNM]; 9 Sept 1966, D.C. Watson, 1 d,1¢

(JA 607); 17 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A. Page (JA 733), 2 lpd (733-10,15), 9 Ip? (733-11-14,

16-19,30), 7 pd (733-90,94,97,104,107,110,113), 12 p? (733-31 ,41,92,93 ,99-102,106,111,112),

12 6,19 9,2 P, 18 p, 11 L, 31; 6 Aug 1967, W.A. Page (JA 771), 1 p? (771-102), 1 L [UCLA] ;

Faiths Pen Schoolyard, elev. 1750 ft, 30 Aug 1967, W.A. Page (JA 762), 1 Ipd (762-11), 2 Ip?

(762-12,13), 1 19 (762-14), 1 pd (762-103), 1 p? (762-102), 1 P, 9 L, 1 1 [UCLA]; 2.0 mi S of

Moneague near Unity, elev. 1750 ft, 26 Aug 1967, W.A. Page (JA 758), 1 lp? (758-23), 4 p? (758-

31,32,108,111), 5 p? (758-105-107,112,114), 8 6, 6 2,5 p, 15 L [UCLA] ; 29.0 mi post on Mon-

eague Road, elev. 1750 ft, 30 Aug 1967, W.A. Page, 1 Ipd (763-20), 6 Ip? (763-12,14,21-23 30),

8 pd (763-90,94,96-98 100,107,111), 6 p? (763-95 ,99,101-103,105), 2 6,12 9,11 P, 19 p, 18 L,

1 1(JA 763), 1 lpd (764-31), 1 Ip? (764-34), 5 pd (764-32,96,112-114), 4 p? (764-90,93,107,111),

1 lp (764-33),6 6,8 9,5 P,5 p,1L,11 [UCLA]; Moneague-Claremont Road, 17 Sept 1965, W.A.

Page, 1 pd (380-106), 1 p (JA 380), 1 Ip? (381-12), 1 pd (881-100) [UCLA]; Moneague-Ocho Rios

Road, 10 Sept 1967, W.A. Page (JA 776), 1 pd (776-100) [UCLA]. Mt. Diablo, 17 Sept 1965,

W.A. Page, 2 Ipd (375-11,14), 2 p? (375-10,100), 2 lp (375-1522), 8 9, 21(JA 375), 3 Ipd (376-

10,11,13), 2 lp? (376-15,16), 2 pd (376-100,102), 3 P (JA 376); 17 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and

W.A. Page, 1 Ipd (731-22), 2 Ip? (731-20,23), 1 pd (731-96), 1 p? (731-101), 16,2?,2p,3 LGA

731), 2 lp? (732-30,31), 4 pd (732-95,103,109,110), 2 p? (732-32,98), 1 IP (732-33), 2 P, 2 p, 7 L,

11(JA 732), 2 lp? (734-10,11), 4 pd (734-103 ,104,106,109), 3 p? (734-100,107,108), 1 IP (734-

12),2 9,1 p, 22 L(JA 734); 7 Sept 1967, W.A. Page, 1 lp? (779-10), 1 p? (774-107), 4 L (JA 774)

_ [UCLA]. St. Catherine: Bog Walk, elev. 500 ft, 12 July 1967, W.A. Page (JA 820), 1 pd (820-11)

[UCLA]. St. Elizabeth: Maggotty, elev. 500 ft, 15 Sept 1967, W.A. Page (JA 791), 1 L [UCLA].

St. James: Five Miles, elev. 100 ft, 6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 676), 1 lp?

(676-12), 4 pd (676-102,103,105,124), 8 p? (676-100,101,106,108,109,117,122,125), 4 d, 2 @,

2 L [UCLA]. Montego Bay, elev. 500 ft, 6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C. Watson (JA 669),

1 lpd (669-10), 1 lp? (669-11), 2 pd (669-100,102), 1 p? (669-101), 3 L, 11 [UCLA]; 16 Jan 1940,

26,2 2;17 Jan 1940, 2 6, 3 9? [USNM]. Reading, elev. 200 ft, 6 Nov 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and

D.C. Watson, 3 pé (670-100-102), 1 p? (670-103), 3 P, 3 p, 5 1(JA 670), 2 lp? (671-10,14), 1 pd

(671-100), 4 IP (671-11-13,15), 13 L (JA 671), 1 pd (673-101), 1 p? (673-100), 1 IP (674-10), 1 p,

4 L (JA 674) [UCLA]. St. Mary: Broadgate, elev. 500 ft, 27 Oct 1966, O.G.W. Berlin and D.C.

Watson (JA 643), 4 Ipd (643-32,38-40), 3 lp? (643-34-36), 6 pd (643-104,106-108,112,113), 6 p?

(643-30,100-103,105), 2 IP (643-41,42), 3 6,2 %,2P,3 L,51 [UCLA]. St. Thomas: Port Morant

Bay, 16 Aug 1967, J.N. Belkin and W.A. Page (JA 729), 3 Ipé (729-10,11,20), 1 pd (729-102),

4 p? (729-100,101,103,104), 7 L, 21 [UCLA]. Windsor Forest, elev. 750 ft, 30 Oct 1966, O.G.W.

Berlin and D.C. Watson, 1 Ip? (650-24), 3 pd (650-104,106,107), 1 p? (650-108), 1 IP (650-20),

3 6,29,2L,21(JA 650), 1 Ipd (651-37), 2 lp? (651-3539), 4 pd (651-110-113), 1 p? (651-114),

5 IP (651-31-33,36,38), 1 p, 11 (JA 651), 2 Ipd (652-11,13), 2 pd (652-106,109), 2 p? (652-105,

107), 3 L, 21 (JA 652) [UCLA]. Parish not specified: New Park, June 1929, C.D. Williams, 1

[BM]. Apr 1906, M. Grabham, 1 2; 1944, R.B. Hill, 4 6, 1 9; Jan 1940, W.H.W. Komp, 2 6; R.B.

Hill, 1 6, 4 9? [USNM]; W.A. Page, 2 lpdé (771-10,12), 3 pd (771-100,104,107), 3 p? (771-13,102,

105), 1 P, 1 p, 28 L (JA 771), 2 Ip? (772-32,35), 2 pd (772-100,112), 2 p? (772-102,105), 2 d,

5 9,2P,3 p,15 L(JA 772) [UCLA].

Ioliota Group

FEMALES. Head: Narrow decumbent scales white. Palpus with apical silvery

white scales. Thorax: Inner dorsocentral line narrow, pale golden; median prescutel-

lar line broad, white; outer dorsocentral line narrow, pale golden; lateral marginal

line narrow, white, nearly continuous from anterior promontory to wingbase. Acros-

tichal bristles not developed on disc. Scutellum predominantly dark scaled, light

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 53

scales restricted to median lobe. Ssp with distinct silvery patch; upper stp patch sep-

arate, small. Legs: Foretarsus with a few white scales on base of segment 2; midtar-

sus with small incomplete basal white rings on segments 1,2; hindtarsus with broader

complete basal white rings on segments 1-3 and with segment 5 completely or largely

white. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal white markings dingy white or creamy on seg-

ments III-VI or V-VI, white on VII.

MALES. Palpus with submedian white scales on segments 4,5. Larger claw of fore-

leg and midleg with small acute basal tooth and large blunt submedian tooth; smaller

Claw with basal tooth only.

MALE GENITALIA. Claspette with short broad conical tubercle bearing 1 or

rarely 2 apical bristles. Clasper less than 0.5 of sidepiece; with distinct subapical

hairs. Aedeagus subquadrate, shorter than proctiger.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Hair 5-C single or double, at least 2.0 of hair 4-C; hair

7-C usually single; hair 10-C single to triple. Abdomen: All large hairs except 1-IL III,

9-VII,VII usually single or double; hair 2-II laterad of or in line with hair 3; hair 5-

IV,V short to moderate, not exceeding middle of tergite following; hair 9-II-VI cau-

dad of hair 6; 9-VII longer, stouter and with more branches than hair 6-VII. Paddle:

Moderate; apex rounded; marginal spicules indistinct.

LARVAE. Head: Hair 1-C unbranched; 4-C moderately long, multiple; 5,6-C both

long, single; hairs 11,14-C weakly stellate, 11-C with unequal branches; 15-C double,

long, exceeding apex of mental plate. Antenna: Shaft with a few minute sharp spic-

ules; hair 1-A single. Thorax: Hair 13-P present. Hairs 0,8,13,14-P, 1,4,5,8,13-T

weakly stellate; hair 1-T far mesad of hairs 2,3. Abdomen: Integument glabrous dor-

sally, ventral surfaces of segments II-VIII with rows of minute spinelike spicules; hair

2 distinctly removed cephalad but not beyond hair 8, hair 9 not markedly displaced

cephalad. Hairs 2,5-I-VI, 9-II-VI, 11-I distinctly stellate, with a few branches, 2,9,11

distinctly heavier than others, hairs 1-I,II, 7-II-VI, 9-I very weakly stellate; hair 8-VII

distinctly cephalodorsad of 9-VII. Segment VIII: Comb scales in a single row; indi-

vidual scales moderate in length, blunt apically and finely fringed. Siphon: Index less

than 3.0; integument without spicules; distinct attached acus present. Pecten extend-

ing to about middle of siphon, not reaching hair 1-S; teeth numerous, closely set,

with basal denticles. Anal Segment: Saddle body without distinct spicules; caudal

margin with short pointed spines preceded by a few rows of spicules; hair 1-X usual-

ly single (1-3), near lower end of caudal margin. Ventral brush with 6 pairs of hairs

on a small sclerotized boss with distinct grid bars.

DISCUSSION. The Ioliota Group of 2 very similar species is most strikingly dif-

ferentiated from the other groups of the section by the presence of hair 13-P in the

larva, a character not found anywhere else in the section. In adult ornamentation

this group is very similar to the Albonotatus Group, differing from it primarily in the

presence of light scaling on hindtarsal segment 5.

The 2 species have widely disjunct distributions, cozumelensis occurring only on

the Yucatan Peninsula and the adjacent Cozumel island and British Honduras, and

ioliota at the opposite end of the Caribbean sea in northern Venezuela and Trinidad

(fig.3). The 2 species are so similar that they obviously belong to the same phylad.

Their pattern of distribution is interpreted here as a relict of a former wide distribu-

tion of the group in the central Caribbean area. A similar pattern is found in the

Walkeri Group.

A larva in a recent collection from a cut bamboo from the province of Guayas

(ECU 161) indicates the presence of another member of the Ioliota Group in Ecua-

dor. It differs from other members of the group by a 14-16 branched stellate hair

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13-P which is only 3-5 branched in ioliota and double in cozumelensis. The albono-

tatus of Levi-Castillo (1952a:77; 1952b:555; 1953:40) is probably this member of

the Ioliota Group.

Both members of the group were probably originally treehole breeders. They have

been reported primarily from artificial containers and ioliota has been found breed-

ing in fallen cacao pods. There are no records of this group from bromeliad axils.

12. Aedes (Howardina) ioliota Dyar and Knab

Figs.3,8,27,28

1913.Aedes ioliota Dyar and Knab, 1913:76-78. TYPE: Holotype ?, Trinidad, locality not speci-

fied, F.W. Urich [USNM, 16000].

Aedes (Howardina) ioliota of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:371-372); Dyar (1928:233); Ed-

wards (1932:155); Lane (1939:100; 1953:719-720); Anduze (1941:14); Horsfall (1955:471);

Stone and Knight (1956:219-220); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174); Aitken (1960:4);

Suarez and Cova Garcia (1961:17-24); Stone (1963:127); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:

69); Forattini (1965:401); Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo (1966a:57,283; 1966b:73-74,141,

169,334).

Aedes ioliota of Urich (1913:528); Dyar (1918:73).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.33 mm. Proboscis: 2.62 mm. Forefemur: 2.45 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.98 mm. As described for the group, with following apparently diagnostic fea-

tures. Head: Median stripe on vertex narrow, white; light scales on sides and venter

straw yellow. Erect scales dark brown. Palpus about 0.16-of proboscis. Thorax (fig.

3): Scales on anterior promontory white. Inner dorsocentral line narrow, creamy,

reaching prescutellar space, followed by a moderate, white-scaled median prescutellar

line; outer dorsocentral line narrow, golden; lateral marginal line white, narrow, long,

extending from side of anterior promontory to wingbase, apparently interrupted on-

ly at scutal angle. Antealar area above paratergite with scattered dark scales. Light

scales on median scutellar lobe narrow, white; lateral lobes with a few narrow dark

scales. Pleural scales as in the section and group. Legs: Forefemur and midfemur pre-

dominantly dark anteriorly, a few basal scales creamy, proximal 0.5 of posterior sur-

face straw yellow, extending distally as a narrow line, rest dark; hindfemur predomi-

nantly straw yellow to 0.5 on both sides, rest dark scaled. Hindtarsal segment 5 com-

pletely white scaled. Haltere: Stem pale, knob mostly whitish, a few dark scales dor-

sally. Abdomen: Sternites predominantly creamy on II,III; rest with basal creamy

and apical dark scales, latter increasing in extent on distal segments.

MALE. Wing: 2.79 mm. Proboscis: 2.54 mm. Forefemur: 1.93 mm. Essentially

similar to female in coloration.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.27). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with 5,6 strong bristles. Sidepiece length about 2.5 median

width; basolateral scales white, remainder dark. Claspette with 2,3 small subapical

hairs. Clasper about 0.5 of sidepiece, with 1 subapical hair; minute spicules on basal

0.5. Dorsal sclerotization of aedeagus very shallowly emarginate, but without distinct

lateral lobes.

PUPA (fig.27). Abdomen: 3.35 mm. Trumpet: 0.43 mm; index 4.4-4.6. Paddle:

0.74 mm. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Diag-.

nostic characters as in the key. Apparently distinguished from cozumelensis by the

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 55

more dendritic hair 1-IJ and longer, ovoid or slightly produced paddle, with length

about 1.5 greatest width. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately pigmented between

trumpets, lateral areas and metanotum deeply pigmented; trumpets strongly con-

trasting. Hair 1(1), 2(2, 1-2), 3(1), 4(2, 1-3), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(1), 8(3, 2-4), 91),

10(2, 1-3), 111, 1-2), 12(1, 1-3). Abdomen: Tergite I moderately pigmented except

for usual membranous areas; segments II and III imbricate, moderately pigmented;

rest of segments progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(6-12 primary branches,

each with many secondary ones), 2(1), 3(1), 4(3, 2-4), 5(2, 2-3), 6(1), 7(1), 9(1).

Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(3, strongly dendritic), 2(1, 1-2), 3(1, 1-2), 4(4, 2-5), 5(1),

6(1), 7(1), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 12, 1-4), 2(1), 31), 4@2, 1-4), 5(1), 6(1),

7(2, 1-4), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1,. 1-2), 111), 141). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-3),

2(1), 3(3, 1-4), 4(1, 1-2), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2, 1-3), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1), 10(2, 1-3), 11(1),

14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-3), 2(1), 31, 1-2), 4(4, 2-5), 51), 6(1), 7(@3, 1-

4), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14€1, 1-2). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 11, 1-2), 2(1),

3(1, 1-2), 4(2, 1-3), 5(1), 6(1), 701), 8@, 1-3), 9(1), 10€1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment

VII: hair 0(1), 1(€1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(€1), 5(1), 6(2, 1-4), 71, 1-2), 8@2, 1-2), 9(3, 2-4),

10(1), 11€1), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(5, 4-6), 14(1, 1-2). Paddle: Uni-

formly lightly pigmented, midrib slightly darker; moderately elongate and oval,

sometimes slightly produced; external margin smooth; hair 1-P slender. Male genital

lobe extending to 0.47 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.38.

LARVA (fig.28). Head: 0.88 mm. Siphon: 0.86 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.34 mm. Chae-

totaxy as given below, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented; in life, larvae are dark.

Diagnostic characters as in the key; readily separated from cozumelensis by the api-

cally rounded comb scales and hair 1-X single. Head: Width about 1.1 of length; in-

tegument strongly pigmented. Mental plate with strong median tooth and 10(9-11)

distinct teeth on either side, often a smaller detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1),

3(1), 413, 12-16), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2, 2-3), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1, 1-2), 10(1), 11(6, 4-7), 12Q,

2-3), 13(1, 1-2), 14(3, 3-7), 15(2, 2-3). Antenna: Length about 0.33 of head; uni-

formly strongly pigmented. Hair 1-A about 0.54 from base. Thorax: Long hairs with

attenuate apices; long and stellate hairs weakly barbed. Prothorax: hair 0(7, 5-9),

1(3, 2-3), 2(1), 3(4, 3-5), 4(3, 3-5), 5(2, 2-3), 6(1), 7(3, 2-3), 8(6, 5-7), 9(1), 10(1),

11q1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(4, 3-5), 14(20, 18-24). Mesothorax: hair 1(5, 4-6), 2(1), 3(1),

4(1), 5(1), 6(4, 4-5), 7(1), 8(5, 4-6), 9(6, 4-7), 10(1), 11@, 1-2), 12(1), 13(6, 5-9),

14(5, 3-5). Metathorax: hair 1(4, 4-6), 2(1), 3(2, 1-3), 4(6, 3-6), 5(7, 6-8), 6(1), 7(6,

5-7), 8(5, 4-7), 9(5, 3-6), 10(1), 11(1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(6, 5-7). Abdomen: Long and

stellate hairs as on thorax. Segment I: 1(4, 4-6), 2(6, 5-7), 3(1), 4(3, 1-4), 5(7, 5-10),

6(3, 2-5), 7(1), 9(4, 3-5), 10(1), 11(6, 6-8), 13(3, 3-5). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(4, 3-

6), 2(6, 6-7), 3(1), 4(2, 2-4), 5(7, 6-9), 6(3), 7(4, 3-4), 8(1, 1-2), 9(6, 4-7), 101),

11(1), 12(1), 13(5, 3-5). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(3, 3-5), 2(7, 6-8), 3(1), 4(1), 5(7,

5-10), 6(2), 7(4, 3-5), 8(1), 9(7, 5-7), 10(1), 11(€1), 121), 133, 3-6), 14(1). Segment

IV: hair 0(1), 1(4, 1-4), 2(6, 6-7), 3(1), 4(1), 5(8, 6-9), 6(2), 7(4, 3-5), 8(1), 9(6, 5-

8), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(4, 3-4), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-4), 2(6, 6-7),

3(1), 4(1, 1-2), 5(7, 6-8), 6(2), 7(4, 3-5), 8(1, 1-2), 9(4, 4-7), 10€1), 11€1), 121),

13(3, 2-4), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(4, 2-5), 2(6, 5-7), 3(1), 4(1), 5(6, 5-8).

6(2, 1-2), 7(3, 2-3), 8(2, 1-2), 9(5, 4-6), 10(1), 11(1), 12(€1), 13(3, 3-4), 141, 1-2),

Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-4), 2(6, 5-7), 3(1), 4(1), 5(6, 5-7), 6(2, 2-4), 7(1), 8(4,

3-5), 9(3, 2-4), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13(2, 1-3), 14(1, 1-3). Segment VIIT: Comb

scales in a single row, 16(14-19) in number; individual scale moderate, blunt apically

and finely fringed. Hair 0(1), 1(6, 5-7), 2(1), 3(7, 5-8), 41), 5(4, 3-5), 14(1, 1-2).

Siphon: Index about 2.3-2.7; darkly pigmented, imbricate. Pecten extending to 0.46;

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teeth 14(12-17); smaller basally, progressively larger distad; individual tooth with a

long spine and a basal denticle. Hair 1(3, 2-3), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1),

9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle darkly pigmented, imbricate. Gills short, broad, unequal,

ventral 0.67 of dorsal. Hair 1(1, 1-3), 2(5, 4-6), 31), 4a(4, 4-6), 4b(4, 3-4), 4c(4, 3-

4), 4d(4, 3-5), 4e(3, 3-4), 4f(3, 1-3).

SYSTEMATICS. A. ioliota is extremely similar to cozumelensis from which it is

differentiated apparently only by the few constant diagnostic characters mentioned

above. There is no indication of any differentiation between the populations from

Trinidad and Venezuela. This species is apparently restricted to low and moderate

elevations in the Cordillera de la Costa in Venezuela and in Trinidad but may be

present in the intermediate area.

BIONOMICS. The reported breeding sites of ioliota are quite varied, ranging from

rockholes, treeholes, broken and cut bamboo to fallen cacao fruits and artificial con-

_tainers of varied size. Females have been taken in biting-landing collections (TR

1132). Attempts at experimental infection with yellow fever virus have yielded nega-

tive results (Aitken 1960:4).

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Trinidad and venesuel (northern) at low to moderate

elevations. Material examined: 115 specimens; 15 6, 23 ?, 30 pupae, 47 larvae; 30 in-

dividual rearings (12 pupal, 15 larval, 3 incomplete).

TRINIDAD. St. Andrew: Cumaca, elev. 250 ft, 22 Oct 1964, rockhole, A. Guerra (TR 783),

1 Ipd (783-104), 2 lp? (783-103,105); elev. 500 ft, 14 Jan 1965, tub, A. Guerra (TR 940), 3 Ip

(940-120,121,129), 3 Ip? (940-110,113,125), 1 p? (940-111), 3 IP (940-114,122,123), 12 L; 18

Feb 1965, tin can, A. Guerra, 1 Ip? (1008-21), 1 pd (1008-20), bamboo pot, 2 pd (1013-10,11),

1 p? (1013-13), 5 L (TR 1013) [UCLA]; Cumaca Road, elev. 500 ft, 14 Jan 1965, fallen cacao

pod, A. Guerra (TR 938), 4 lp? (938-128-131), 8 L [UCLA] . St. George: Mt. Beck, elev. 1000 ft,

29 Apr 1965, biting collection, A. Guerra, 1 @ (TR 1132) [UCLA] County not specified: F W.

Urich, 3 2, type series [USNM no. 16000].

VENEZUELA. Aragua: Choroni, Mar 1939, P.J. Anduze, 1 6 [USNM]. Guamito, 19 June 1927,

M.N. Tovar, 1 9; 4 July 1927, M.N. Tovar, 1 2 [USNM]; 1 Dec 1967, cut bamboo, R. Hansell and

J.J. Vera (VZ 83), 1 Ipd (83-13), 3 pd (83-101,105,106), 1 p? (83-102), 4 L [UCLA]. Maracay,

4 July 1927, M.N. Tovar, 1 pd [USNM]. Ocumare de la Costa, 12 Aug 1927, M.N. Tovar, 1 ?

[USNM]. Colonia Tovar, Capital, Guamitas, Rancho Grande and Uraca (Cova Garcia, Sutil and

Rausseo 1966b:73). Carabobo: Las Trincheras (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:73). Fal-

con: Cumarebo (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:73). Miranda: Carenero and Charallave (Co-

va Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:74). Hacienda Los Chaguaramos (Suarez and Cova Garcia 1961:

17; Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:74). Los Teques and Petare (Cova Garcia, Sutil and

Rausseo 1966b:74). Trujillo: Sabana de Mendoza (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:74).

13. Aedes (Howardina) cozumelensis Diaz Najera

Figs.3,8,29 30

1966.Aedes (Howardina) cozumelensis Diaz Najera, 1966a:331-344. TYPE: Holotype 6 with geni-

talia slide, San Miguel de Cozumel, Territorio de Quintana Roo, Mexico, 25 Sept 1965, A.

Diaz Najera [ISET, 6529].

Aedes (Howardina) cozumelensis of Stone (1967:208).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.5 mm. Proboscis: 2.98 mm. Forefemur: 2.28 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.5 mm. Very similar to ioliota in color and size, differing apparently only in

the following (fig.8). Hindtarsal segment 5 with some apical and posterior dark scales,

rest white.

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 37

MALE. Wing: 3.15 mm. Proboscis: 2.45 mm. Forefemur: 2.01 mm. Essentially

similar to female in coloration.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.29). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe indistinct, with 4,5 strong setae. Sidepiece length about 3.0 median

width. Claspette with 1 apical seta and varied number of smaller subapical setae, pro-

gressively smaller basally. Clasper about 0.5 of sidepiece, with 1,2 subapical hairs;

basal 0.5 with spicules.

PUPA (fig.29). Abdomen: 3.78 mm. Trumpet: 0.55 mm; index about 4.1. Paddle:

0.74 mm. Description based on a single skin. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Ap-

parently differing from ioliota by hair 1-II with a few simple branches and paddle

shorter, length about 1.2 greatest width. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately

pigmented between trumpets, lateral areas and metanotum strongly pigmented; trum-

pets strongly contrasting. Hair 5-C strong, at least 2.0 as long as 4-C. Abdomen: Ter-

gite I strongly pigmented except for usual membranous areas; segments II-IV strong-

ly pigmented; rest of segments progressively lighter caudad. All large hairs except 1-

II, 9-VII,VIII usually single or double; hair 1-I] not distinctly dendritic and with

about 8 branches. Paddle: Uniformly moderately pigmented, midrib slightly darker;

slightly broadened in distal half; external margin with submarginal serrations. Male

genital lobe extending to about 0.5 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.36.

LARVA (fig.30). Head: 0.76 mm. Siphon: 0.65 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. De-

scription based on a single specimen. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Hairs mod-

erately to strongly pigmented. Readily separated from ioliota by the apically pointed

comb scales and hair 1-X double. Head: Hairs and branching as in ioliota. Mental

plate with a strong median tooth and 10 distinct teeth on either side, a smaller de-

tached tooth at base. Antenna: Slender, moderate; strongly pigmented. Hair 1-A at

about 0.56 from base. Thorax: Hair 13-P double. Segment VIII: Comb scales in a sin-

gle row, 14 in number; individual scale moderate, pointed apically and fringed. Si-

phon: Index about 2.0; imbricate, moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring.

Pecten extending to 0.6; teeth 15,16; individual tooth with long spine and a small

basal denticle. Anal Segment: Saddle imbricate, moderately pigmented and with

darker basal ring. Gills short, broad, unequal, ventral about 0.64 of dorsal.

SYSTEMATICS. A. cozumelensis is obviously very closely related to ioliota from

which it is separated in all stages apparently only by the few constant features men-

tioned in the diagnosis. This species is known from the Yucatan Peninsula and the

adjacent Cozumel Island and British Honduras.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of cozumelensis have been found only in arti-

ficial containers but it is very likely that the natural breeding sites of this species are

similar to those of the closely related ioliota. Adults of cozumelensis have been col-

‘lected at dusk on human bait in British Honduras.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Yucatan Peninsula and adjacent islands in Mexico (states

of Quintana Roo and Yucatan) and British Honduras. Material examined: 11 speci-

mens; 1 6, 8 9, 1 pupa, | larva; no individual rearings.

BRITISH HONDURAS. Cayo: Georgeville, elev. 300 ft, 27 July 1967, D.S. Bertram, biting col-

lections, 1 ? (BH A369); 1 Aug 1967, D.S. Bertram, 3 ? (BH A339) [UCLA]. Roaring Creek, elev.

70 ft, 27 July 1967, biting collections, D.S. Bertram, 1 + (BH A339); 3 Aug 1967, DS. Bertram,

1 2 (BH 376); 9 Aug 1967, D'S. Bertram, 1 9 (BH 427) [UCLA].

MEXICO. Quintana Roo: Cozumel Island, 25 Sept 1965, A. Diaz Najera, holotype 6 (6529),

I paratype 2, 1 p. Yucatan: Tizimin, 8 Dec 1960, M. Munoz, 1 L [ISET].

58 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

Albonotatus Group

FEMALES. Head: Narrow decumbent scales white. Palpus with a few apical sil-

very white scales. Thorax: Inner dorsocentral line narrow, creamy; median prescutel-

lar line broad, white; outer dorsocentral line narrow, pale golden; lateral marginal line

narrow, silvery white, extending from side of anterior promontory to wingbase.

Acrostichal bristles not developed on disc. Scutellum predominantly dark scaled,

light scales restricted to median lobe. Ssp with distinct silvery patch; upper stp patch

separate, small. Legs: Foretarsus with a few basal white scales on segment 2; midtar-

sus with small incomplete basal white rings on segments 1,2; hindtarsus with broader

complete basal white rings on segments 1-3. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light

markings creamy on segments II-VII or III-VII.

MALES. Palpus with basomedian white scales on segments 4,5. Larger claw of

foreleg and midleg with small acute basal tooth and large blunt submedian tooth;

smaller claw simple.

MALE GENITALIA. Claspette represented te a basomesal tubercle bearing | api-

cal bristle. Clasper subequal to or definitely shorter than di cartons subapical hairs

not developed. Aedeagus ovate, subequal to proctiger.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Hair 5-C double to 4-branched, subequal to hair 4-C and

distinctly shorter than distance from its base to that of trumpet; hair 7-C simple to

triple; hair 10-C single to 5-branched. Abdomen: All large hairs except 1-II, III, 9-VII,

VIII usually single or double; hair 2-II laterad of or in line with hair 3; hair 5-IV,V

short, not exceeding apex of tergite following; hair 9-II-VI varied in position; 9-VII

longer, stouter and with more branches than 6-VII. Paddle: Very long or moderate;

apex rounded or slightly emarginate; marginal spicules distinct.

LARVAE. Head: Hair 1-C unbranched; 4-C moderately long, multiple; 5-C single,

long; 6-C usually double, strong; none of the ventral hairs stellate; 14-C with a few

spikelike branches; 15-C double, long, exceeding apex of mental plate. Antenna:

Shaft without distinct spicules; hair 1-A very thin, single. Thorax: Hair 13-P absent.

Only hairs 8,13-P distinctly stellate; hair 1-T far mesad of hairs 2,3. Abdomen: Integ-

ument glabrous; hair 2 distinctly displaced cephalad but not beyond hair 8, hair 9

not markedly displaced cephalad. Only hairs 2,9-I-VI, 11-I distinctly stellate, with a

-few spikelike branches; hair 8-VII distinctly cephalad of 9-VII. Segment VIII: Comb

scales in a single or partial double row; individual scales rather short, blunt and faint-

ly fringed. Siphon: Index less than 2.5; integument without spicules; distinct free or

attached acus present. Pecten not extending beyond middle of siphon; teeth numer-

ous, closely set and with basal denticles. Anal Segment: Saddle body without distinct

spicules; caudal margin with very short pointed spines preceded by a few spicules;

hair 1-X usually double (1-3), near lower end of caudal margin. Ventral brush with 6

pairs of hairs on a moderately or strongly sclerotized boss with distinct grid bars, 1

or 2 hairs usually detached.

DISCUSSION. The 2 very similar species of the Albonotatus Group are strikingly

differentiated from each other by male genitalic characters, an unusual occurrence in

the subgenus. The group is very similar in adult ornamentation to the Ioliota Group,

differing from it primarily in having hindtarsal segment 5 completely dark. The lar-

vae of the Albonotatus Group lack hair 13-P which is present in the Ioliota Group.

Since the loss of hair 13-P is a derived feature it appears that the Albonotatus Group

was probably derived from the loliota Group.

The Albonotatus Group has a distribution complementary to that of the Busckii

Group (fig.3). A. albonotatus has been reported from Hispaniola (Haiti and Domini-

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 59

can Republic) and doubtfully from Guadeloupe, and bahamensis from the Bahamas

(Grand Bahama and New Providence). As indicated under albonotatus, a third spe-

cies of the group may be present in the Dominican Republic.

The natural breeding sites of the group are probably treeholes and broken bam-

boo, as has been reported for albonotatus. To date bahamensis has been found only

in artificial containers.

14. Aedes (Howardina) albonotatus (Coquillett)

i Figs.3,8,31

1905.Gymnometopa albonotata Coquillett, 1905:183. TYPE: Lectotype 6 (141.3) with associated

larval and pupal skins, San Francisco Mts., Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic] , 3 Sept

1905, A. Busck [USNM, 8297; selection of Stone and Knight, 1956:213].

Aedes (Howardina) albonotatus of Dyar (1928:233-234); Edwards (1932:155); Gerry (1932:40);

Lane (1939:98; 1953:717-719); Horsfall (1955:471); Stone and Knight (1956:213); Stone,

Knight and Starcke (1959:173); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:18); Forattini (1965:

461); Porter (1967:38).

Aedes (Howardina) albonotata of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:369-370).

Aedes albonotata of Dyar and Knab (1906b:190,196); Dyar (1906:15); Howard, Dyar and Knab

(1912:70; 1917:618,619,834-835); Dyar (1918:73,80); Root (1927:465).

Gymnometopa albonotata of Coquillett (1906b:25); Theobald (1907:211; 1910:219); Surcouf

and Gonzalez-Rincones (1911:212,213).

Haemagogus albonotata of Dyar and Knab (1906a: 166).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.9 mm. Proboscis: 2.1 mm. Forefemur: 1.91 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.98 mm. As described for the group, with following apparently diagnostic

features. Head: Median stripe on vertex narrow, white; light scales on sides and ven-

ter straw yellow. Erect scales predominantly dark, a few median ones whitish. Palpus

about 0.14 of proboscis. Thorax (fig.8): Scales on anterior promontory white. Inner

dorsocentral line narrow, creamy, reaching prescutellar space, followed by a white-

scaled median prescutellar line; outer dorsocentral line narrow, golden; lateral mar-

ginal line narrow, pure white, extending from sides of anterior promontory to wing-

base, apparently interrupted only at scutal angle. Antealar area above paratergite

with scattered dark scales. Light scales on median scutellar lobe narrow, white; lateral

lobes with a few narrow bronzy scales. Pleural scales as in the section and group.

Legs: Forefemur and midfemur predominantly dark, a few basal scales creamy, prox-

imal 0.5 of posterior surface mostly straw yellow, extending distally as narrow line,

rest dark; hindfemur straw yellow to proximal 0.5 on both sides, rest dark scaled.

Hindtarsal segment 3 white scaled in at least basal 0.7. Haltere: Stem pale, knob

mostly whitish, a few dark scales dorsally. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light scales

dingy white on II-VII. Sternites straw yellow to segment IV; rest with basal straw

yellow and apical dark scales.

MALE. Wing: 2.28 mm. Proboscis: 1.93 mm. Forefemur: 1.49 mm. Essentially

similar to female in coloration.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.31). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with 4 strong bristles. Sidepiece length about 3.0 median

width; most tergomesal bristles parallel to longitudinal axis. Clasper narrow, long,

subequal to sidepiece; spiniform about 0.2 of clasper. Dorsal sclerotization of aedea-

gus slightly emarginate.

60 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

PUPA (fig.31). Abdomen: 2.7 mm. Trumpet: 0.35 mm; index 4.5. Paddle: 0.7 mm.

Chaetotaxy as given below. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Readily separated

from bahamensis by longer paddle, hair 7-C single and 9-VIII only 3-branched. Ceph-

alothorax: Mesonotum and metanotum lightly pigmented; trumpets contrasting. Hair

L(1).22(2)s. Shlout- 2) AO 2-3): 5222-3). 601d: 44) BOQ), 9C1), FOC), LIC ye l2ds:

1-2). Abdomen: Tergite I lightly pigmented except for usual membranous areas; pig-

mentation of other segments progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(9-13 pri-

mary branches, each with many secondary ones), 2(1), 3(1), 4(6, 2-8), 5(2, 1-2),

6(1), 7(1), 9€1). Segment II: 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 21), 31), 4@2, 1-3), 5C1, 1-2), 6(1),

7(1, 1-2), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 21), 31), 4@, 2-3), 5(1), 6(1),

7(2, 1-3), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1@, 1-2), 2(1),

3(1, 1-2), 4(2), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2, 1-2), 8(1), 9(1), 10(1), 11€1), 141). Segment V: hair

01), 11; 1-2), 21), 30); 401, 1-2), 51), 6G): 7@,y 1-2),-8Q; 1-2), 9G); 10),

11(1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 41), 5(1), 6(1), 7(1), 8@, I-

2), 9(1), 10(1), 11(€1), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1€1), 21), 301), 4C1), 5(),

6(1), 71), 8(1), 9(2, 2-3), 10(1), 111), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(3),

14(1). Paddle: Long; uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib slightly darker; external

margin serrated; hair 1-P slender. Male genital lobe extending to 0.55 of paddle, fe-

male genital lobe to 0.34.

LARVA (Description based on Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1917:853; only frag-

ments of two individual rearings seen). Diagnostic characters as in the key. Readily

separated from bahamensis by the subequal gills and nature of the comb scales. Head:

Width slightly greater than length. Mental plate broadly triangular, with a median

tooth and 12 distinct teeth on either side. Antenna: Slender, moderate, uniform; all

hairs single. Thorax: Rounded, wider than long. Abdomen: Moderate, anterior seg-

ments shorter. Segment VIII: Comb scales in a single row of about 15; individual

scale elongate, rounded at tip and with small spinules. Siphon: Short, tapered on

outer half, with an index of about 2.0. Pecten extending beyond middle, hair 1-S just

within the last tooth; individual tooth with long spine and a small basal denticle.

Anal Segment: Saddle as long as wide; caudal margin fringed with spines. Gills about

2.0 length of anal segment; broad and saclike, ventral pair subequal to dorsal.

SYSTEMATICS. In spite of the very limited material available and the very close

similarity in the ornamentation of. the adults, I consider albonotatus to be undoubt-

edly a species distinct from bahamensis. The male genitalia of the 2 species are mark-

edly differentiated and the immature stages are also obviously distinct.

A. albonotatus has been reported from Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas and

Guadeloupe (Stone, Knight and Starcke 1959:173). I have not seen specimens from

Haiti but this record may be correct as the type locality of albonotatus is in the Do-

minican Republic, also on the island of Hispaniola. The record from the Bahamas is

based on a single female from New Providence which in my opinion is bahamensis

(see). The male from Guadeloupe collected by Busck [USNM] is unquestionably al-

bonotatus and it is possible that this species does occur on this island. However, no

additional specimens of albonotatus have been found in extensive surveys on Guade-

loupe in recent years and the possibility exists, particularly in view of the extreme

similarity of this specimen with males from the type series of albonotatus from the

Dominican Republic, that an error occurred in labeling Busck’s material and that this

Guadeloupe specimen was actually part of this type series. In addition to the type se-

ries I have seen 2 females from the Dominican Republic, near Sanchez [USNM],

which differ from the former in the presence of some pale scales on the remigium of

the wing. These females are only tentatively identified as albonotatus since they are

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 61

from the northern part of the complex island of Hispaniola and there is a possibility

that another species of the group may occur there.

The record of albonotatus from Ecuador (Levi-Castillo 1952a:77; 1952b:555;

1953:40) is probably based on a misidentification of an undescribed species of the

Ioliota Group (see).

BIONOMICS. The type series of albonotatus was reared from larvae and pupae

collected in bamboo stumps.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Island of Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) and

doubtfully Guadeloupe. Material examined: 17 specimens; 5 6, 6 9, 4 pupae, 2 larvae;

4 individual rearings (2 pupal, 2 larval).

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Sanchez, 5 Apr 1949, J.M. Brennan, 2 9? [USNM]. San Francisco

Mts, Sept 1905, bamboo, A. Busck, 1 Ipd (141-2), 1 lp? (136-2), 1 pd (136-3), 1 p? (141-7), 1¢

(141), 1 6, 1 9 (136), 1 9 [USNM, UCLA].

?GUADELOUPE. July 1905, A. Busck, 1 6 [USNM].

HAITI. Mt. Cabrite, 12 Oct 1924, W.A. Hoffman (Root 1927:465).

15. Aedes (Howardina) bahamensis Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.3,8 32,33

TYPES: Holotype 6 (BAH 1) with genitalia slide, village of Hunter, Grand Bahama, Bahama Is-

lands, 28 Nov 1964, A. Spielman and A.E. Weyer, from colony established from larvae collected in

artificial containers [USNM]. Allotype 2 (BAH 1), same data as holotype. Paratypes: 10 6,5 2,9

pupae and 12 larvae (BAH 1), same data as holotype [UCLA].

Aedes (Howardina) albonotatus of Spielman and Weyer (1965:339-343); in part of Stone, Knight

and Starcke (1959:173).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.5 mm. Proboscis: 2.62 mm. Forefemur: 2.36 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.25 mm. Essentially similar to albonotatus but differing by a slightly larger

size and in the following (fig.8). Palpus about 0.16 of proboscis. Hindtarsal segment

3 white scaled in barely more than basal 0.5. Basomedian tergal light scales on abdo-

men creamy on II-VII. Sternites completely straw yellow up to V, rest with basal

straw yellow and apical dark scales.

MALE. Wing: 3.06 mm. Proboscis: 2.45 mm. Forefemur: 2.28 mm. Essentially

similar to female in coloration.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.32). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with 4 strong setae. Sidepiece length about 3.0 median width;

basolateral scales white, remainder dark; tergomesal surface clothed with numerous

strong, long setae; distal sternomesal margin with threadlike setae with twisted apices.

Clasper broad at base, curved mesad on distal 0.7. Dorsal sclerotization of aedeagus

deeply emarginate, producing distinct apical lobes.

PUPA (fig.32). Abdomen: 4.05 mm. Trumpet: 0.54 mm; index about 4.0. Paddle:

0.78 mm. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs dark-

ly pigmented. Readily distinguished from albonotatus by the shorter paddle, 7-C usu-

ally double and 9-VIII at least 5-branched. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately

pigmented between trumpets; sides and metanotum deeper; trumpets strongly con-

trasting. Hair 1(1, 1-2), 2(2, 2-4), 3(1), 4(4, 3-6), 5(2, 2-4), 6(1, 1-2), 7(3, 1-3), 8(3,

2-5), 9(1, 1-2), 10(4, 2-5), 11(1), 12(3, 2-5). Abdomen: Tergite I uniformly strongly

pigmented except for usual membranous areas; other segments imbricate, strongly

pigmented, progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(3-10 primary branches,

62 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

each with many secondary ones), 2(1), 3(1), 4(5, 4-6), 5(5, 3-6), 6(2, 1-3), 7(3, 2-4),

9(1), 10(1, present in many), 11(1, present in a few). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(6, 4-

14), 2(1), 31), 4(6, 4-8), 5(1, 1-2), 6(@, 1-3), 7(3, 2-5), 9(1), 10(2, 1-2, present in a

few). Segment III: hair 0(1, 1-2), 1(2, 1-4), 2C), 3(1, 1-2), 4(3, 3-5), 5(1, 1-2), 6(3,

1-4), 7(4, 2-9), 8(3, 2-4), 9(1), 10(2, 2-3), 11€1), 141). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1€1,

1-2), 2(1), 3(3, 2-4), 4Q, 1-3), 51, 1-2), 6@, 1-3), 7(3, 2-4), 8(3, 2-5), 9(1), 10@,

1-3), 11(1), 12(1, present in one specimen), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1, 1-2), 1(2, 1-

3), 21), 3(1, 1-3), 4(3, 2-5), 5(1, 1-2), 6(2, 1-2), 7(3, 2-4), 8(3, 2-4), 9(1), 10(1, 1-

2), 11€1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair O(1, 1-2), 11, 1-3), 2(1), 3(2, 1-2), 4(2, 2-3),

5(1), 6(1), 7(2, 1-3), 8(3, 2-4), 9(1), 101, 1-2), 1101), 141, 1-2). Segment VII: hair

Odi, 1-2), 101, 1-3), 2(1), 3@, 1-3), 4€1, 1-2), 51), 6(1, 1-2), 701), 8(2, 1-3), 9(@3, 2-

5), 101), 1101), 14€1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 909, 5-12), 14(1, 1-2). Paddle:

Uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib slightly darker; dorsal surface with fine den-

ticles; external margin distinctly serrated and faintly emarginate; hair 1-P slender.

Male genital lobe extending to 0.65 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.44.

LARVA (fig.33). Head: 0.92 mm. Siphon: 0.73 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.35 mm. Chae-

totaxy as given below, hairs darkly pigmented. Diagnostic characters as given in the

key. Readily separated from albonotatus by the unequal gills, pecten teeth termi-

nating before middle of siphon and hair 1-S distinctly beyond last pecten tooth.

Head: Width about 1.06 of length, moderately pigmented, deeper around mouth-

parts. Mental plate with a strong median tooth and usually 12(11-13) distinct teeth

on either side, often a smaller detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4Q9, 7-

10), 51), 6(2, 1-2), 7(2, 2-3), 8(1), 9(2, 1-3), 10(1), 1105, 3-6), 12(2, 2-3), 131),

14(2, 2-3), 15(2, 2-3). Antenna: Length about 0.34 of head; moderately pigmented

and without spicules; hair 1-A at about 0.5 from base. Thorax: Apices of long hairs

attenuate; stellate hairs with a few branches; long and stellate hairs weakly barbed.

Prothorax: hair 0(6, 4-6), 1(3, 3-4), 2(1), 3(4, 3-5), 4(3, 2-5), 5(2, 2-3), 6(1), 7(2, 2-

3), 8(7, 5-8), 9(2, 1-2), 10(1), 11(2, 1-3), 12(1), 14(20, 17-29). Mesothorax: hair

1(3, 3-4), 2(1), 3(1), 4€1), 5C1, 1-2), 6(5, 4-5), 7(1), 8(6, 5-9), 9(5, 5-8), 10(1), 111,

1-2), 12(1), 13(6, 3-7), 14(3, 3-4). Metathorax: hair 1(4, 3-5), 2(1), 3(3, 3-5), 43,

2-4), 5(3, 3-5), 6(1), 7(6, 5-7), 8(6, 3-6), 9(5, 4-6), 10(1), 111, 1-2), 121), 13(4, 4+

7). Abdomen: Stellate hairs as on thorax. Segment I: hair 1(6, 4-7), 2(7, 6-8), 3(1),

4(6, 4-8), 5(6, 4-9), 6(4, 3-5), 7(1), 9(4, 3-5), 10(1), 11(5, 4-7), 13(4, 2-4). Segment

II: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-4), 2(8, 6-8), 3(1), 4(6, 4-6), 5(5, 3-6), 6(4, 3-5), 7(2, 1-3), 8(2),

9(4, 3-5), 10(1), 11€1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(4, 3-5). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-3), 2(7,

6-8), 3(1), 4(2, 1-3), 5(4, 3-7), 6(3, 2-3), 7(5, 4-7), 8(1), 9(6, 5-7), 101, 1-2), 11d],

1-2), 121, 1-2), 13(3, 2-4), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(7, 5-8), 31),

4(2, 1-3), 5(5, 4-7), 6(3, 2-4), 7(5, 4-6), 8(1, 1-2), 9(6, 6-9), 10(1, 1-2), 11(1, 1-2),

12(1), 13(2, 2-4), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-3), 2(8, 6-9), 3(1), 4(@, 2-3),

5(6, 3-9), 6(2, 2-3), 7(5, 4-5), 8(1, 1-2), 9(7, 6-8), 10(1), 11(2, 1-2), 12(1), 13@, 2-

3), 141, 1-2). Segment VI: hair 0(1, 1-2), 1(3, 2-5), 2(6, 6-8), 3(1), 4(1), 5(4, 3-5),

6(2, 1-2), 7(4, 3-6), 8(2, 2-3), 9(5, 5-7), 10€1), 11(2, 1-3), 12(1), 134, 2-5), 14(@, 2-

3). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(4, 3-6), 2(7, 6-8), 3(1), 4C1), 5(4, 3-4), 6(3, 2-4), 71,

1-2), 8(4, 4-5), 9(3, 3-4), 10€1, 1-2), 11€1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(3, 1-4), 14(3, 2-3). Seg-

ment VII: Comb scales in a single row, in the form of a wide chevron, 10-18 in num-

ber; individual scale moderate; apex blunt and finely fringed. Hair 0(1), 1(4, 2-5),

2(1), 3(7, 6-8), 4(1), 5(4, 2-4), 142, 2-3). Siphon: Index about 2.18-2.4; integument

imbricate, moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring. Pecten extending to 0.4,

usually 10(6-14) teeth, smaller at base, progressively larger distad; individual tooth

with long spine and a basal denticle; hair 1-S distinctly distad of last tooth; acus dis-

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 63

tinct, free or attached. Hair 1(3, 2-4), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(2, 2-3), 9(1).

Anal Segment: Saddle moderately pigmented and imbricate; caudal margin with

short spines. Gills short to moderately long, unequal, ventral about 0.5-0.6 of dorsal.

Hair 1(2, 1-3), 2(1), 3(4, 4-6), 4a(4, 3-5), 4b(3), 4c(3, 2-4), 4d(3, 3-4), 4e(3, 3-4),

4f(3, 2-4).

EGG. Length about 0.67 mm. Width about 0.14 mm; exochorion transparent,

with characteristic circular clear refractive bodies; endochorion dark and with large

irregular polygonal sculpturing.

SYSTEMATICS. I have no hesitation in recognizing bahamensis as a species dis-

tinct from the superficially similar albonotatus since the male genitalia are complete-

ly different in the 2 forms and the immature stages also appear to be differentiated

by constant features mentioned in the diagnosis. In addition to the type series de-

rived from a laboratory colony established from material collected on Grand Baha-

ma Island and described as albonotatus by Spielman and Weyer (1965:339-343), I

have included under bahamensis a single female reared from a treehole on New Prov-

idence Island, on which previous records of albonotatus from Bahamas were based.

Although this specimen agrees well with the type material, the presence of bahamen-

sis on New Providence can be confirmed only by additional material, especially males

and immature stages.

BIONOMICS. Spielman and Weyer (1965) recorded bahamensis (as albonotatus)

from a wide variety of artificial containers similar to those utilized by Aedes aegypti

but never in association with the latter. The natural breeding sites of bahamensis are

probably treeholes, as indicated for the female from New Providence Island, and pos-

sibly also rockholes. According to Spielman and Weyer (loc. cit.) females of baha-

mensis are normally autogenous but will occasionally take blood from man or canar-

ies. A laboratory colony was readily established and maintained; eggs produced by

autogenous females hatched in tap water after storage for 1-2 weeks at a relative hu-

midity of 76% and a temperature of 76°F.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Bahama Islands. Material examined: 45 specimens; 13 d,

8 2,9 pupae, 15 larvae; no individual rearings.

BAHAMA ISLANDS. Grand Bahama: village of Hunter, artificial containers, A. Spielman (BAH-

1, type series), 11 6,6 2,9 p, 12 L [USNM, UCLA]; 19 July 1964, tire, A. Spielman, 1 6 genitalia

(GB 71-1), 1 L; 1 Dec 1964, tire. A. Spielman, 1 6 (GB 81-52A), 1 9 (GB 81-85A) [USNM] . New

Providence: 1915, treehole, H.G. Dyar, 1 9 [USNM].

Busckii Group

FEMALE. Head: Narrow decumbent scales pale golden. Palpus completely dark

scaled. Thorax: Inner dorsocentral line faint, narrow, golden; median prescutellar

line narrow, golden; outer dorsocentral line faint, narrow, golden; lateral marginal

line narrow, silvery, interrupted at scutal angle and sometimes caudad of it. Acros-

tichal bristles present on disc. Scutellum with some light scales on lateral lobes. Ssp

with distinct silvery patch; upper stp patch small, separate. Legs: Foretarsus com-

pletely dark; midtarsus with a few basal white scales on segments 1,2; hindtarsus

with short to moderate basal white rings on segments 1-3. Abdomen: Basomedian

tergal light markings evident from segment V distad.

MALE. Palpus entirely dark. Larger claw of foreleg and midleg with submedian

tooth only; smaller claw without either submedian or basal tooth.

MALE GENITALIA. Claspette with a distinct outstanding apical fingerlike cylin-

64 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969 —

drical process more than twice as long as wide and bearing a short apical bristle.

Clasper about 0.6 of sidepiece; subapical hairs absent. Aedeagus ovate; apex deeply -

emarginate, with distinct lateral lobes; subequal in length to proctiger.

PUPA. Cephalothorax: Hair 5-C double to 4-branched, short but longer than hair

4-C; hair 7-C double to 4-branched; hair 10-C with 2-5 branches. Abdomen: All large

hairs except 1-II, III, 9-VII, VIII usually single or double; hair 2-II laterad of or in line

with hair 3; hair 5-IV,V short, usually not reaching apex of tergite following; hair 9-

II-VI usually caudad of level of hair 6; 9-VII longer, stouter and with more branches

than hair 6-VII; hair 4-VIII usually single. Paddle: Short; apex rounded; marginal

spicules distinct.

LARVA. Head: 1-C unbranched; 4-C moderately long, multiple; 5-C single, long;

6-C usually double or triple; hairs 11,14-C weakly stellate, 11-C with unequal branches;

15-C usually double, long, exceeding apex of mental plate. Antenna: Shaft with a

few scattered weak sharp spicules; hair 1-A single. Thorax: Hair 13-P absent. Hairs

0,8,14-P, 1,13,14-M, 1,4,5,8,13-T all moderately stellate and moderately pigmented;

hairs 1-M,T far mesad of hairs 2,3. Abdomen: Integument glabrous; hairs 2 and 9 far

removed cephalad but not beyond hair 8. Hairs 1,2,5,9,13-I-VI, 11-1, 7-III-VI all

moderately stellate, usually stronger than on thorax; hair 8-VII cephalodorsad of 9-

VII. Segment VIII: Comb scales varied from 1 more-or-less regular row to 2-4 dis-

tinct rows; individual scales moderately long and broad, blunt apically and fringed.

Siphon: Index less than 3.0; integument without spicules; small separate acus pres-

ent. Pecten variable, sometimes extending to near apex; teeth always few and widely

spaced, short, proximal with basal denticles. Anal Segment: Saddle body without

distinct spicules; caudal margin with relatively short fringed spines; hair 1-X usually

less than 5-branches, near lower end of caudal margin. Ventral brush with 5 pairs of

hairs on a moderately sclerotized boss with short median grid bars.

DISCUSSION. Only 1 species is recognized at this time in the Busckii Group al-

though it is evident, as indicated under the species, that there are marked differences

among the populations from different islands.

The Busckii Group is immediately separated from all the other groups in the sub-

genus by the presence of acrostichal bristles on the disc of the mesonotum. The or-

namentation of the adults is in general intermediate between the Walkeri Group and

the Ioliota-Albonotatus Groups. The larvae of some populations show another prim-

itive feature in the presence of several rows of comb scales, a condition found nor-

mally only in the Fulvithorax Group. Since the distributions of these 2 groups are

now adjacent and may have overlapped in the past, the comb patch in busckii may

have been acquired through introgression from the Fulvithorax Group. This does not

seem likely because this feature is found only in the northern populations, farthest

removed from Fulvithorax Section and because there is no indication of any other

introgression between the 2 groups.

The Busckii Group is definitely known only from the Lesser Antilles from Sint

Eustatius southward to Grenada (fig.3). This distribution is complementary to the

Ioliota and Albonotatus groups except for a possible overlap with the latter in Gua-

deloupe.

The Busckii Group has the widest range of breeding sites in the subgenus, being

found in treeholes, broken bamboo, rockholes, fallen fruits and leaves, as well as in

leaf axils of bromeliads and aroids, and in flower bracts of heliconias.

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 65

16. Aedes (Howardina) busckii (Coquillett)

Figs.3,8,34,35

1906.Stegomyia busckii Coquillett, 1906:60-61. TYPE: Lectotype d, Cacao plantation, San Do-

mingo [Dominica], 28 July 1905, A. Busck [USNM, 9139; selection of Stone and Knight

$956: 215).

1919.Aedes thaxteri Dyar and Knab, 1919:8-9. TYPE: Holotype 6, Grand Etang, Grenada, Nov

1912, R. Thaxter [USNM, 21704] . Synonymy with busckii by Dyar and Knab (1919:8).

1941.Aedes tracei Senevet and Quievreux, 1941:251-258. TYPE: Holotype 6 (M 2163) with asso-

ciated pupal skin and genitalia mount, near Piscine Colson, Martinique, 14 Aug 1939, G.

Senevet and L. Quievreux [NE; see Belkin 1968]. Synonymy with busckii by Belkin, Schick

and Heinemann (1965:33).

Aedes (Howardina) busckii of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:372-373); Dyar (1928:234-235);

Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:99); Floch and Abonnenc (1945:14-16,42,45,47); Lane

(1953:722-724); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:173); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:

17,33); Porter (1967:38).

Aedes busckii of Dyar and Knab (1906b:189,192); Howard, Dyar and Knab (1917:860-862); Dyar

(1918:73,80); Senevet (1938:189); van der Kuyp (1954:39,64,68,70,72,95,96); Stone and

Knight (1956:215).

Gymnometopa busckii of Coquillett (1906b:25); Theobald (1907:211; 1910:219); Surcouf and

_ Gonzalez-Rincones (1911:212,213). |

Haemagogus busckii of Coquillett (1905 :183); Dyar and Knab (1906a: 166).

Aedes (Howardina) thaxteri of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:276-277); Lane (1939:99).

Aedes (Soperia) tracei of Lane (1953:703-705); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:173); Forattini

(1965 :460). |

FEMALE. Wing: 3.24 mm. Proboscis: 2.19 mm. Forefemur: 2.19 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.0 mm. As described for the group and with following additional features.

Head: Light scales on median stripe pale golden; creamy on sides and venter. Thorax

(fig.8): Light patch on anterior promontory silvery. All mesonotal light lines, except

lateral marginal, narrow, golden. Antealar area above paratergite with scattered dark

scales. Lateral scutellar lobes with a few narrow golden and dark scales. Legs: Fore-

femur and midfemur predominantly dark anteriorly, a few creamy scales at base,

posterior surface with a lateral and a median longitudinal creamy line from base to

apex on forefemur and midfemur respectively, rest dark; hindfemur predominantly

creamy to 0.6, lateral margin and distal area dark. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predom-

inantly dark, fringe scales whitish. Abdomen: Sternites completely creamy on II-IV;

rest of segments with basal creamy and apical dark scales.

MALE. Wing: 2.54 mm. Proboscis: 2.19 mm. Forefemur: 1.84 mm. Essentially

similar to female in color.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.34). As figured; diagnostic features as described for group.

Ninth tergite lobe indistinct, with 2,3 strong bristles. Sidepiece elongate, length about

3.5 median width.

PUPA (fig.34). Abdomen: 3.35 mm. Trumpet: 0.43 mm; index about 4.0. Paddle:

0.7 mm. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moderately pigmented. Diagnostic charac-

ters as in the key. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum lightly to moderately pigmented be-

tween trumpets; lateral areas and metanotum deeper; trumpets strongly contrasting.

Hair 1(1), 21, 1-2), 3(1), 403, 2-4), 5@, 2-4), 6(1, 1-2), 7@2, 2-4), 8@, 1-3), 9(1),

10(3, 2-5), 11(1), 12(2, 1-3). Abdomen: Tergite I moderately pigmented and imbri-

cate except for usual membranous areas; pigmentation progressively lighter on distal

66 | Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

segments. Segment I: hair 1(9-14 primary branches, each with many secondary ones),

2(1, 1-2), 3(1), 4(4, 3-5), 5(3, 2-6), 6(1, 1-2), 7@, 1-3), 91), 111, present in a few).

Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(4, 3-7), 21, 1-2), 31, 1-2), 4(4, 2-5), 5C1, 1-3), 61, 1-2),

7(2, 1-3), 8(1, 1-3, present in many), 9(1), 11(1, present in some). Segment III: hair

O(1), 1(2, 1-3), 21, 1-3), 31, 1-2), 4(3, 2-4), 51, 1-4), 6(1, 1-2), 7(3, 2-4), 8(2, 2-3),

9(1), 10(2, 1-2), 11(1), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-3), 2(1), 3(3, 2-4), 4Q,

2-3), 5(2, 1-3), 6(1), 702, 2-4), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(2, 1-3), 11(€1), 14(1). Segment V:

hair O(1), 11, 1-2), 2(1), 3@, 1-3), 4(3, 3-5), 5(1, 1-3), 6(1), 7(3, 2-3), 8(2, 1-4),

9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3(@2, 1-3), 4(@2, 2-3),

S(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(2, 1-3), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10€1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1),

Id, 1-2), 2(1), 3(1), 4@, 1-2), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1, 1-3), 7€1), 8(1, 1-2), 9(5, 3-7), 10C1,

1-2), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1, 1-2), 9(7, 5-11), 141, 1-2). Paddle:

Uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib slightly darker; length subequal to or slightly

greater than median width; dorsal surface with minute denticles; apex rounded, ex-

ternal margin serrated; hair 1-P slender. Male genital lobe extending to about 0.45 of

paddle, female genital lobe to 0.36. :

LARVA (fig.35). Head: 0.73 mm. Siphon: 0.59 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. Diag-

nostic characters as in the key. Readily separated from other members of the section

by the presence of only 5 pairs of hairs in ventral brush. Chaetotaxy as given below,

hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Head: Width about 1.08 of length; integument

moderately pigmented, deeper around mouthparts. Mental plate with a strong medi-

an tooth and usually 12(10-13) distinct teeth on either side, often a smaller detached

tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4€11, 10-12), 5(1), 6(2, 2-3), 7(3, 2-5), 8(1), 91,

1-3), 10(1), 11(5, 4-10), 12(2, 2-3), 13(1), 14(3, 2-6), 15(2, 2-4). Antenna: Length

about 0.3 of head; uniformly moderately pigmented, with a few scattered spicules.

Hair 1-A at about 0.6 from base. Thorax: Apices of long ha?rs attenuate; stellate hairs

with a few to a moderate number of branches; long and stellate hairs weakly barbed.

Prothorax: hair 0(7, 6-9), 1(4, 2-5), 2(1), 3(5, 4-8), 4(4, 4-5), 5(2, 2-3), 6(1),.7(2),

8(7, 5-12), 9(2, 1-3), 10(1), 11(3, 2-3), 12(1), 14(20, 19-29). Mesothorax: hair 1(8,

4-12), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 51), 665, 3-5), 7(1), 865, 5-7), 9(6, 4-8), 10(1), 11(1, 1-3),

12(1), 13¢5, 4-8), 14(7, 3-10). Metathorax: hair 1(6, 3-12), 2(1), 3(2, 1-3), 4(7, 4-

10), 5(7, 5-10), 6(1), 7(5, 5-7), 8(5, 4-6), 9(4, 4-6), 10(1), 11(2, 1-3), 12(1), 1366,

6-13). Abdomen: Integument and stellate hairs as on thorax. Segment I: hair 1(7, 4-

11), 2(10, 7-13), 3(1), 4(2, 1-3), 5(7, 7-12), 6(5, 3-6), 7(1), 9(4, 3-5), 10(1), 1109,

7-12), 13(5, 3-6). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(8, 5-12), 2(12, 7-12), 3(1), 4(2, 1-2), 5(9,

7-11), 6(4, 3-6), 7(4, 2-4), 8(1), 9(5, 4-7), 10(1), 11€1), 12(1), 13(7, 4-12). Segment

Hit: hair 0(1), 1(7, 5-12), 210, 8-10), 3(1), 4(1), 5(8, 8-14), 6(2, 2-3), 7(5, 4-7), 8(1),

9(9, 6-10), 10(1), 11€1), 12(1), 13(8, 4-12), 14(1, 1-2). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(10,

7-10), 2(10, 7-10), 3(1), 4(1), 59, 8-13), 6(2), 7(5, 4-7), 8(1, 1-2), 9(8, 8-10), 10(1),

11(1), 12(1), 13(8, 5-12), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(5, 5-12), 2(10, 7-10), 3(1),

4(1, 1-2), 5(8, 8-12), 6(2), 7(5, 4-8), 8(1), 9(9, 7-10), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(7, 5-

11), 14€1, 1-2). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(9, 5-12), 2(8, 5-10), 3(1), 4(1), 5(9, 7-13),

6(2), 7(3, 3-5), 8(2, 1-3), 9(7, 6-10), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(5, 3-10), 14(2, 1-2).

Segment VII: hair 0(1), 109, 4-12), 2(7, 5-10), 3(1), 4(1), 5(7, 5-11), 63, 3-5), 7(1,

1-2), 8(6, 5-8), 9(3, 2-4), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(3, 3-7), 14(1). Segment VIIT: Comb

scales varied from a single regular row to a distinct patch of 3,4 rows; individual

scale long, blunt apically and fringed. Hair 0(1), 1(10, 6-12), 2(1), 3(7, 6-7), 4(1),

5(6, 3-10), 14(1, 1-2). Siphon: Index about 2.2-2.8; integument moderately pigmen-

ted, with darker basal ring. Pecten teeth few (6-10), widely spaced; frequently teeth

terminate before hair 1-S, occasionally 1,2 teeth extend beyond it; individual tooth

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 67

with a long spine and small basal denticle; acus distinct and separate or indistinct.

Hair 1(2, 2-4), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle

moderately pigmented; caudal margin with moderately large flat spines; individual

spine with lateral spinules. Gills short to moderate, broad, unequal, ventral about 0.6

of dorsal. Hair 1(2, 2-4), 2(4, 4-6), 3(1), 4a(4, 3-6), 4b(3, 3-4), 4c(4, 3-4), 4d(4, 4-5),

4e(2, 2-3). |

SYSTEMATICS. A. busckii in the present interpretation is undoubtedly a complex

of closely related and more or less strongly differentiated forms, some of which may

be geographically or ecologically isolated species. It is impossible to resolve this com-

plex at this time because of the bewildering array of differentiation and variation in

ornamentation of the adults and larval characters which is apparently associated with

both isolation on numerous islands and the utilization of a wide variety of breeding

sites (see Bionomics below). As in the case of the 7ripteroides caledonicus complex

in the South Pacific (Belkin 1955), the situation may be further complicated through

recent mixing of originally isolated insular populations by human transport.

For the present, the currently accepted synonymy of thaxteri with busckii is re-

tained although there are rather obvious differences in ornamentation of the adults

as pointed out in the original description of the former. The synonymy of tracei,

proposed by Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:33), appears to be well founded

since the populations from Martinique are very similar to those from Dominica.

The above diagnosis of the complex is based primarily on topotypic associated ma-

terial of all stages of busckii from Dominica. In the adults, the most striking differ-

ences in the various populations are: (1) in the nature of the lateral mesonotal silvery

line which may be nearly continuous from the anterior promontory to the wing root

or variously broken into segments, (2) in the extent of the basal white ring on hind-

tarsal segment 3 which varies from less than 0.4 to almost 0.75 of the segment length,

and (3) the presence of some white scales on additional tarsal segments. No striking

differences have been noted in the pupae but the larvae of different populations show

remarkable differentiation from the typical population in: (1) the number and ar-

rangement of scales in the comb from a few scales in a single even row to a large

number in a patch of 3 or 4 rows, and (2) the distribution of the pecten which may

end before the siphonal tuft or may reach nearly to the tip of the siphon.

The northern populations from Sint Eustatius, St. Kitts, Montserrat and Guade-

loupe differ from all the others in the more extensive white ring on hindtarsal seg-

ment 3, the larval comb in a large patch and the pecten ending before the siphonal

hair tuft. The male genitalia of these populations are also apparently distinct from

the others in the large number of setae on the tergal surface of the sidepiece and in a

broad aedeagus with distinct apicolateral lobes. Although these populations probably

represent a distinct species, I prefer not to name or describe it formally without addi-

tional material and a thorough study of the entire complex which is beyond the

scope of the present revision.

The busckii complex is apparently restricted to the main chain of the Lesser An-

tilles from Sint Eustatius southward to Grenada. I have seen material only from the

above-mentioned islands and from St. Kitts, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica,

Martinique and St. Lucia. No material of the complex was found in a recent survey

of Nevis and St. Vincent but it is likely that populations will be found there as well

as on the smaller intermediate islands of the chain. The report of busckii from Jamai-

ca by Hill and Hill (1948:43) is probably based on an erroneous identification of a

member of the Aurites Group and its record from the Dominican Republic is due to

the error in labeling the type material San Domingo instead of Dominica (see How-

68 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

ard, Dyar and Knab 1917:860).

BIONOMICS. Members of the busckii complex have been found breeding in the

entire range of habitats utilized by the subgenus, in rockholes, treeholes, broken and

cut bamboo, fallen leaves, fruits and pods, in the leaf axils of bromeliads and aroids,

and in the flower bracts of heliconias. The immature stagés are also commonly found

in a variety of artificial containers. One male (FWI 245) from Guadeloupe is re-

ported from a ground pool but this may be a contamination or an error in labeling.

Females are frequently taken in biting-landing collections and some were obtained

on chicken bait. Apparently some adult populations may reach high levels and be-

come serious pests locally.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.3). Main chain of the Lesser Antilles from Sint Eustatius to

Grenada; reported from low (40 ft) to moderate (2600 ft) elevations. Material exam-

ined: 1269 specimens; 253 6, 273 9, 290 pupae, 453 larvae; 175 individual rearings

(19 pupal, 131 larval, 25 incomplete).

DOMINICA. St. Andrew: Calibishie, 23 June 1965, colocasia leaf axil, R. Martinez and A. Guer-

ra, 1 p, 21 (DOM 137), 2 lpd (138-10,11), 1 lp? (138-13), 1 P (DOM 138) [UCLA]. St. David:

Castle Bruce, 19 Apr 1959, bamboo, R.H. Darsie, 1 Ipd (76-14), 2 pd (76-15A,16), 1 d (76-10),

1 lp? (76-6), 4 2 (76-2,4A,7,11), 1 IP, 1 P [USNM]. Grand Fond, elev. 300 ft, 18 June 1965, biting

collection, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 1 9? (DOM 116) [UCLA]. Terre Ferme, elev. 1800 ft, 22

June 1965, heliconia bract, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (DOM 131), 1 lpd (131-12), 1 Ip? (131-11),

6 6,12 p,2L [UCLA]. St. George: L’Etang, elev. 2600 ft, 8 June 1965, bromeliads, T.H.G. Ait-

ken, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 1 p (DOM 53) [UCLA]. Trafalgar Falls, elev. 1700 ft, 9 June

1965, biting collection, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 4 ? (DOM 58); heliconia bract (DOM 59), 2 lp?

(59-10,11), 1 P, 1 p [UCLA]. St. Joseph: Batati Estate, elev. 40 ft, 14 June 1965, treehole, R. Mar-

tinez and A. Guerra (DOM 82), 1 Ip? (82-20) [UCLA]. Clarke Hall Estate, 12 Nov 1964, P.J. Span-

gler, 1 9; 11 Mar 1964, D.F. Bray, 2 9; 21-31 Jan 1965, W.W. Wirth, 3 ?; 24 Jan 1965, W.W. Wirth,

2 2;3 May 1966, R.J. Gagne, 1 9; 11 May 1966, G. Steyskal, 1 9; 19 May 1966, G. Steyskal, 1 9;

24 May 1966, G. Steyskal, 3 2; 1 June 1966, G. Steyskal, 1 9; 3 June 1966, G. Steyskal, 1 2; 10

June 1966, G. Steyskal, 6 9; 11 June 1966, G. Steyskal, 2 9; 12 June 1966, G. Steyskal, 1 9; 10

Oct 1966, A.B. Gurney, 1 9 [USNM]. St. John: Milton Estate, elev. 1000 ft, 24 June 1965, heli-

conia bract, A. Guerra (DOM 159), 2 Ips (159-10,13), 1 pd (159-101), 2 P, 4 p, 14 L [UCLA].

St. Luke: Point Michele, Champigny Estate, elev. 600-700 ft, 6 June 1965, treehole, T.H.G. Aitken,

R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 2 Ipd (15-20,22), 1 Ip? (15-23), 1 P, 1 p, 1 1(DOM 15), 1 lpd (19-10),

4 6,8 p, 7 L(DOM 19), 4 L (DOM 20), fallen leaf, 1 Ip? (17-10), 2 p, 6 L, 21(DOM 17), steel

drum, 3 6, 1 2? (DOM 21), heliconia bract, 4d, 1 9? (DOM 23) [UCLA]. St. Mark: Tete Morne, elev.

1400 ft, 10 June 1965, heliconia bract, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (DOM 68), 2 Ipd (68-12,14),

2 Ip? (68-11,13), 4 6, 8 p, 4 L [UCLA]. St. Paul: Antrim Valley, 7 June 1965, treehole, R. Mar-

tinez and A. Guerra, 4 9, 4 p, 4 L (DOM 35) [UCLA]. Mount Joy, elev. 1000 ft, 7 June 1965,

treehole, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (DOM 41), 1 Ipd (41-15), 2 Ip? (41-10,11), 1 P, 11 L [UCLA].

Pont Casse, 23 Nov 1964, P.J. Spangler, 1 6 [USNM]. Parish not specified: July 1905, in sugar

boiler full of vegetation, 1 6, 1 2 (78), type series [USNM no. 9139].

GRENADA. St. Andrew: Balthazar Estate, elev. 450 ft, 15 Oct 1963, bamboo, R. Martinez,

1 Ipd (43-125), 1 Ipd (44-136), 1 Ip? (44-131) [UCLA]. Mt. St. Catherine, elev. 2000 ft, 25 Oct

1963, bamboo, R. Martinez, 2 L (GR 82), heliconia bract, 2 ? (GR 85) [UCLA]. St. David: Minor-

ca Estate, elev. 700 ft, 24 Oct 1963, colocasia leaf axil, R. Martinez, 3 L (GR 76); 1 Nov 1963, fal-

len cacao pod, R. Martinez (GR 111), 1 lpd (111-18) [UCLA]. St. George: Annandale, elev. 700 ft,

25 Aug 1929, leaf axil, F.M. Root, 18 6, 24 9? (LAR 40), 5 2? (LAR 40A); 28 Oct 1963, bamboo,

R. Martinez, 1 L (GR 95), rockhole (GR 96), 1 Ip (96-156) [UCLA]. Grand Etang, 2 July 1929,

F.M. Root, 20 6, 40 9 (GRR 11); 26 Aug 1929, leaf axil, F.M. Root, 21 6,4 ? (LAR 42); 17 Oct

1963, heliconia bract, R. Martinez (GR 54), 1 Ip? (54-132), bamboo (GR 59), 1 Ipd (59-133),

fallen palm leaf, 9 6,3 2 (GR 60), heliconia bract (GR 61), 1 Ipd (61-127), 1 Ip? (61-139); 18 Oct

1963, biting collection, R. Martinez, 1 9 (GR 62); 23 Oct 1963, heliconia bract, R. Martinez (GR

67), 1 lpdé (67-140), 1 6 [UCLA]. St. Mark: Concord, F.M. Root, 27 d, 15 2? (GRR 80) [UCLA].

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 69

Parish not specified: FM. Root, 11 6, 29 ? (GRR 40) [UCLA].

GUADELOUPE. Basse-Terre: Capesterre, 76 L, Matouba, 72 L; Petit-Bourg, 17 L; Pointe-Noire,

12 L (Floch and Abonnenc 1945:16). Route de Traversee, km 4-6, elev. 200 ft, 18 Sept 1965,

ground pool, P. Fauran, 1 6 (FWI-245) [UCLA]. St. Claude, Bains Jaunes, elev. 900 ft, 31 Mar

1965, heliconia bract, P. Fauran, 2 Ipd (211-12,13), 5 lp? (211-10,11,15-17), 2 IP (211-14,18),

4 Ipd (212-11,13,15,16), 2 Ip? (212-10,14), 1 IP (212-12) [UCLA]. Soufriere, 111 L; Trois-

Rivieres, 51 L (Floch and Abonnenc 1945:16). Vernou, elev. 300 ft, 20 July 1964, treehole, P.

Fauran (FWI 182), 4 lpd (182-101,102,105,107), 6 lp? (182-103,106,108,110,112,113), 1 IP (182-

111), 2 L [UCLA]. Locality not specified, elev. 3000 ft, July 1905, wild canna, A. Busck, 1 Ipd

(80-10), 2 ? (80-3,7), 36,49 [USNM].

MARTINIQUE. Fort de France, 1929, bamboo, F.M. Root, 2 6 (LAR 23), bromeliads, 1 9

(LAR 28A) [UCLA]; Route de la Trace, elev. 680 ft, 16 July 1965, heliconia bract, P. Fauran

(FWI-M2), 2 Ipd (M2-10,11), 1 Ip? (M2-14), 3 pd (M2-15,101,102), 2 p? (M2-12,100), 1 IP (M2-

13),3 p, 11 [UCLA]. Mt. Pelee, July 1905, A. Busck, 2 9? [USNM]. Piscine Colson, 14 Aug 1939

(Senevet and Quievreux 1941:263).

MONTSERRAT. St. Antony: Chance Mountain, elev. 2600 ft, 5 Oct 1966, treehole, T.H.G.

Aitken, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 2 P, 10 L(MNT 25), 2 lpd (28-10,11), 1 lp? (28-13), 1 pd (28-

100), 2 IP (28-12,14), 19 L (MNT 28), 1 Ipd (29-10), 2 lp? (29-11,12), 3 L (MNT 29), heliconia

bract (MNT 27), 4 Ipd (27-12,13,15,16), 2 lp? (27-10,14), 1 pd (27-100), 1 IP (27-17), 5 L[UCLA].

Parsons Estate, elev. 500 ft, 13 Oct 1966, tin can, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (MNT 72), 1 IP (72-

10),9 L [UCLA]. Soufriere, elev. 1000 ft, 12 Oct 1966, bamboo, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 1 IP

(66-10), 1 p, 5 L(MNT 66), 5 L (MNT 67) [UCLA]; Lower Gages, 1250 ft, 6 Oct 1966, treehole,

R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 8 L (MNT 36) [UCLA] ; Upper Gages, 1750 ft, 6 Oct 1966, heliconia

bract, T.H.G. Aitken, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (MNT 38), 1 Ipdé (38-10), 1 pd (38-100), 1 p?

(38-101), 5 L [UCLA]. Waterworks Estate, elev. 550 ft, 18 Oct 1966, treehole, R. Martinez and

A. Guerra (MNT 118), 1 p? (118-100), 1 IP (118-20) [UCLA]. St. Peters: Plymouth, Belham

Bridge, elev. 250 ft, 4 Oct 1966, tin can, T.H.G. Aitken, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (MNT 20),

2 Ipd (20-11,12), 1 Ip? (20-10), 1 pd (20-100), 1 p? (20-101), treehole (MNT 22), 1 lpd (22-14),

3 Ip? (22-10-12), 1 IP (22-13), 9 6, 3 9, 12 p [UCLA].

SINT EUSTATIUS. 7 Oct 1947, E. van der Kuyp, 2 6, 1 9 [USNM].

ST. KITTS. Christ Church: Old Road Town, elev. 1200 ft, 5 Sept 1966, heliconia bract, A.

Guerra, 1 6, 2 9; 5 Sept 1966, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 1 p? (93-101), 2 6, 1 9 (KIT 93), 1 6,

4? (KIT 94) [UCLA]. St. John: Dieppe Bay Town, slopes of Mount Misery, elev. 2500 ft, 17 Aug

1966, treehole, T.H.G. Aitken, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (KIT 25), 1 lp? (25-10), 1 IP (25-11),

Oc, 2 %,3 pi. (UCLA):

ST. LUCIA. Anse la Raye: Elev. 300 ft, 15 July 1964, treehole, R. Martinez and A. Guerra,

1 L (LU 30); 30 July 1964, fallen fruit, A. Guerra, 1 lp? (125-20), 1 p? (125-100), 1 lp (126-20),

4 L(LU 126), treehole (LU 128), 7 Ip? (128-10-16), 1 IP (128-17), 26 6, 10 9, 19 P, 11 L [UCLA];

Derriere Dos, 31 July 1964, fallen cacao pod, A. Guerra (LU 131), 1 lpd (131-24), 5 1p? (131-20-

23,25), 4 6, 12 ?, 8 p [UCLA]. Barre de L’Isle, elev. 800-900 ft, 14 July 1964, treehole, T.H.G.

Aitken, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 3 lpd (14-14-16), 6 lp? (14-10-13,18,19), 8 p, 7 L, 3 1(LU 14),

2? (LU 16), 1 ? (LU 18); 1 Aug 1964, treehole, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 3 L (LU 143); 6 Aug

1964, bamboo, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 14 L(LU 159), 20 L(LU 160), 3 lpd (161-12,13,14),

1 IP (161-13), 3 p (LU 161) [UCLA]. Castries: Bise Quarry, elev. 250 ft, 17 July 1964, treehole,

R. Martinez and A. Guerra (LU 46), 3 lp? (46-20,22,23), 2 IP (46-21,24), 3 L, 11 [UCLA]. Cul de

Sac Estate, 30 July 1964, chicken bait, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 2°? (LU 129) [UCLA]. Delgos,

elev. 750 ft, 14 July 1964, bamboo, T.H.G. Aitken, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 3 lpd (10-11,13,

15), 2 Ip? (10-12,14), 1 IP (10-16), 1 P, 7 L(LU 10), 3 lp? (11-13-15), 1 p? (11-101), 3 IP (11-10,

12,18), 1 p, 7 L (LU 11), 3 Ip? (12-10-12), 3 L (LU 12), treehole (LU 13), 2 L, 1 1 [UCLA].

Grande Anse, elev. 175 ft, 20 July 1964, heliconia bract, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 1 L (LU 62),

bamboo (LU 63), 1 Ipdé (63-11), 4 lp? (63-10,12-14), 1 pd (63-101), 2 L, 1 1 [UCLA]. La Croix

Junction near Poix Bouche, elev. 500 ft, 20 July 1964, treehole, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (LU

59), 1 Ipd (59-10), 6 L [UCLA]. Marquis Estate, elev. 200 ft, 20 July 1964, fallen cacao pod, R.

Martinez and A. Guerra, 1 6, 1 ?, 1 p, 3 L (LU 60), fallen cocoanut (LU 61), 2 lp? (61-10,13),

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1 p? (61-11), 16 L [UCLA]. Piton Flor, elev. 1875 ft, 4 Aug 1964, bamboo, R. Martinez and A.

Guerra (LU 146), 1 lpé (146-10), 1 L [UCLA]. Union Agricultural Station, elev. 200 ft, 16 July

1964, bamboo, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (LU 42), 1 Ip? (42-10), 3 IP (42-11,13,14), 10 L

[UCLA]. Waterworks Road, 20 July 1964, bromeliads, R. Martinez and A. Guerra (LU 67), 1 p?

(67-100) [UCLA]. Micoud: Mahaut, elev. 700 ft, 27 July 1964, heliconia bract, A. Guerra (LU

101), 2 Ipd (101-14,15), 2 Ip? (101-12,13), 1 IP (101-11), 9 L [UCLA] . Mon Repos, elev. 300 ft,

28 July 1964, bromeliads, A. Guerra (LU 104), 1 Ipd (104-11), 6 L [UCLA] . Soufriere: Soufriere,

elev. 220-500 ft, 20 July 1964, heliconia bract, R. Martinez and A. Guerra, 2 L (LU 78), bamboo

(LU 80), 4 lpé (80-10-13), 2 Ip? (80-14,15), 10 L; 22 July 1964, fallen cacao pod, R. Martinez and

A. Guerra (LU 83), 1 lp? (83-11), 3 L [UCLA]. 3

SEXLINEATUS SECTION

FEMALES. Medium sized to rather large species, wing 2.7-5.0 mm. Head: Subme-

dian and lateral dark patches broad, distinct. Erect scales restricted to occiput. Torus

dark brown to almost black, with light scales restricted usually to mesal surface. Pal-

pus with or without apical light scales. Thorax: Mesonotum always with distinct lin-

ear light pattern, light lines of same color throughout, white, creamy or golden (ex-

cept in ecuadoriensis). Acrostichal line not developed but a small patch of light

scales present at anterior promontory; inner and outer dorsocentral lines usually

long, both reaching scutellum; lateral marginal line usually continuous (broken in

Whitmorei Group); median prescutellar line not developed. Paratergite with scales.

Acrostichal bristles absent on disc. Pleural scales silvery, white or creamy; ppn and

ssp with scales; psp usually with scales (usually absent in Allotecnon Group); mep

with separate upper and lower patches. Legs: Midfemur and hindfemur sometimes

with distal white spots on anterior surface. All tibiae usually completely dark (ex-

cept Sexlineatus and Whitmorei Groups). Tarsal light markings not restricted to seg-

ment 1. Wing: Light scales present on remigium in Aurivittatus Group, absent in

others. Abdomen: Sternites II-IV with dark scales distally.

MALES. Larger claw of foreleg and midleg with submedian tooth only.

MALE GENITALIA. Lobes of tergite IX either poorly defined or distinct, bearing

a few to many strong to moderate setae. Sidepieces separated from each other at

base by a distance less than diameter of aedeagus at that level (greater in Whitmorei

Group); tergomesal and/or sternomesal margins with lobes only in Whitmorei Group.

Claspette completely absent in Whitmorei Group, represented in other groups by

sternal basomesal lobe not connected across midline and bearing 1 apical seta.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Hair 5-C longer than distance between its base and that

of trumpet, strong and always double, at least 2.0 of hair 4-C. Abdomen: Hair 5-IV,

V strong, usually double, extending distinctly beyond apex of tergite following; 2-

IV-VI usually within basal 0.6 of its tergite; hair 9-III-VI distinctly cephalo-laterad of

hair 6; 9-VII moderate to strongly developed, removed considerable distance cepha-

lad of hair 6.

LARVAE. Stellate hairs always strongly developed. Antenna: Short to moderate;

shaft with scattered spicules; hair 1-A usually 2,3-branched. Thorax: Integument

with or without spicules. Tubercles of hairs 5-7-P distinctly joined; hair 9-P with

more than 4 branches and faintly stellate; 13-P present, distinctly stellate. Abdomen:

Integumentary spiculation strong or weak, sometimes confined to dorsal or ventral

surface, spicules usually hairlike (spinelike in Allotecnon Group). Hairs 1,2,5,11,13-

I, 1,2,5,7,9 (and usually 13)-II-VII stellate; hair 8-VII cephalodorsad or caudodorsad

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina Tt

of 9-VII. Segment VIII: Hair 1,5-VIII usually stellate. Comb scales in a single row;

individual scales long, pointed apically. Siphon: Index 2.0-4.3; integument smooth,

imbricate or spiculate. Acus distinct, separate or attached. Pecten teeth with basal

denticles. Anal Segment: Saddle with distinct marginal spicules. Hair 1-X moderate,

with few branches; 3-X single or double; 2-X multiple. Ventral brush with 5 or 6

pairs of hairs arising from a boss with distinct grid bars. |

DISCUSSION. The ornamentation pattern of the adults of the Sexlineatus Sec-

tion is superficially so similar in most species that few specimens have been correctly

identified in the past and many distinct species were not recognized until in the pres-

ent study correlated differences were found in the immature stages. On the whole,

the section is a homogeneous one and strongly differentiated from the other 2 sec-

tions in all stages as indicated in the keys and diagnosis. As far as is known, members

of this section breed only in bromeliad axils.

The Sexlineatus Section is primarily associated with the great cordilleras of Cen-

tral America and western South America. Apparently only the monotypic Sexlinea-

tus Group and the Whitmorei Group penetrate eastward into the lowlands of the

Orinoco and the smaller northern South American drainages and no species extends

even to the Guianas. There are only small extensions from the Andes down into mod-

erate elevations near the headwaters of the Orinoco, Amazon and La Plata basins

(fig.1).

Only 2 of the 6 groups recognized here for the 19 species are strongly differenti-

ated: (1) the Quadrivittatus Group which is confined to Middle America and appears

to have retained the most significant primitive features in the section, and (2) the.

Whitmorei Group which is known in Colombia, Venezuela and Bolivia but undoubt-

edly also occurs in Ecuador and Peru; this is the most derived group in the section.

The remaining 4 groups show considerable overlap in many characters although the

Sexlineatus and Allotecnon Groups each have a characteristic facies in the adult and

larval stages. The Eleanorae Group in many respects appears intermediate between

the Quadrivittatus and the Allotecnon Groups. The separation of the Aurivittatus

Group from the Eleanorae Group is based only on the presence of light scales on the

remigium of the wing of the former; when the immature stages are known the 2 taxo-

nomic groups may have to be merged.

Two of the groups, Quadrivittatus and Allotecnon, are confined to Middle Ameri-

ca where they are sympatric and extend northward to southern and central Mexico.

The monotypic Sexlineatus Group overlaps with the above throughout their range in

Middle America but is apparently not completely sympatric with them; it further ex-

tends along the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Guayaquil and along the southern Carib-

bean shores to Trinidad; it is the only species of the section to be found near sea

level. The Whitmorei, Eleanorae and Aurivittatus Groups are confined to South

America. The dominant Eleanorae Group is primarily Andean and has a wide distri-

bution from western Venezuela and Colombia down to Bolivia, with slight intrusions

into the upper Orinoco and Amazon basins. The Aurivittatus Group is known only

from the upper drainages of the Amazon and La Plata in Bolivia and northern Argen-

tina respectively. The Whitmorei Group has been found in Colombia, Venezuela and

Bolivia and has small intrusions into the upper Orinoco, Amazon and La Plata drain-

ages.

Both in Middle and South American groups, some members of a given group seem

to occur sympatrically, others are allopatric and still others appear to be ecologically

isolated (in the Eleanorae Group) although broadly sympatric.

2(1).

3(2).

4(1).

5(4).

6(5).

7(A4).

8(7).

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KEYS TO GROUPS AND SPECIES

ADULTS

Midfemur without any indication of a white or silvery spot or streak on an-

terior surface above ventral light line (Quadrivittatus Group) . . . . .2

Midfemur with a more or less distinct white or silvery spot or streak on ante-

Wor SUriace gbove vet light lime . 8 Pe ee

Quadrivittatus Group

Outer dorsocentral line not reaching lateral marginal line anteriorly

19. brevis; 20. spinosus

Outer dorsocentral line ‘connected to lateral ‘marginal line anteriorly ts

Ppn scales predominantly narrow and yellowish; ssp scales in a restricted lin-

ear patch not connected to ppn patch; first flagellar segment with dark

pedics 9. 1 0, -, 3.027 quadrivittatus

Ppn scales predominantly broad and white: ssp scales extending toward ppn

patch, the 2 patches usually connected; first flagellar segment with white

Oe . 18. lorraineae

Antealar area (above paratergite) with numerous dark bronzy scales below

narrow supraalar golden line (Sexlineatus and Whitmorei Groups) . . . 5

Antealar area with whitish, yellowish or golden scales only, so that lateral

Marginal anc siuptaaiar lines are united .... 8 er a

Sexlineatus Group

Outer dorsocentral line reaching anterior border of mesonotum; torus with

small mesal patch of white or whitish scales. . . . . . .21. sexlineatus

Outer dorsocentral line not reaching anterior border of mesonotum, directed

outward toward lateral mesonotal line in fossa; torus with a broad ring of

white or silvery scales interrupted only dorsally (Whitmorei Group) . .6

Whitmorei Group

Hindtarsal white rings on segments 1,2 and 3; anterior end of outer dorsocen-

tral line with a patch of broad silvery scales. . . . . . .22. whitmorei

Hindtarsal white rings on segments | and 2 only; anterior end of outer dorso-

central line without patch of broad silvery scales. . 23. pseudodominicii

Base of vein R (remigium) with white or whitish scales . . ..... .8

Base of vein K with dark scales as elsewhere; .. 2 2 ee

Aurivittatus Group

Hindtarsal white ring on segment 1 only; haltere knob with white scales only

. .35. vanemdeni

Hindtarsal white eee on ‘sestients 1 2 and - haltere knob with both dark

and light seales. 3 5. ; ae Oo ee a Pee ee ke

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 73

9(8). Outer dorsocentral line reaching anterior border of mesonotum; lateral mar-

ginal line poorly developed in front of scutal angle, without broadened

SCaleS 4 5: Coa SS. QUTIVETalGs

Outer dorsocentral line not teachin ariterior ‘border of mesonotum; lateral

marginal line strongly developed in front of scutal angle, with broadened

SCALES ui aoe Gr we Hinahs ls 5 ee en ne a

Eleanorae Group

10(8). Hindtarsus with basal white rings on segments 1 and 3 only. . 27. eleanorae

Hindtarsus with basal white rings on segments 1,2, 1-3 or 14... .. 11

11(10).Hindtarsus with basal white rings on segments eS wee Beet. 4 ie

Hindtarsus with basal white rings on segments 1,2 or 1-3 only. ie OLS

12(11).Inner dorsocentral line white, usually very narrow; ppn with narrow curved

light scales in upper part and broad flat white scales in lower; ssp scale

patch extended upward toward ppn broad scales; hindtarsal markings

broad, on segment 4 about 0.5 of segment length . . .31. ecuadoriensis

Inner dorsocentral line yellowish, usually broadened anteriorly; ppn predom-

inantly with moderately broad, curved, light scales throughout; ssp scale

patch entirely linear, not extended to ppn scales; hindtarsal markings nar-

rower, on segment 4 usually less than 0.2 of segment length

aes brevivittatus

13(11).Hindfemur without silvery spot on the anterior surface; ssp scale patch nar-

row, linear and not extended toward apn or ppn scale patches. . . . 14

Hindfemur with a very distinct silvery spot on dark portion of anterior sur-

face not connected to basal ventral light streak; ssp scale patch short and

broad and extended toward apn and ppn scale patches (Allotecnon Group)

14(13).Midfemoral light patch or spot at about0.5. .... . . . . 30. osornoi

Madfemoral light patch.at about 0.67 of distad 2.6.6. dc nei euetante . > FS

15(14).Outer dorsocentral line strongly broadened anteriorly and joining lateral me-

SOUOtal ite 2... ok tis wt ae, merinkellel

Outer dorsocentral line not strongly broadened. anteriorly and not joining

Valeral TICROMOta) ANG boca cr ee ak a a ae ee

Allotecnon Group

16(13).Hindtarsus with basal white rings on segments 1 and 2 only.

20. guatemala

Hindtarsus with basal white rings on n seements is. tg ae ee

17(16).Ppn with pure white broad flat scales except for narrow upper border of yel-

lowish curved moderately broad scales; psp scales usually present.

co 2, Swerrero

Ppn predominantly with yellowish, narrow to moderately broad, curved

2(1).

3(1).

4(3).

5(4).

6(5).

7(6).

8(7).

(5).

10(9).

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scales throughout except at lower posterior angle where a few broad white

flat scales may be present; psp scales absent. . . . . . .24. allotecnon

MALE GENITALIA

(18. lorraineae,; 25 guerrero; 26 guatemala; 28. marinkellei;

and 34. martinezi unknown; 35. vanemdeni not included)

Claspette completely absent. . . ta

Claspette represented by a small sternomesal lobe bearing a 1 differentiated

PO Se ee re ee ne ee Hee hie! Mee Le

Tergomesal and sternomesal margins of sidepiece with row of flattened foli-

form setae. soo 6.3 . . .22, whitmorei

Tergomesal and sternomesal - margins of sidepiece with simple bristles .

23. pseudodominicii

Apex of aedeagus in dorsal aspect uniformly sclerotized, smoothly rounded,

without indication of apical lateral lobes or apical horns .

ae pe § sexlineatus

Apex of Aedeaeus deeply lemareiriate and with distinicd long apical horns; or

dorsal sclerotization more or less emarginate apically, producing lateral

Sletten (ee ee a ee ee Or apa ae

Apex of aedeagus with slender horns, bent dorsad . 19. brevis; 20. spinosus

Dorsal sclerotization of aedeagus more or less deeply emarginate, producing

Riieral Serer Fes er eee

Spiniform of clasper short and thick, usually less than 0.25 of clasper length

Spiniform of clasper long and slender, usually at least 0.33 of clasper length

Aedeagus longer than proctiger ... sayy Catt wr duster iba atte oe

Aedeagus shorter than or subequal to proctiger Jenks ie amet staan veers Dis ai etem eT gO Se

Inner setae of ninth tergite lobe very markedly flattened, almost leaflike.

. . .d1. ecuadoriensis

Inner setae of ninth tergite lobe thickened but not markedly flattened . .8

Dorsal sclerotization of aedeagus deeply emarginate, lateral apical lobes con-

SPICUOUS “6 os . . 17. quadrivittatus

Dorsal sclerotization of aedeagus shallowly emarginate, lateral apical lobes in-

er Ra TR nd Oo Oe ane tee aoe

Spiniform of clasper about 0.5 of clasper length

bate & eleanorae. 33. durivittatus

Soiniforn of clasper jess than 0. 4 of clasper POG Make ce Chiat fuer es 2

Dorsal sclerotization of aedeagus deeply emarginate, lateral apical lobes con-

RCE a at Cate Wah area ii Mae Me tears

3(2).

4(2).

5(4).

6(5).

7(6).

8(6).

9(8).

2(1).

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 3

Dorsal sclerotization of aedeagus shallowly emarginate, lateral lobes incon-

Sei cuss ua ke eae As Os ae er leat i 2 ga ee

PUPAE

(23. pseudodominicii; 26. guatemala; 31. ecuadoriensis; 32.

brevivittatus; 33. aurivittatus; 34. martinezi and 35. vanemdeni

unknown; 18. lorraineae and 25. guerrero not included)

Trumpet short and broad, index about3.0. . . . . . . .22. whitmorei

Trumpet dong and narrow tides over 3.0. ge Oe ee

Hairs 10,11,12-C all single . . diag 4 Pi eat i Sig ig a

At least one of these hairs branched, usually 10-C. Bae ey ai apt os at ea Ri hae

Hair 8-Vi) ondersal surfacts 2 hc ere i ec A ee ie ae eal

Hair 8-Vil on ventral surface. Sie 2 ies A ee Ora amelle

Hair 8-VII on dorsal surface, strongly developed. . . . . . 27. eleanorae

Hay B-V il ow ventral gorivce weak. ae i a Oe ee ee ee

Paddle-deeply emarinate-at gir bo. eee eee ee AS Brews

Paddle rounded or produced at heir a i2 0) ih Oa A OE er

Hair 5-IV-V moderate, not exceeding apex of second tergite following . .7

Hair 5-IV-V very long, exceeding apex of second tergite following . . . .8

Hair 9-VII weak and short, barely reaching lateral angle of tergite

. 30. osornoi

Hair 9-VIL stronger and longer, extending beyond lateral angle of tergite .

21. sexlineatus

Hair 1-II usually double or triple; 9-VIII with 3,4 branches .

fa ll ane allotecnon

Hair 1 TI usually at least 5-branched: 9-VIII with at least 4 branches . .9

Hair 9-VIII usually at least 8-branched; 9-VII at least 4-branched .

ety oie it quadrivittatus

Hair 9-VIII usually 6-branched: 9-VII double He eg gue As eo eeEES

LARVAE

(23. pseudodominicii; 26 guatemala; 31. ecuadoriensis;

32. brevivittatus; 33. aurivittatus; 34. martinezi and

35. vanemdeni unknown)

Ventral brush with 6 pairs of hairs ibn resi si ea ae

Ventral brush with 5 pairs of hairs . . . TSE ON

Quadrivittatus Group

Siphon without spicules visible at 10OX; hair 12-C double . . . ... .3

32).

4(2).

5(1).

6(5).

7(6).

8(7).

9(6).

10(9).

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Siphon distinctly spiculate at 100X; hair 12-C stellate, with many branches

Hair 5-C usually with 5 branches 2... 2 7 geedriviffatus

Hait 5-C usually with 3.4 branches .. ........ 4. ...c .. ..d6. lorraineae

Hair 5-C usually with more than 10 branches (11-22); ae index about

OS sa, “PhD: reves

Hair 5-C usually s branched (4- a. siphon index about 2: ie . 20. Spinosus

Whitmorei Group

Siphon with distinct spicules visible at 1OOX . . . . . . .22. whitmorei

Sip) Ort Without spices Vidivic gd) 10UX a ee

Hair 15-C usually triple, very short, at most Sait: level of base of mental

Diate. al

Hair 15-C usually single or r double, moderate i in leneth, reaching level of mid-

die Of mental pate (Eicanorde Group). se

Sexlineatus Group

Thoracic and abdominal integument with dense vestiture of hairlike spicules

oo 21, sexlineatus

Thoracic integument slibrous at 100X, abdominal with restricted dorsal and

ventral patch of small spinelike spicules (Allotecnon Group) .... .8

Allotecnon Group

Anal saddle with distinct large caudal marginal spicules ventrad of hair 1-X.

. .24. allotecnon

Anal saddle without any caudal marginal spicules ventrad of hair 1-X .

2), guerrero

Eleanorae Group

Siphonal hair 1-S within last pecten tooth; hair 5-C with more than 5

branches <.*~. . . 2/7, eleanorae

Siphonal hair 1-S distad of last pecten tooth: hair 5-C single or double .° 10

Peete a ee ie a esome,

Tinie oe odors 8 ee A a CO a a

11(10).Siphonal hair 1-S usually single and strongly barbed, rarely double; stellate

hairs all shorter than saddle Spee abdominal hairs 1 and 2 usually with

about 10-15 branches . . . . 28. marinkellei

Siphonal hair 1-S usually triple or - double: many stellate hairs distinctly long-

er than saddle, abdominal hairs 1 and 2 usually with 20 or more branches —

29. leei

Quadrivittatus Group

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina | qi

FEMALES. Head: Median light line on vertex with narrow scales. Proboscis dis-

tinctly longer than forefemur. Torus with a restricted mesal scale patch. Thorax:

Mesonotal light lines usually creamy to golden; inner dorsocentral line complete;

outer dorsocentral line either complete or incomplete, not reaching anterior margin;

lateral marginal line continuous; scales on anterior promontory golden. Antealar area

above paratergite with golden scales. Paratergite with a moderate scale patch extend-

ing entire sclerite length. Upper ppn entirely covered with light scales; upper stp

patch quadrate. Legs: Distal white spot on anterior surface of midfemur and hindfe-

mur absent. Tibiae completely dark. Wing: Veins entirely dark scaled. Abdomen:

Basomedian tergal light markings absent.

MALES. Palpus entirely dark scaled.

MALE GENITALIA. Lobe of tergite IX prominent to indistinct, bearing few (3-5)

strong or many (8-10) moderate bristles. Sidepieces separated at base by a distance

less than width of aedeagus; without any indication of lobes on tergomesal or sterno-

mesal margins. Claspette represented by a conical tubercle. Aedeagus shorter than

proctiger; apex moderate to deeply emarginate, producing lateral lobes or horns.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Trumpet moderate, index about 5.5-6.0, not expanded

apically; hair 10-C at least 5-branched; 12-C single, rarely double. Abdomen: Hair 5-

IV-V moderate to long, usually exceeding apex of second tergite following (except

in brevis); hair 9-VII distinctly stronger than hair 6, exceeding lateral angle of tergite.

Paddle: Moderate to long; apex usually produced (emarginate in brevis).

LARVAE. Head: Hairs 4-7-C moderately pigmented, long, all at least 5-branched;

hair 15-C long, exceeding apex of mental plate. Thorax: Roundish in outline, integu-

ment densely spiculate, spicules hairlike, simple or branched. Abdomen: Integument

strongly uniformly spiculate. Hair 8-VII slightly cephalodorsad of 9-VII. Siphon: In-

tegument imbricate or spiculate; acus distinct, separate. Anal Segment: Hair 3-X sin-

gle; ventral brush with 6 pairs of hairs.

DISCUSSION. The Quadrivittatus Group of 4 species is distinguished by unique

features both in the adults (absence of midfemoral and hindfemoral light spots) and

in the larvae (ventral brush with 6 pairs of hairs). Since both these characters are

primitive ones in the subgenus, this group probably represents the most ancient lin-

eage in the section. )

The group is known only in Central America from southern Mexico to central

Panama, usually at elevations above 4,000 feet, and is sympatric with the Allotecnon

Group (fig.5). A. quadrivittatus is the only widespread species, occupying the entire

known range of the group; lorraineae is restricted to the Sierra Madre del Sur and

Sierra Madre de Chiapas in Mexico, where it is sympatric with quadrivittatus, spino-

sus and brevis are sympatric with quadrivittatus in the southern part of the range,

spinosus in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, and brevis apparently

only in western Panama.

17. Aedes (Howardina) quadrivittatus (Coquillett)

Figs.5 ,8,36,37

1902.Culex quadrivittatus Coquillett, 1902:292. TYPE: Holotype ¢, Chacula (Huchastenange).

Guatemala, elev. 6600 ft, 13 June 1902, Gustav Eisen [USNM, 6560].

Aedes (Howardina) quadrivittatus of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:369); Carpenter, Galindo

and Trapido (1952:163); Horsfall (1955:471); Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter (1955:530,537,

78 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

538); Vargas (1956:22); Trapido and Galindo (1957:122,125 ,130); Galindo (1964:34,56); Bel-

kin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:28); Forattini (1965 :401-403); Diaz Najera (1966b:63).

Aedes quadrivittatus of Dyar and Knab (1907:11); Theobald (1910:486); Picado (1913:353);

Howard, Dyar and Knab (1917:852-853); Dyar (1918:73); Kumm, Komp and Ruiz (1940:400,

417); Arnett (1949:238); Galindo, Carpenter and Trapido (1955:163); Stone and Knight (1956:

224); Blanton and Peyton (1958:31).

Aedes (Howardina) quadrivittatus in part of Dyar (1928:229-230); Edwards (1932:155); Lane

(1939:100; 1953:40); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174).

Culex quadrivittatus of Blanchard (1905:628); Theobald (1905:29; 1910:395).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.33 mm. Proboscis: 2.16 mm. Forefemur: 1.8 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.06 mm. Head: Light decumbent scales golden on median stripe and short or-

bital line; sides and venter creamy. Erect scales on occiput dull golden. Palpus about

0.2 of proboscis, with a few white scales apically and mesally on segment 4. Basal

flagellar segment with dark scales. Thorax (fig.8): Mesonotal light scales golden; outer

dorsocentral line complete, only slightly expanded at fossa, merging with lateral mar-

ginal line at level of humeral bristles; lateral marginal line long, extending from hu-

meral bristles to wingbase. Median scutellar lobe with broad dark scales laterally and

narrow median golden scales from base to apex; lateral lobe with a few linear golden

scales. Paratergite with pale golden linear scales. Apn with narrow anterior and broad-

er posterior pale golden scales; ppn with only an upper patch of pale golden linear

scales; psp patch pale golden, linear; ssp patch with creamy broad scales; other pleu-

ral patches white, scales broad with distribution as in the group. Legs: Forefemur

and midfemur predominantly dark anteriorly except for a few basal creamy scales,

proximal half of posterior surfaces crearny and distal dark; hindfemur creamy up to

0.67 on both sides, rest dark. Foretarsus with a few basal white scales on segments

1,2; midtarsus with short, often incomplete basal white rings on 1,2; hindtarsus with

moderate white rings on 1-3; rest of tarsi dark. Haltere: Stem pale, knob with dark

scales basally; fringe whitish. Abdomen: Sternites with broad, V-shaped basal creamy

patch and rest dark; with a few apical creamy scales on II-V.

MALE. Wing: 3.42 mm. Proboscis: 2.43 mm. Forefemur: 1.98 mm. Essentially

similar to female in color. Submedian dark area of head narrower than in female.

Median scutellar lobe with larger number of golden scales.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.36). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with about 3-5 strong bristles. Sidepiece length 3.0 of medi-

an width. Apical seta of claspette on a short basal tubercle, broader than long.

Clasper about 0.6 of sidepiece, with 1,2 subapical hairs; spiniform short, about 0.25

of clasper. Aedeagus shorter than proctiger; dorsal sclerotization more or less deeply

emarginate, producing distinct lateral apical lobes.

PUPA (fig.36). Abdomen: 3.56 mm. Trumpet: 0.51 mm; index about o3Se3 Pad

dle: 0.81 mm. Readily separated from brevis by the elongate paddle with produced

apex; from spinosus by hair 9-VIII usually at least 8-branched. Chaetotaxy as fig-

ured, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum between

trumpets moderately pigmented, lateral areas deeper; metanotum strongly pigmen-

ted; trumpet strongly contrasting. Hair 1(1, 1-3), 2(1, 1-2), 3(1), 4@, 2-3), 5@),

6(1), 7(2), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(6, 2-7), 11(1, 1-2), 12(1, 1-3). Abdomen: Tergite I

strongly pigmented except for usual membranous areas; segments II-IV strongly pig-

mented and imbricate, rest progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(8-13 pri-

mary branches, each with several secondary branches), 2(1, 1-6), 3(1), 4(2, 2-3), 5(2,

1-3), 6(1, 1-2), 7(1, 1-2), 9(1). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(5, 2-10), 2(1, 1-3), 3(1), 4G,

2-5), 51, 1-2), 6(1), 7C1, 1-2), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-3), 2(1, 1-2), 3(1),

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina fie

4(1, 1-2), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(2, 1-3), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment IV:

hair O(1), 1€1, 1-2), 21, 1-2), 3(2), 4(1, 1-2), 5(2), 6(1), 7(1, 1-3), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1),

10(1), 11¢€1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3(1), 41, 1-2), 5(2, 1-2),

6(1), 7(2, 2-4), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1),

2(1), 31), 41), 51, 1-2), 6(1, 1-3), 701, 1-2), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1), 10(1), 1101), 14(1).

Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3(1, 1-2), 4(1), 51), 6(1, 1-2), 7(1), 81, 1-2),

9(4, 3-6), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(9, 7-11), 14(1, 1-2).

Paddle: Moderately to deeply pigmented, midrib darker; apex distinctly produced;

external margin serrate; hair 1 slender. Male genital lobe extending to 0.4 of paddle,

female genital lobe to 0.31.

LARVA (fig.37). Head: 0.86 mm. Siphon: 0.97 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. Read-

ily separated from spinosus and brevis by the siphon without distinct spicules and

hair 12-C double; from lorraineae by hair 5-C usually 5-branched. Chaetotaxy as fig-

ured, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Head: Width subequal to length; pig-

mentation moderate except around mouthparts where it is deeper. Mental plate with

a strong median tooth and 11 distinct teeth (11-12) on each side, often a smaller de-

tached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(8, 8-11), 5(6, 5-7), 6(7, 5-10), 79, 8-

15), 8(1), 965, 4-6), 10(2), 11°12, 10-17), 12(2, 2-4), 13(1), 14(12, 11-17), 15@3, 2-

3). Antenna: Length about 0.45 of head; pigmentation moderate. All hairs single ex-

cept 1-A which is branched (3, 2-3), and at 0.5 from base. Thorax: Integument with

simple or branched hairlike spicules. Stellate hairs with many barbed branches; long

hairs barbed and with attenuate apices. Prothorax: hair 0(19, 13-26), 1(5, 5-8), 2(1),

3(9, 8-11), 4(3, 3-4), 5(2, 1-3), 6(1), 7(2), 8(16, 16-20), 9(9, 7-10), 10(1), 112, 1-3),

12(1), 13(24, 20-27), 14(38, 38-48). Mesothorax: hair 1(11, 10-16), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1),

5(1), 6(6, 5-6), 7(1), 8(8, 6-9), 9(9, 7-10), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(6, 3-8), 14(8, 7-

12). Metathorax: hair 1(14, 11-18), 2(1), 3(4, 3-7), 4(15, 12-20), 5(15, 13-20), 6(1),

7(8, 7-10), 8(7, 4-8), 9(5, 5-7), 10(1), 11€1), 12(1), 1317, 16-23). Abdomen: Integ-

ument and stellate hairs as on thorax. Segment I: hair 1(21, 16-25), 2(21, 19-28),

3(1), 4(1), 5(14, 14-19), 6(3, 3-4), 7(1), 9(4, 3-6), 10(1), 11(18, 16-24), 13(10, 8-

17). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(18, 17-22), 2(22, 17-28), 3(1), 4(1), 5(18, 16-21), 6(3,

3-5), 7(8, 7-9), 8(1), 9(6, 5-8), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 1314, 12-19). Segment III: hair

O(1), 1(21, 18-25), 2(18, 16-26), 3(1), 4(1), 5(21, 16-26), 6(1), 7(10, 8-11), 8(1),

9(12, 7-15), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(20, 17-21), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(20,

18-27), 2(17, 16-27), 3(1), 4(1), 5(21, 15-24), 6(1), 7(8, 8-10), 8(1), 9(16, 10-16),

10(1), 11(€1), 12€1), 13(20, 15-21), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(21, 19-27), 2(16,

16-22), 3(1), 4(1), 5(20, 14-20), 6(1), 7(9, 8-12), 8(1), 9(16, 11-19), 10(1), 11(1),

12(1), 13(18, 14-20), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(17, 17-23), 2(18, 14-21), 3(1),

4(1), 5(17, 15-19), 6(1), 7(9, 8-13), 8(1), 9(15, 10-16), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 1315,

11-15), 141). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(18, 16-21), 2(16, 14-19), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16,

9-19), 6(6, 4-7), 7(2, 2-3), 8(2, 1-3), 9(9, 8-14), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(4, 3-5), 14(1).

Segment VIII: Comb scales 16(14-20), deeply pigmented, elongate; lateral fringes —

not extending to apex. Hair 0(1), 1(11, 9-14), 2(1), 3(8, 6-10), 4(1), 5(5, 5-6), 14(1).

Siphon: Index about 4.0-4.2; integument imbricate, moderately to deeply pigmen-

ted, with darker basal ring. Pecten with 17(13-18) teeth extending to 0.4 and termi-

nating before hair 1-S; individual tooth long, pointed, with basal denticles. Hair 1(3,

3-4), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle deeply

pigmented and imbricate; caudal margin with spines of varying length, long ones pre-

dominating. Gills long, subequal, as long as ventral brush. Hair 1(2), 2(5, 4-5), 3(1),

4a(4, 3-4), 4b(3, 2-3), 4c(3, 2-4), 4d(3, 2-4), 4e(3, 3-4), 4£(3, 2-4).

SYSTEMATICS. A. quadrivittatus is the only species occupying the entire range

80 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

of the Quadrivittatus Group from the southern end of the Sierra Madre Oriental in

Mexico to central Panama. I have seen no specimen of quadrivittatus from eastern

Panama and all material from South America, formerly reported as this species, actu-

ally belongs to new species in the Eleanorae Group. A. quadrivittatus is readily dif-

ferentiated in all stages from the 3 other members of the group which have restricted

distributions, all peripherally sympatric with quadrivittatus. Its closest relative is un-

doubtedly lorraineae (see). Very little variation is apparent throughout the wide

known distribution of quadrivittatus except at the northern end in Mexico where

the light thoracic scaling of the adults tends to be more yellowish or creamy. No sig-

nificant population differentiation in the immature stages has been detected in the

relatively large sample examined.

BIONOMICS. A. quadrivittatus apparently breeds only in epiphytic bromeliads,

primarily in cloud forest areas at elevations above 4,000 feet. Females are readily at-

tracted to human bait and display a distinct preference for feeding in the forest cano-

py (Carpenter, Galindo and Trapido 1952:163). Recently an unidentified arbovirus

has been isolated from quadrivittatus in Panama (Galindo 1964:34).

DISTRIBUTION (fig.5). Cordilleras of Middle America in Mexico (southern part

of Sierra Madre Oriental and eastern end of Sierra Madre del Sur), Guatemala, Hon-

duras, El Salvador, probably Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama (western part) at

elevations varying from about 4000 ft to 8400 ft. Material examined: 321 specimens;

15 6, 42 9, 43 pupae, 221 larvae; 31 individual rearings (6 pupal, 13 larval, 12 incom-

plete).

COSTA RICA. Alajuela: Poasito, 14 Nov 1962, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder (CR 23), 1 Ip?

(23-105), 1 L [UCLA]. Volcan Poas, 1 p? (156), 1 ? [USNM] ; Summit, 9 July 1963, C.L. Hogue,

1 L(CR 145) [UCLA]. Cartago: Elev. 1500 m, C. Picado, 2 9? [USNM]. Cervantes, 9 Nov 1962,

J.N. Belkin, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder, 3 L (CR 13) [UCLA]. Cipreses, 4 6, 29,9 L, 31

[USNM]. La Sierra, elev. 6300-8400 ft, 24 Nov 1962, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder, 1 IP (49-107),

1 6,7 L (CR 49), 1 Ipé (51-105), 1 lp? (51-103), 2 IP (51-107,110), 23,6 P, 1 p, 25 L(CR 51),

1 Ipé (52-105), 2 IP (52-106,108), 12 L(CR 52), 3 Ipd (53-101-103), 1 P, 2 L(CR 53), 1 Ipd (54-

103), 1 Ip? (54-106), 5 IP (54-101,102,104,105,107), 3 P, 1 p, 117 L(CR 54) [UCLA].

EL SALVADOR. Los Esesmiles, H W. Kum, 2k [USNM].

GUATEMALA. Chimaltenango: San Andres Semetabaj, 17 July 1965, iCowsill (GUA 50), 1 lp?

(50-10) [UCLA]. Solola, 30 June 1964, J.N. Belkin and J.E. Zavortink (GUA 15), 2 Ipd (15-10,

12), 1 Ip? (15-11), 2 1P (15.13.14), 3 L [UCLA] . Huehuetenango: Chacula, elev. 6600 ft, 13 June

A a Eisen, type series, 6 2 [USNM] . Locality not specified: Sept 1902, G. Eisen, 1 9; 14,39

HONDURAS. Tegucigalpa, 17 July 1945, 1 lp [USNM].

MEXICO, Chiapas: Paval, 28 A (Diaz Najera 1966b:61). Teopisca, 19 Aug 1964, E. Fisher and

D. Verity, 10 L (MEX 132) [UCLA]. Triunfo, 125 A (Diaz Najera 1966b:61). Morelos: (Vargas

1956:22). Oaxaca: Ixtlan de Juarez, Vivero Rancho Teja, elev. 7200 ft, 12 Aug 1966, D.A. Schroe-

der (MEX 430), 1 pd (430-105), 4 p? (430-101-104), 12 9 (MEX 433) [UCLA]. Tamaulipas: Ran-

cho del Cielo, 4 Apr 1963, Trevino, 2 2 [USNM]. Veracruz: Banderilla, Feb 1945, G. Lissmann,

2g [UCLA].

PANAMA. Bocas del Toro: near Almirante, 1952-53, 2297 ? (Trapido and Galindo 1957:122,

125). La Zorra, elev. 4400 ft, 5 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez, 2 ? (PA 174), 1 9? (PA 175) [UCLA].

Panama: Cerro Campana, 28 Aug 1963, A. Quinonez, 1 9 (PA 537) [UCLA].

18. Aedes (Howardina) lorraineae Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.5 ,8,38

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 81

TYPES: Holotype ? (MEX 433), Vivero Rancho Teja, Ixtlan de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico, 7200

ft, biting collection, 12 Aug 1966, D.A. Schroeder [USNM]. Paratypes: 7 2 (MEX 433), same data

as holotype [USNM, BM, UCLA]. This species is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Lorraine Belkin.

FEMALE. Wing: 3.85 mm. Proboscis: 2.62 mm. Forefemur: 2.19 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.15 mm. Generally similar to quadrivittatus and other members of the group,

differing primarily in the following. Head: Light decumbent scales on median stripe

and short orbital line creamy. Erect scales creamy. Palpus about 0.2 of proboscis,

with a few white scales on mesal surface of segment 4. Basal flagellar segment with a

few white scales on dorsomesal surface. Thorax (fig.8): Mesonotal light lines creamy

to pale golden; outer dorsocentral line complete, broadly joined anteriorly in fossa to

entire lateral prescutal area and reaching to scutellum; lateral marginal line shorter,

extending from scutal angle to wingbase. Narrow light scales on median scutellar lobe

creamy; lateral lobes with a few narrow creamy scales. Paratergite and psp with mod-

erately broad, white scales; apn patch creamy; upper ppn with predominantly broad

creamy scales; lower ppn white, adjoining ssp patch; other pleural patches white, dis-

tributed as in the group. Legs: Forefemur and midfemur predominantly dark anteri-

orly except for scattered creamy scales up to proximal 0.5, proximal 0.5 of posterior

surfaces creamy, extending distally as narrow line, rest dark; hindfemur creamy prox-

imally to 0.6 on both sides and rest dark. Foretarsus with basal white scales on seg-

ment 1; midtarsus with short incomplete white rings on 1,2; hindtarsus with moder-

ately broad white rings on 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly white, with

a few basal dark scales. Abdomen: Sternites with broad V-shaped basal white patches;

apical white scales numerous on II-IV, few on V and absent on distal segments.

MALE unknown and PUPA imperfectly known.

LARVA (fig.38). Head: 0.81 mm. Siphon: 0.87 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. Diag-

nostic characters as in the key. Readily separated from quadrivittatus by hair 5-C

usually only 3,4-branched; from brevis and spinosus by the absence of spicules on

siphon. Head: Mental plate with a strong median tooth and 11 distinct teeth (10-12)

on each side, often a small detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(7, 5-11),

5(3, 3-4), 6(5, 5-6), 7(6, 6-9), 8(1), 9(2, 1-3), 10(2), 1111, 9-17), 12(@, 1-2), 13(1),

14(8, 6-13), 15(2, 2-3). Antenna: Length about 0.33 of head; uniformly moderately

pigmented, with a few scattered spicules; hairs simple except 1(2, 2-3). Thorax: In-

tegument predominantly with simple hairlike spicules. Stellate hairs with many un-

equal barbed branches; long hairs barbed and with attenuate apices. Prothorax: hair

O(16, 13-17), 1(6, 4-6), 2(1), 3(8, 6-10), 4(4, 2-4), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2), 816, 14-19),

9(8, 7-9), 10(1), 11@, 1-2), 12(1), 13(@22, 19-27), 14(40, 38-56). Mesothorax: hair

1(11, 10-18), 2(1), 31), 4(€1), 51), 6(6, 4-6), 7(1), 8(7, 6-8), 9(6, 6-9), 10(1), 11d,

1-2), 12(1), 13(6, 5-9), 14(7, 6-9). Metathorax: hair 1(13, 10-18), 2(1), 3(4, 4-6),

4(10, 10-17), 5(13, 8-16), 6(1), 7(7, 4-8), 8(6, 6-9), 9(5, 4-7), 101), 11€1, 1-2),

12(1), 13@20, 14-22). Abdomen: Long and stellate hairs as in thorax. Segment I: hair

1(18, 15-21), 2(16, 14-22), 3(1), 4(1), 5(12, 10-16), 6(3, 2-3), 71), 9(5, 4-7), 101),

11(17, 14-21), 13(15, 9-21). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(17, 13-20), 2(20, 12-23), 3(1),

4(1, 1-2), 5(16, 13-19), 6(3), 7(8, 5-10), 8(1), 9(6, 6-9), 10(1), 11(€1), 12(1), 13(14,

11-17). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(20, 15-22), 2(16, 14-21), 3(1), 4(€1), 5(16, 13-20),

6(1, 1-2), 7(10, 8-11), 8(1), 9(10, 8-16), 10€1), 11(1), 121), 13(16, 16-19), 14(1).

Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(20, 15-23), 2(19, 15-19), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 14-22), 6(1, 1-2),

7(10, 7-12), 8(1), 9(12, 10-18), 10(1), 11¢€1), 121), 13(17, 13-21), 14(1). Segment

V: hair 0(1), 1(19, 14-21), 2(18, 12-18), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 11-17), 6(1, 1-2), 7(11, 8-

11), 8(1), 9(12, 10-17), 10€1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(15, 12-19), 14(1). Segment VI: hair

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O(1), 1018, 12-23), 2(17, 12-18), 3C1), 4(1), 5(16, 12-17), 6(1, 1-2), 7010, 8-12),

8(1), 9(13, 8-18), 10(1), 11€1), 12(1), 1312, 10-19), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1),

1(18, 13-23), 2(17, 10-18), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 13-20), 6(4, 3-5), 7(2, 2-3), 8(2, 2-4),

9(8, 6-11), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(4, 3-4), 14C1). Segment VIIT: Comb scales usually

16(14-20), moderately pigmented, their lateral fringes not extending to apex. Hair

O(1), 1(8, 7-16), 2(1), 3(8, 7-9), 41), 5(6, 5-8), 14(1, 1-2). Siphon: Index 3.3-3.6;

integument imbricate, moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring. Pecten teeth

usually 16(13-18), extending to 0.4. Hair 1(4, 3-5), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1),

8(2, 1-2), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle moderately pigmented. Gills subequal, narrow,

as long as ventral brush. Hair 1(2, 2-3), 2(5, 4-6), 3(1), 4a(3, 3-4), 4b(3, 2-3), 4c(3,

2-3), 4d(3, 2-3), 4e(3, 2-3), 4f(3, 2-3).

SYSTEMATICS. A. lorraineae is undoubtedly closely related to quadrivittatus. It

is differentiated in the female most conspicuously by the white scales on the first fla-

gellar segment and generally whiter scales on the mesonotum and pleura. The associ-

ation of the immature stages with the females is presumptive only since all the rear-

ings are incomplete. The larva described here, although very similar to quadrivittatus,

is distinct from those of Mexican and other populations of the latter in the smaller

number of branches in head hair 5. The pupal stage is also in general similar to quad-

rivittatus but cannot be described at this time since only a few imperfect whole pu-

pae from incomplete rearings are available. A. lorraineae is known at present only

from the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in Mexico at eleva-

tions above 7,000 feet. In the eastern part of this range, in the states of Oaxaca and

Chiapas, lorraineae is sympatric with quadrivittatus. In one biting-landing collection

(MEX 433) in Oaxaca where the 2 species were taken in approximately equal num-

bers there is no indication of intergradation between lorraineae and quadrivittatus.

This supports my interpretation that lorraineae is a distinct species and not a geo-

graphical isolate of quadrivittatus.

BIONOMICS. Immature stages of lorraineae have been collected in epiphytic bro-

meliads only. Females of this species are apparently readily attracted to humans.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.5). Sierra Madre del Sur and Sierra Madre de Chiapas in Mex-

ico at elevations above 7000 ft. Material examined: 75 specimens; 11 °, 5 pupae, 59

larvae; 5 incomplete individual rearings.

MEXICO. Chiapas: 27 Mar 1961, R.B. Eads, 1 L [USNM]. Guerrero: Omilteme, 8 Sept 1965,

D.A. Schroeder, 3 9 (MEX 361A), 3 IP (362-21-23), 24 L (MEX 362) [UCLA]. Oaxaca: Ixtlan de

Juarez, El Punto, elev. 7700 ft, 13 Aug 1966, D.A. Schroeder, 4 L (MEX 434); Vivero Rancho

Teja, elev. 7200 ft, 12 Aug 1966, D.A. Schroeder, 2 IP (428-10,11), 9 L (MEX 428), 4 L (MEX

429), 9 L (MEX 430), 3 L (MEX 431), 8 9 (MEX 433, type series) [USNM, BM, UCLA].

19. Aedes (Howardina) brevis Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.5 ,9 39,40

TYPES: Holotype ¢d (PA 171-104) with associated pupal skin and genitalia slide, La Zorra,

Chiriquisito, Chiriqui Grande, Bocas del Toro, Panama, 4400 ft, 5 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez [USNM].

Allotype ? (PA 171-102) with associated pupal skin, same data as holotype [USNM]. Paratypes:

1 19 (171-105), 2 IP (171-101,103), 2 P, 18 L, same data as holotype [UCLA].

FEMALE. Wing: 3.78 mm. Proboscis: 2.7 mm. Forefemur: 2.34 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.1 mm. Generally similar to quadrivittatus and other members of the group;

differing primarily in the following. Head: Palpus about 0.15 of proboscis; with dis-

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 83

tinct apical white scales on segment 4. Thorax (fig.9): Outer dorsocentral line incom-

plete, arising at anterior 0.33 and reaching to scutellum; lateral marginal line long,

extending from anterior promontory to wingbase, slightly curved inwards at lateral

prescutal area. Lateral scutellar lobes with a few narrow dark scales. Paratergite and

psp with narrow creamy scales; other pleural scale patches as in quadrivittatus, all

dull white. Legs: Forefemur dark anteriorly except for a few basal dingy scales, prox-

imal 0.5 of posterior surface dingy white, extending distally as narrow line bordered

by dark scales; midfemur dark anteriorly, proximal 0.6 of posterior surface dingy

white, distal dark; hindfemur dingy white proximally to 0.67 on both sides, rest

dark. Foretarsus with basal white scales on segments 1,2; midtarsus with short in-

complete white rings on 1,2; hindtarsus with broader white rings on 1-3, last covering

about 0.65 of segment. Haltere: Stem pale; knob predominantly white, with a few

dorsal dark scales. Abdomen: Sternites with broad V-shaped basal creamy patches;

apical light scales apparent on II, III.

MALE. Wing: 3.33 mm. Proboscis: 2.89 mm. Forefemur: 2.28 mm. Essentially

similar to the female in color.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.39). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe indistinct, with 8-10 moderate bristles. Sidepiece length about 3.0 of me-

dian width. Clasper about 0.5 of sidepiece, with 1,2 subapical hairs; spiniform short,

length about 0.25 of clasper. Apex of aedeagus with slender horns bent dorsad.

PUPA (fig.39). Abdomen: 3.78 mm. Trumpet: 0.54 mm; index about 6.0. Paddle:

0.7 mm. Readily separated from other species of group by the deeply emarginate

paddle. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Cephalo-

thorax: Mesonotum lightly pigmented between trumpets, lateral areas darker; meta-

notum moderately pigmented. Hair 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3C1), 4(2), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2, 1-2),

8(2, 2-3), 9(1), 10(12, 12-14), 111), 12C1, 1-3). Abdomen: Tergite I uniformly mod-

erately pigmented except for usual membranous areas; other segments moderate, pig-

mentation progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(10-20 primary branches,

each with secondary branches), 2(2, 1-4), 3(1), 4(3, 2-4), 5(3, 2-5), 6(1), 7(1, 1-2),

9(1); in some hair 10(1) present. Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(16, 12-20), 21, 1-2), 3(1),

4(3, 1-3), 5(2, 1-3), 6(1), 7(1), 9(1), 11(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(1),

3(1), 41, 1-2), 5(1, 1-5), 6(1), 7€1, 1-2), 8(1), 91), 10(1), 11¢1), 14(1). Segment

IV: hair 0(1), 1(2), 2(1), 3(2, 1-2), 4(1), 5(2), 6(1), 701), 81), 91), 10(1), 1101),

14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-2), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(2), 6(1), 7@, 1-3), 8(1),

9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 21), 301), 4(1), 5(),

6(1), 7(2, 1-6), 8(1), 9(1), 10€1), 1101), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2),

2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(2, 1-3), 7(1), 8C1, 1-2), 9(7, 5-8), 10(1), 11(1), 141). Seg-

ment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(11, 11-14), 14(1). Paddle: Uniformly lightly pigmented,

midrib slightly darker; deeply emarginate; external margin serrate; hair 1-P single.

Male genital lobe extending to about 0.5 of saddle, female genital lobe to 0.35.

LARVA (fig.40). Head: 0.96 mm. Siphon: 0.6 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.3 mm. Readi-

ly separated from other members of the group by hair 5-C usually with 18 branches

(11-22) and short siphon with an index of about 2.0. Head: Mental plate with a

strong median tooth and 10 distinct teeth (9-10) on each side, often a small detached

tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(16, 13-20), 5(18, 11-22), 6(12, 9-19), 7(15,

~ 11-21), 8(4, 1-7), 9°09, 6-18), 10(6, 3-8), 11(24, 18-25), 12(8, 5-12), 13(1), 14Q19,

15-22). 15(2, 2-4). Antenna: Length about 0.35 of head; shaft uniformly moderate-

ly pigmented, with a few scattered spicules; hairs simple except 1(2, 2-3). Thorax:

Integument with simple and branched, hairlike spicules. Stellate hairs with many un-

equal barbed branches; long hairs barbed and with attenuate apices. Prothorax: hair

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0(24, 19-24), 1(12, 10-14), 2(1, 1-2), 3(14, 13-23), 4(4, 3-6), 5@, 2-3), 6(1), 7(3, 2-

3), 8(21, 16-26), 9(7, 6-12), 10(1), 11(@2, 1-2), 121), 13(30, 24-31), 14(38, 34-43).

Mesothorax: hair 1(21, 15-33), 2(1), 31), 4(1), 5(1, 1-2), 6(6, 6-9), 7(1), 8(7, 5-7),

99, 7-10), 10(1), 11€1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(16, 9-16), 14(16, 15-21). Metathorax: hair

1(28, 22-30), 2(1), 3(16, 12-19), 4(5, 4-5), 5(12, 11-15), 6(1), 7(6, 4-9), 8(14, 10-

18), 9(5, 5-8), 10€1), 111), 12(1), 1319, 19-35). Abdomen: Stellate hairs as in tho-

rax. Segment I: hair 1(29, 29-32), 2(22, 18-31), 3(1), 41, 1-3), 5(18, 14-23), 6(3, 1-

4), 7(1), 9(7, 5-8), 10(1), 11022, 17-22), 13(26, 23-27). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(26,

24-40), 2(22, 15-26), 3(1), 4€1), 5(18, 16-23), 6(3, 3-4), 7(13, 5-14), 8(1), 9(13, 9-

1S), 101), 1101), 121), 13(25, 21-26). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(26, 24-35), 2(18,

15-22), 31), 4(1), 5(18, 17-22), 6(3, 2-3), 7014, 11-15), 8(1), 9(16, 12-16), 10(1),

11q1), 121), 13(21, 19-25), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(26, 24-29), 2(16, 16-

20), 31), 41), 519, 15-21), 6(2), 711, 11-18), 8(1), 9(15, 15-18), 10(1), 1101),

12(1), 13(21, 20-34), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(25, 24-37), 2(18, 15-20), 3(1),

4(1), 5(18, 16-21), 6(2, 2-3), 7(12, 9-18), 8(1), 9(16, 14-24), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1),

13(19, 18-34), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(27, 24-38), 2(18, 15-19), 3(1), 4(1),

5(16, 14-20), 6(2), 7(12, 11-14), 8(1), 9(16, 14-20), 10(1), 111), 1201), 13(20, 17-

22), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(25, 23-30), 2(17, 14-22), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 14-

18), 6(7, 5-7), 72, 1-2), 8(3, 2-4), 9(19, 14-20), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 1319, 17-23),

14(1, 1-2). Segment VIIT: Comb scales usually 16(14-17), moderately pigmented,

their lateral fringes not extending to apex. Hair 0(1), 1(18, 15-21), 2(1), 3(7, 6-9),

4(1), 5(16, 15-20), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 2.0; integument moderately pigmen-

ted, with darker basal ring and with rows of small hairlike spicules. Pecten teeth usu-

ally 9(7-16), extending to 0.3. Hair 1(5, 4-6), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1, I-

2), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle moderately pigmented, with a darker basal ring and

with small spicules; caudal margin with spines of varying length. Gills about 2.0 of

saddle length, narrow and subequal. Hair 1(2, 2-3), 2(6, 4-6), 3(1), 4a(4, 3-5), 4b(3,

2-3), 4c(3, 3-4), 4d(4), 4e(4, 3-5), 4£(4, 3-5).

SYSTEMATICS. The adults of brevis cannot be differentiated from the apparent-

ly closely related spinosus but the immature stages of the 2 species are strikingly dif-

ferentiated as indicated in the diagnosis and in the keys. The association of all the

stages is undoubtedly correct although no complete larval rearings were made. At

present, brevis is known only from northern Panama where it has been found in the

same locality as quadrivittatus and spinosus but not in the same collections.

BIONOMICS. Immature stages of brevis have been collected in epiphytic bromeli-

ads at elevations above 4,000 feet. All 5 known adults were reared but it is possible

that the 2 females taken in biting-landing collections in Panama provisionally identi-

fied as spinosus are actually brevis.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.5). Chiriqui mountains of Panama at elevations above 4000

ft. Material examined: 58 specimens; 3 6, 2 2, 10 pupae, 43 larvae; 8 individual rear-

ings (1 larval, 4 pupal, 3 incomplete).

PANAMA. Bocas del Toro: La Zorra, elev. 4400 ft, 5 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez (PA 171, type se-

ries), 1 1d (171-105), 1 pd (171-104), 1 p? (171-102), 2 IP (171-101,103), 2 P, 18 L;6 Apr 1963,

A. Quinonez, 18 L (PA 178); 9 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez (PA 183), 1 pd (183-101), 1 p? (183-103),

1 IP (183-102), 3 L [USNM, UCLA].

20. Aedes (Howardina) spinosus Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.5 ,9,41,42

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 85

TYPES: Holotype ? (CR 13-111) with associated pupal and larval skins, near Cervantes, Car-

tago, Costa Rica, 9 Nov 1962, J.N. Belkin, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder [USNM]. Paratypes: 4

larvae (CR 13), same data as holotype [USNM, UCLA].

FEMALE. Wing: 3.33 mm. Proboscis: 2.32 mm. Forefemur: 1.8 mm. Abdomen:

3.06 mm. Holotype lacking part of hindtarsus, entire left leg and abdomen. Essential-

ly similar to brevis in all details, from which it cannot be separated. The only appar-

ent difference is in the pleural scales which are white in spinosus and dingy white in

brevis (fig.9).

MALE. Wing: 3.5 mm. Proboscis: 2.8 mm. Forefemur: 2.15 mm. Essentially sim-

ilar to female in color.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.41). Diagnostic characters as in the key. Essentially simi-

lar to brevis in all details.

PUPA (fig.41). Abdomen: 3.25 mm. Trumpet: 0.5 mm; index about 6.0. Paddle:

0.77 mm. Readily separated from brevis by the rounded or slightly produced paddle;

from quadrivittatus by 2-branched hair 9-VII and 5-branched 9-VIII. Hairs moder-

ately to darkly pigmented. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum lightly pigmented between

trumpets, lateral areas and metanotum slightly darker; trumpets moderately long,

strongly contrasting. Hair 10-C with 5 branches; 12-C double. Abdomen: Tergite I

moderately pigmented except for usual membranous areas; pigmentation of rest of

segments moderate, progressively lighter caudad. Hair 1-II 8-branched; hair 5-IV,V

long, double, exceeding apex of second tergite following; hair 9-VII distinctly larger

than 6-VII, double, long, exceeding apex of tergite; hair 9-VIII long, 5-branched.

Paddle: Uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib slightly darker; apex rounded or slight-

ly produced; hair 1-P single; external margin serrate. Female genital lobe extending

to 0.38 of paddle.

LARVA (fig.42). Head: 0.88 mm. Siphon: 0.88 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.33 mm. Read-

ily separated from quadrivittatus and lorraineae by the pilose siphon; from brevis by

the longer siphon and hair 5-C usually 5-branched (4-7). Head: Mental plate with a

strong median tooth and 11 distinct teeth (11-12) on each side, often a small de-

tached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 409, 8-11), 5(5, 4-7), 6(8, 6-9), 7(8, 8-11),

8(2, 1-3), 9(7, 5-9), 10(4, 3-5), 11(21, 17-24), 12(8, 4-10), 13(1), 14(16, 15-24),

15(3). Antenna: Length about 0.33 of head; shaft moderately pigmented and with a

few scattered spicules; hairs simple except 1(2, 2-3) which is at about 0.6 from base.

Thorax: Integument predominantly with branched, hairlike spicules. Stellate hairs

with many unequal barbed branches; long hairs with attenuate apices. Prothorax:

hair 0(18, 16-20), 1(5, 5-8), 2(1), 3(11, 10-14), 4(3, 3-5), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2), 8(16, 16-

20), 9(6, 4-7), 10(1), 11(2, 2-3), 12(1), 13(31, 20-38), 14(44, 44-60). Mesothorax:

hair 1(18, 9-20), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(6, 4-6), 7(1), 8(7, 6-7), 9(7, 4-7), 10(1),

11(2), 121), 1365, 4-7), 14(8, 5-14). Metathorax: hair 1(25, 14-27), 2(1), 3(4, 3-4),

4(18, 14-20), 5(18, 15-20), 6(1), 7(7, 5-8), 8(10, 5-10), 9(5, 4-6), 10(1), 11(1, 1-2),

12(1), 13(20, 18-24). Abdomen: Segment I: hair 1(28, 24-33), 2(25, 22-27), 3(1),

4(1), 5(20, 16-23), 6(3), 7(1, 1-2), 9(6, 6-8), 10(1), 11(22, 19-25), 13(24, 20-28).

Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(30, 26-34), 2(24, 21-28), 3(1), 4(1), 5(28, 22-31), 6(3),

7(14, 10-14), 8(1), 9(14, 11-16), 10(1), 1101), 121), 13(29, 26-31). Segment III:

hair O(1), 1(30, 22-35), 2(25, 22-29), 3(1), 4(1), 5(28, 22-31), 6(2), 7(16, 10-16),

8(1), 9(20, 11-22), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(28, 18-32), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1),

1(30, 21-36), 2(27, 20-28), 3(1), 4(1), 5(26, 19-31), 6(2), 7(16, 9-17), 8(1), 9(20,

I-22), LOT), 111), 12019, 13@7,; 20-32), 14€1). Segment V; hair 001), 1134, 23-

34), 2(24, 16-28), 3(1), 4(1), 5(26, 20-31), 6(2), 7(16, 9-19), 8(1), 9(21, 16-24),

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10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(27, 18-28), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(32, 21-33), 223,

17-27), 3(1), 4(1), 5(27, 19-29), 6(2), 7(17, 11-20), 8(1), 9(20, 15-24), 10(1), 11(),

12(1), 13(20, 16-24), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(30, 22-34), 2(25, 17-26), 3(1),

4(1), 5€18, 17-24), 6, 6-11), 7(@, 2-3), 8C1), 9@2, 10-23), 10G); 11(1), 120),

13(17, 13-20), 14(1). Segment VIII: Comb scales usually 16(14-18), moderately pig-

mented; individual scale long, pointed apically and fringed nearly to tip. Hair O(1),

1(22, 14-26), 2(1), 3(8, 7-9), 4(1), 5(12, 8-16), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 3.2-4.0;

moderately pigmented, except for dark basal ring; uniformly covered with rows of

small hairlike spicules. Pecten teeth usually 10(10-15), extending to about 0.4 before

hair 1-S; individual tooth long, pointed, with basal denticles. Hair 1(5, 4-5), 2(1), 3-5

not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(2), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle moderately pigmented ex-

cept for darker basal ring; covered with small spicules; caudal margin with serrated

spines of varying length. Gills long, subequal, as long as ventral brush. Hair 1(2), 2(6,

6-7), 3(1), 4a(5, 4-5), 4b(3, 3-4), 4c(3, 3-4), 4d(4, 3-4), 4e(3, 3-4), 4f(3, 1-3).

SYSTEMATICS. A. spinosus is recognized as a distinct species entirely on the

basis of striking and constant features of the immature stages as indicated in the diag-

nosis. The single individually reared adult (?) shows no obvious differences from the

5 individually reared specimens of brevis. Therefore, the identity of the male and the

5 females listed below is questionable; they could possibly be brevis. A. spinosus is

known at present only from areas of cloud forest above 4,000 feet in Costa Rica and

Panama. It is sympatric throughout this range with the dominant quadrivittatus. Al-

though the 2 species are reported as being associated in 2 collections of immature

stages in Costa Rica (CR 13,54), it is not known if they were actually found together

in the same bromeliads. In Panama, spinosus has been collected in the same locality

as brevis but in this instance the immature stages were not associated in a given col-

lection, suggesting an ecological barrier between the 2 species.

BIONOMICS. Immature stages of spinosus occur in epiphytic bromeliads. Two fe-

males from Panama provisionally identified as spinosus were taken in biting-landing

collections.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.5). Costa Rica and Panama (Chiriqui mountains) at eleva-

tions above 4000 ft. Material examined: 85 specimens; | 6, 6 2, 3 pupae, 75 larvae;

2 individual rearings (1 larval, 1 incomplete).

COSTA RICA. Alajuela: Volcan Poas, 14 Apr 1938, 2 1 [USNM]. Cartago: Cervantes, 9 Nov

1962, J.N. Belkin, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder (CR 13, type series), 1 Ip? (13-111), 4 L [USNM,

UCLA]. Cipreses, 1 9 [USNM]. La Sierra, elev. 6300 ft, 24 Nov 1962, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Pow-

der, 55 L(CR 54) [UCLA]. Locality not specified: C. Picado, 1 6,2 9 [UCLA, USNM].

PANAMA. Bocas del Toro: La Sierra, elev. 5400 ft, 8 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez, 5 L (PA 180),

1 9 (PA 181) [UCLA]. La Zorra, elev. 4400 ft, 5 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez, 1 L (PA 172); 6 Apr

1963, A. Quinonez, 1 IP (176-103), 1 P, 1 L (PA 176); 7 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez,5 L(PA 179); _ .

9 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez, 1 9 (PA.184) [UCLA].

Sexlineatus Group

FEMALE. Head: Median light line on vertex with narrow scales. Proboscis dis-

tinctly longer than forefemur. Torus with restricted mesal scale patch. Thorax: Meso-

notal light lines mostly white, rarely creamy; inner and outer dorsocentral lines com-

plete, subparallel; lateral marginal line continuous; scales on anterior promontory

white. Antealar area above paratergite with dark scales. Paratergite with a moderate

scale patch extending entire sclerite length. Upper ppn entirely covered with scales,

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 87

both dark and light scales present; upper stp patch quadrate. Legs: Distal white spot

on anterior surface of midfemur and hindfemur present. Tibiae predominantly dark,

with light scales in narrow longitudinal lines. Wing: Veins entirely dark scaled. Abdo-

men: Basomedian tergal light markings present on III-VII.

MALE. Palpus with basomedian light scales on segments 4,5.

MALE GENITALIA. Lobe of tergite IX prominent, with 5,6 strong bristles. Side-

pieces separated at base by a distance less than width of aedeagus; without any indi-

cation of lobes on tergomesal or sternomesal margins. Claspette represented by a

conical tubercle. Aedeagus shorter than proctiger; apex smoothly rounded, without

any indication of lateral lobes.

PUPA. Cephalothorax: Trumpet moderate, index about 5.0, distinctly flared api-

cally; hairs 10,12-C usually with a few branches. Abdomen: Hair 5-IV-V moderate,

not exceeding the apex of second tergite following; hair 9-VII moderate to strong,

distinctly larger than hair 6, exceeding lateral angle of tergite. Paddle: Short; apex

rounded. ,

LARVAE. Head: Hair 4-C weak, lightly pigmented, at least 4-branched; 5-C sin-

gle, moderate, strongly pigmented; 6-C heavy, darkly pigmented, triple or double; 7-

C moderate, double or triple; 15-C short, barely exceeding base of mental plate. Tho-

rax: Roundish in outline; integument strongly spiculate, spicules hairlike, simple.

Abdomen: Integument densely spiculate. Hair 8-VII slightly cephalodorsad of 9-VII.

Siphon: Integument imbricate; acus distinct, attached. Anal Segment: Hair 3-X dou-

ble; ventral brush with 5 pairs of hairs.

DISCUSSION. Only 1 species is recognized at this time in the Sexlineatus Group

although it is evident, as indicated under the species, that there is considerable dif-

ferentiation in some populations.

The Sexlineatus Group shows similarities with the Whitmorei Group in adult orna-

mentation (dark-scaled antealar area) and with the Allotecnon Group in the larva

(head hair 15-C short). It is the most widespread of all the groups in the section and

occurs at lower elevations than any other, particularly in the southern part of its

range in Trinidad and in lowland Ecuador where it seems to be the only species of

Howardina present (fig.4). In the central (Honduras, Panama) and northern (Mexico)

portions of its range it occurs at moderate to high elevations and may be sympatric

with the Allotecnon and Quadrivittatus Groups.

21. Aedes (Howardina) sexlineatus (Theobald)

Figs.4,9 43,44

1901.Stegomyia sexlineata Theobald, 1901:308. TYPE: Holotype ? (102), Agua Santa (St. George),

Trinidad, F.W. Urich [BM].

1907.Stegomyia dominicii Rangel and Romero-Sierra, 1907:48. TYPE: ?, Hacienda El Paraiso on

Rio Anauco [Caracas], Venezuela [LU]. NEW SYNONYMY.

Aedes (Howardina) sexlineatus of Dyar (1928:229); Edwards (1932:155); Martini (1935:49); Komp

(1936a:57); Lane (1939:101); Martinez and Prosen (1950:38-39); Lane (1953:715-716); Hors-

fall (1955:471); Martinez and Prosen (1955:23-25); Reyes (1955:74,89); Trapido, Galindo and

Carpenter (1955:530,534,537); Vargas (1956:22); Galindo and Trapido (1957:122,124,125,

134); Trapido and Galindo (1957:134); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:69); Forattini

(1965:113,232); Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo (1966a:58,287; 1966b:74,141 334-335).

Aedes (Howardina) sexlineata of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:367-368).

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Aedes sexlineatus of Urich (1913:527,528); Howard, Dyar and Knab (1917:847-849); Dyar (1918:

73); Cerqueira (1943b:33); Boshell-Manrique and Osorno-Mesa (1944:173,174,177,178); Del

Ponte, Castro and Garcia (1951:240); Aitken (1960:4).

Aedes (Soperia} sexlineata of Anduze (1941:14).

Stegomyia sexlineata of Giles (1902:377); Theobald (1903b:238,239); Blanchard (1905:260).

Gymnometopa sexlineata of Coquillett (1905:183; 1906b:25); Theobald (1907:210; 1910:219);

Surcouf and Gonzalez-Rincones (1911:212-213).

Haemagogus sexlineata of Dyar and Knab (1906a:166).

Aedes (Howardina) dominicii of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:376); Dyar (1928:231); Ed-

wards (1932:155).

Aedes (Soperia) dominicii of Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:74); Cova Garcia, Sutil and

Rausseo (1966b:80).

Stegomyia dominicii of Surcouf and Gonzalez-Rincones (1911:131,134-135; 1912:286-287).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.8 mm. Proboscis: 2.2 mm. Forefemur: 1.9 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.9 mm. Head: Light decumbent scales white. Erect scales whitish on occiput,

dark brown on sides and disc. Palpus about 0.2 of proboscis, white scales on mesal

surface and apex of segment 4. Torus light brown laterally, darker mesally and with

white scales. Thorax (fig.9): Mesonotal light lines white to dingy white; inner and

outer dorsocentral lines complete from anterior margin to scutellum, scales at level

of prescutellar area lighter; lateral marginal line short, narrow from scutal angle to

wingbase, scales longer, broader at wingbase. Antealar area above paratergite com-

pletely dark scaled. Median scutellar lobe with moderately broad dark scales laterally

and with median narrow white scales from base to apex; lateral lobes with narrow

dark scales. Paratergite scales broad, white. Apn scales white, predominantly broad,

a few anterior scales narrower; upper ppn with narrow black scales on upper half,

light to creamy narrow and broad scales on lower half, extent of black scales varied

in different populations; psp scales distinct, narrow and creamy in front, broad and

white behind; other scale patches pure white, distributed as in group. Legs: Forefe-

mur dark anteriorly except for basal creamy scales, dark posteriorly except for a nar-

row creamy longitudinal line; midfemur mostly dark anteriorly except for basal

creamy scales, a narrow mesal white line to middle and a white spot at distal 0.67,

proximal 0.6 of posterior surface white, rest dark scaled; hindfemur predominantly

dark anteriorly except for broad white line to 0.75 terminating in a white spot, pos-

terior surface white to 0.75, rest dark scaled. Foretibia and midtibia predominantly

dark except for anterior, narrow, faint white line; hindtibia dark. Foretarsus with

white scales on segments 1,2; midtarsus with short incomplete white rings on 1,2,

often a few white scales on 3; hindtarsus with broader white rings on 1-3, occasion-

ally some white scales on segment 4 and sometimes on 5. Haltere: Stem pale, knob

dark basally, fringe scales white. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal scales creamy, silvery

on VII. Sternites with broad basal V-shaped pure white patches; apical white scales

apparent up to segment V.

MALE. Wing: 2.61 mm. Proboscis: 2.43 mm. Forefemur: 1.8 mm. eRe sim-

ilar to female in color.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.43). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with 5,6 moderate setae. Sidepiece length about 3.0 of medi-

an width. Clasper about 0.5 of sidepiece, spiculate in basal 0.33. Aedeagus short,

apex uniformly sclerotized, smoothly rounded, without indication of apical lateral

lobes.

PUPA (fig.43). Abdomen: 3.6 mm. Trumpet: 0.43 mm; index about 5.0. Paddle:

0.6 mm. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moder-

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 89

ately to darkly pigmented. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately pigmented be-

tween trumpets, lateral areas and metanotum slightly darker; trumpets contrasting.

Hair 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(3, 2-5), 5(2, 2-3), 6(1, 1-2), 7(2, 2-3), 8(2, 1-4), 9(1), 10(4,

1-7), 111, 1-2), 12(3, 1-4). Abdomen: Tergite I uniformly strongly pigmented ex-

cept for usual light membranous area; segments II-VIII with imbricate integument,

strongly pigmented, progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(6-13 primary

branches, each with many secondary ones), 2(1, 1-2), 3(1, 1-2), 4(2, 2-4), 5(3, 1-6),

6(1, 1-2), 71, 1-4), 9(1, 1-3), 10(1-2; present in some), 11(1-4, present in some).

Segment IT: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-7), 2(1, 1-2), 31, 1-2), 4(2, 1-4), 5(1, 1-2), 6C1, 1-2),

7(1, 1-2) present in some, 9(1), 10(1, present in some), 11(1-2, present in some). Seg-

ment III: hair 0(1), 1(3, 1-5), 21, 1-3), 3d, 1-2), 4(2, 1-3), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(2, 1-3),

8(3, 2-4), 9(1), 101, 1-3), 11(1), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-5), 2(1), 3(2,

2-4), 4(2, 1-2), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2, 1-2), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment V:

hair 0(1),°1¢2,.1-3), 2@h, 1-2);:301; 1-3)40; 1-3); 502), 601), 102 1-4); 8, 13),

9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3(1), 41, 1-2), 5,

1-2), 6(1), 7C1, 1-2), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1), 101, 1-2), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1),

I(1, 1-2), 2(1), 31), 4€1), 51, 1-3), 6(2, 1-3), 7(1), 8(3, 1-4), 9G, 2-5), 10(1), 11(1),

14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(6, 4-9), 14(1). Paddle: Uniformly moderately

pigmented, midrib darker; external margin serrated, apex smooth; hair 1-X slender.

Male genital lobe extending to 0.59 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.41.

LARVA (fig.44). Head: 0.76 mm. Siphon: 0.65 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. Chae-

totaxy as given below, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Head: Mental plate with

a strong median tooth and 9-11 distinct teeth on either side, often a smaller detached

tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(7, 4-8), 5(1, strong), 6(3, 2-3), 7(3, 2-3), 8(1),

9(2, 2-3), 10(2, 1-2), 11(17, 10-19, stellate), 12(1), 13(1), 14(12, 12-24, stellate),

15(2, 2-4). Antenna: Length about 0.3 of head; pigmentation moderate; shaft with a

few scattered denticles. All hairs except 1-A single; hair 1-A (2, 2-3) about 0.6 from

base. Thorax: Integument strongly pilose, spicules simple, hairlike; apices of long

hairs attenuate and weakly barbed. Stellate hairs with many barbed branches. Pro-

thorax: hair 0(23, 19-25), 1(5, 2-8), 2(1, 1-2), 3(20, 18-26), 4(1, 1-3), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2,

2-3), 8(20, 15-23), 9(17, 16-24), 10(1), 11(1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(20, 18-29), 14(32, 30-

42). Mesothorax: hair 1(11, 8-15), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(4, 3-5), 7(1), 8(5, 4-6),

9(5, 4-6), 10(1), 11(2, 1-4), 121, 1-2), 13(17, 12-21), 14(16, 10-20). Metathorax:

hair 1(21, 9-21), 2(1), 3(8, 3-9), 4(13, 12-18), 5(11, 9-16), 6(1), 7(4, 3-5), 8(17, 12-

19), 9(3, 2-5), 10(1), 11(2, 2-4). 12(1), 13(22, 16-26). Abdomen: Integument and

stellate hairs as on thorax. Spicules as on thorax, but longer and more profuse on

ventral side of segments. Segment I: hair 1(20, 12-21), 2(20, 18-25), 3(1), 4(1), 5(15,

13-20), 6(2, 2-3), 7(1), 9(7, 5-10), 10(1), 11(20, 12-23), 13(15, 9-16). Segment II:

hair O(1), 1(20, 16-26), 2(20, 16-24), 3(1), 4(1, 1-2), 5(16, 12-17), 6(2, 2-3), 7(9, 5-

11), 8(1), 9(10, 6-13), 10(1, 1-2), 11€1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(14, 12-18). Segment III: hair

O(1), 1(20, 16-23), 2(20, 9-24), 3(1), 4(1), 5(14, 14-20), 6(2), 7(14, 11-17), 8(1),

9(14, 10-18), 10(1), 11€1), 12(1), 13(13, 11-17), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(20,

12-21), 2(22, 13-25), 3(1), 4(1), 5(15, 12-20), 6(2), 7(13, 10-15), 8(1), 9(18, 11-19),

101), 1101), 121), 13C11, 9-17), 141). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(17, 12-21), 2018.

17-24), 3(1), 4(1), 5(15, 13-20), 6(2), 7(12, 10-15), 8(1), 9(16, 13-19), 10(1); 11(1),

12(1), 13(10, 9-14), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(17, 12-20), 2(18, 17-22), 3(1),

4(1), 5€16, 13-17), 6(1, 1-2), 7(11, 8-12), 8C1), 9(17, 11-19), 10(2), LTC y, 12).

13(12, 8-15), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(18, 12-18), 2(18, 15-21), 3(1), 4(1),

5(13, 11-17), 6(8, 8-12), 7(1), 8, 8-10), 9(12, 12-21), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(9, 7-

12), 14(1). Segment VII: Comb scales in a single row, usually 10(8-14) in number;

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individual scale long, pointed apically and fringed nearly to tip. Hair 0(1), 1(20, 17-

24), 2(1), 3(7, 5-8), 4(1), 5(15, 12-17), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 2.1-2.4; integu-

ment moderately pigmented, imbricate. Pecten extending to 0.42-0.45, with 13-20

teeth; individual tooth long, pointed, with basal denticles. Hair 1(2, 2- 3): 2(1), 3-5

not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle moderately pigmented

and weakly spiculate; caudal margin with spines of varying length. Gills moderate,

about 1.5-2.0 of saddle length, ventral slightly shorter than dorsal. Hair 1(4, 3-5),

2(5, 3-6), 3(2), 4a(3, 2-4), 4b(2, 2-3), 4c(2, 2-3), 4d@2, 2-3), 4e(2, 2-3).

EGG. Length about 0.73 mm, width 0.1 mm; exochorion transparent, with cir-

cular clear refractile bodies; endochorion dark, with irregular polygonal sculpturing.

SYSTEMATICS. Formerly the name sexlineatus was applied to quite unrelated

forms, some of which are now recognized as distinct species in other groups of the

Sexlineatus Section. In the restricted sense used here, with the diagnostic features

mentioned under the group and the species, sexlineatus appears to be a complex of

several closely related forms. It is impossible at this time to resolve the complex

owing to the paucity or total absence of associated immature stages and even adults

from critical areas. The best diagnostic features of the complex are: (1) in the adults,

the presence of dark scales on the upper ppn and antealar area; and (2) in the larvae,

the presence of a dense vestiture of hairlike spicules on the thorax and abdomen; the

aedeagus of the male genitalia may also prove to be distinctive. I have seen samples

from populations with these characters from central and southern Mexico, Honduras,

Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad. The species has been reported from inter-

mediate areas but little reliance can be placed on these records although probably the

complex does occur throughout Central America and in Colombia.

The description of the species is based on topotypic associated material from Trin-

idad. The females and 4 males from Venezuela are so similar to those from Trinidad

except for slightly yellowish mesonotal lines that there is no question that they be-

long to the same taxon. No significant departure was noted in the limited material of

immature stages from Venezuela. From the original description and illustration it is

evident that dominicii Rangel and Romero, 1907 from the Rio Anauco is based on

this population and it is therefore synonymized here with sexlineatus. The Trinidad

and Venezuela populations appear to be confined to the coastal areas and are known

from near sea level to moderate elevations in the coastal ranges.

The Ecuador population is known only by males and females from the lowlands

of the Guayas River basin. These specimens resemble the typical populations except

for fewer dark scales on the upper ppn and a tendency toward more extensive light

scaling on the tarsi, some specimens showing some white scales on segment 3 of the

foretarsus, segments 3 and/or 4 of the midtarsus and segments 4 and/or 5 of the

hindtarsus. In the male genitalia, some of the setae of the ninth tergite lobe are slight-

ly flattened, approaching the condition characteristic of ecuadoriensis of the Elea-

norae Group.

Limited material of all stages has been examined from Panama. While the majority

of adults agree with the typical populations, 2 show a preponderance of white scales

on the upper ppn. I have not been able to detect any significant differences in the

immature stages from the typical populations.

The 3 females from Honduras, 2 females from Colombia and all adults from Mexi-

co differ from the typical populations apparently only in the presence of fewer dark

scales cn the upper ppn. In the limited material of immature stages from Mexico no

significant differences from typical populations were noted. These populations are

found at higher elevations than the typical ones, particularly the ones from Cuerna-

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vaca, Mexico (about 7,000 feet).

In the southern portion of the range, populations of sexlineatus are apparently

largely or entirely restricted to the rain forest and tropical deciduous forest at low

and moderate elevations. This may be the case even in Central America and Mexico

where sexlineatus populations are known only from higher elevations where patches

of such forests may be present.

BIONOMICS. Immature stages of sexlineatus have been collected only in epiphy-

tic bromeliads. Females are readily attracted to human bait and Trapido and Galindo

(1957) found that in Panama they bite both at ground level and in the forest canopy.

Attempts at experimental infection with the yellow fever virus have yielded negative

results in Trinidad (Aitken 1960:4). Similar negative results have been reported by

Boshell-Manrique and Osorno-Mesa (1944:174,177,178) but it is doubtful that the

Species involved was actually sexlineatus.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.4). Mexico (southern part), probably Guatemala, Honduras,

Nicaragua, possibly Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia (upper Orinoco drainage), Vene-

zuela (northern), Trinidad and Ecuador (Guayas River basin) at elevations of 250-

7006 ft. Material examined: 1099 specimens; 28 6, 684 ?, 35 pupae, 352 larvae; 32

individual rearings (1 pupal, 24 larval, 7 incomplete).

COLOMBIA. Boyaca: Cuincha, 2 9; Guamales, 2 9; San Isidro, 3 9 (Boshell-Manrique and Osor-

no-Mesa 1944:174,177,178). Meta: Retiro, 15-16-19 Aug 1935, 2 9 [UCLA, USNM].

_ ECUADOR. Babahoyo, Aug 1938, F. Campos, 4 6, 18 2 [USNM] ; Balzapamba, Aug 1938, F.

Campos, 4 d, 1 2 [USNM], 6 ? (KO 209A-21), 1939 or 1941, H. Hansen, 2 ? (KO 209A-14)

[UCLA] . Guayaquil, J. Murdock, 2 6,3 9 [USNM].

HONDURAS. Tegucigalpa, 15 July 1945, 3 9 [USNM]. :

MEXICO. Chiapas: San Cristobal (Martini 1935:49). Tuxtla, 23 July 1963, E. Fisher (MF 8),

21 2; Sumidero, 17 Aug 1964, D. Verity, 1 lpd (117-11), 4 L (MEX 117), 1 lpd (118-10); 17 Aug

1964, E. Fisher and D. Verity, 1 9? (MEX 120), 1 9 (MEX 121), 8 9 (MEX 128) [UCLA]. Morelos:

Cuernavaca, elev. 7000 ft, 29 July 1961, R. and K. Driesbach, 2 6, 2 9 [USNM]. Veracruz: Cordo-

ba, 12 July 1964, E. Fisher and D. Verity, 5 9 (MEX 18), 1 9? (MEX 19), 1 9 (MEX 21); 13 July

1964, E. Fisher and D. Verity, 3 9 (MEX 26), 1 Ip¢ (28-14), 1 Ip? (28-11); 16 July 1964, E. Fisher

and D. Verity, 1 L (MEX 38) [UCLA].

NICARAGUA. Villa Somoza, Aug, Sept, Nov 1953, 1 9 (Galindo and Trapido 1957:146).

PANAMA. Bocas del Toro: Almirante, 1952-53, 77 A (Trapido and Galindo 1957:122,125).

Cocle: El Valle, elev. 2000 ft, 14 Aug 1963, A. Quinonez (PA 533), 1 IP (533-101); Valle de Anton,

elev. 2400 ft, 13 Aug 1963, A. Quinonez (PA 504), 3 Ip (504-101,102,108), 1 Ip? (504-104), 1 pd

(504-103), 1 IP (504-106) [UCLA]. Tucue, elev. 1000 ft, 12 June-14 Dec 1950, 2 A (Trapido,

Galindo and Carpenter 1955:530). Panama: Campana, elev. 2000 ft, 14 June-6 Dec 1950, 24 A

(Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter 1955:530).

TRINIDAD. Caroni: Brasso Venado, elev. 400 ft, 21 June 1964, R.L. Manuel and R. Martinez,

24 9 (TR 513) [UCLA]. Mayaro: Bush Bush Forest, 9 Dec 1963, TRVL, 2 9 (TR 62); 20 Dec

1963, TRVL, 1 ? (TR 5); 27 Dec 1963, TRVL, 6 2? (TR 21); 30 Dec 1963, TRVL, 2 2 (TR 10);

17 Jan 1964, TRVL, 4 9° (TR 28); 22 Jan 1964, TRVL, 1 2 (TR 40) [UCLA]. Nariva: Archers

Estate, 5 Nov 1964, A. Guerra, 1 9? (TR 819) [UCLA]. Biche, elev, 250 ft, 9 July 1964, F. Powd-

har, 3 9 (TR 563) [UCLA]. Charuma Forest, elev. 500 ft, 27 Aug 1964, A. Guerra, 24 9 (TR 644);

8 Oct 1964, A. Guerra, 3 2? (TR 761) [UCLA]. St. Andrew: Caratal Road, elev. 250 ft, 3 Dec

1964, F. Powdhar, 1 ? (TR 866) [UCLA]. Coryal, elev. 250 ft, 18 June 1964, A. Guerra, 29(TR

498) [UCLA]. Mt. Harris, 23-31 July 1924, C.L. Withycombe, 1 9 [USNM]; elev. 250 ft, 16 July

1964, F. Powdhar, 16 9? (TR 573) [UCLA] . Nestor Village, elev. 100 ft, 12 June 1965, A. Guerra,

1 2 (TR 484) [UCLA]. Tamana, 1945, 1 9 [USNM];Mt. Tamana, elev. 250 ft, 19 June 1964, A.

Guerra, 43 ? (TR 512); 20 Aug 1964, A. Guerra, 1 9? (TR 619); elev. 1000 ft, 23 Aug 1964, R.L.

Manuel and R. Martinez, 5 2? (TR 620) [UCLA]. Valencia, Cumaca, elev. 1000 ft, 3 Sept 1964, A.

Guerra, 2 9 (TR 654); El Quemado Road, elev. 250 ft, 3 July 1964, F. Powdhar, 1 9 (TR 547)

[UCLA] . St. David: Sans Souci, elev. 250 ft, 5 Mar 1964, A. Guerra, 1 9 (TR 151) [UCLA]. St.

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George: Aripo Valley, elev. 500 ft, 16 Apr 1964, A. Guerra, 1 2 (TR 330) [UCLA] . Blanchisseuse,

2 Aug 1945, 18 9; 2 Sept 1945, 1 9 [USNM]; 1 9 (KO 209A-36) [UCLA] ; road to Blanchisseuse,

2 Mar 1945, 2 9 [USNM]. Guanapo Valley, elev. 1500 ft, 17 Apr 1964, A. Guerra, 1 ? (TR 339)

[UCLA]. Heights of Guanapo, elev. 800 ft, 26 Mar 1964, A. Guerra, 1 9 (TR 259); elev. 1000 ft,

22 Apr 1965, A. Guerra, 63 2 (TR 1129) [UCLA]. La Laja Road, elev. 1000 ft, 11 Mar 1965, A.

Guerra, 44 ? (TR 1036) [UCLA]. La Laja Trace, 11 Mar 1965, 2 Ipd (1041-22,41), 1 Ip? (1041-

18), 2 lp (1041-21,23), 2 P, 33 L, 13 1 [UCLA]. Las Lapas Trace, elev. 2000 ft, 3 Apr 1964, A.

Guerra, 12 9 (TR 281) [UCLA]. Mt. Beck, elev. 1000 ft, 29 Apr 1965, A. Guerra, 1 9 (TR 1132)

[UCLA]. Port of Spain, 26 Aug 1945, 1 @ [USNM]. Simla, 25 Mar 1965, M.J. Moody, 6 ° (TRM

15) [UCLA]. Springhill Estate, elev. 1200 ft, 25 Mar 1965, A. Guerra and M.J. Moody (TRM 12),

2 Ip? (12-50,52), 10 L; 25 Mar 1965, A. Guerra, 2 lp? (1056-11,14), 1 P,5 L,11(TR 1056), 3 Ip?

(1063-31,81,82), 6 2, 86 L(TR 1063), 2 Ipd (1064-11,12), 1 9, 3 L(TR 1064) [UCLA]. Verdant

Vale, elev. 1000 ft, 10 Sept 1964, A. Guerra, 5 9? (TR 686); elev. 500 ft, 12 Nov 1964, A. Guerra,

21 2(TR 831); 9 Apr 1965, elev. 1200 ft, A. Guerra, 3 ?, 132 L(TR 1098), 1 Ipd (1099-33), 3 Ip?

(1099-11 21,22), 3 IP (1099-12,31,32), 34 L [UCLA]. County not specified: June 1905, A. Busck,

15 9; A. Busck, 7 9; F.W. Urich, 1 9 [USNM]. :

VENEZUELA. Anzoategui: Puerto La Cruz, Sept 1944, W.H.W. Komp, 1 ? (KO 209A-15),

2 6 (KO 209A-20); 26 Sept 1944, W.H.W. Komp, 10 ? (KO 209A-24), 23 2 (KO 209A-27), 24A

(KO 209A-35) [UCLA]. Aragua: Guamitas, elev. 1200 m, 27 Jan 1927, M.N. Tovar, 3 2; 24 Aug

1927, M.N. Tovar, 136 9; 27 Aug 1927, M.N. Tovar, 1 ? [USNM]. La Providencia (Cova Garcia,

Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:74). Maracay, 2 July 1927, M.N. Tovar, 2 9;M.N. Tovar, 1 9 [USNM].

Rancho Grande, 2 Nov 1962, I. Ortiz C., 7 9? [USNM]. Turmero (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo

1966b:74). Distrito Federal: Caracas, 21 July 1938, 1 6;P.J. Anduze, 1 6, 1 9 [USNM]; Hacienda

El Paraiso, 9 (Rangel and Romero-Sierra 1907). Carayaca (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:

74). Miranda: El Hatillo (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:74). Monagas: Guacharo, F.M.

Root, 5 2?(VZR 267) [UCLA].

Whitmorei Group

FEMALES. Head: Median light line on vertex with moderately broad scales. Pro-

boscis subequal to forefemur in length. Torus with an almost complete ring of white

scales broken only dorsally. Thorax: Mesonotal light lines usually white to silvery;

inner dorsocentral line complete; outer dorsocentral line shorter, not reaching ante-

rior margin, diverging outwards anteriorly; lateral marginal line broken into narrow

prescutal, antealar and supraalar patches; scales on anterior promontory white. An-

tealar area above paratergite with dark scales. Paratergite and ppn with restricted

light patch confined to posterior half; upper stp patch narrow, elongate. Legs: Distal

white spot on anterior surface of midfemur present, absent on hindfemur. Tibiae

predominantly dark, with light lines or scattered scales. Wing: Veins entirely dark

scaled. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light markings absent.

MALES. Palpus predominantly dark, white scales restricted to base of segments 4

and 5.

MALE GENITALIA. Lobe of tergite [IX prominent, with a few (5-7) strong or

many (about 12) weak bristles. Sidepieces separated at base by a distance greater

than width of aedeagus; tergomesal and/or sternomesal margins with more or less

distinct median lobes. Claspette completely absent. Aedeagus moderate to long,

shorter than or subequal to proctiger; apex deeply emarginate, with distinct apical

horns.

PUPA (whitmorei only). Cephalothorax: Trumpets short, index about 3.0, not

expanded apically; hair 10-C branched, 12-C single or double. Abdomen: Hair 5-IV-V

moderate, not exceeding apex of second tergite following; hair 9-VII moderate,

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 93

branched, exceeding lateral angle of tergite. Paddle: Moderate; apex rounded.

LARVA (whitmorei only). Head: Hairs 4-7-C moderately pigmented, all at least

5-branched; hair 15-C moderate, exceeding apex of mental plate. Thorax: Squarish

in outline; integument strongly spiculate, spicules hairlike, simple. Abdomen: Integ-

ument strongly uniformly spiculate. Hair 8-VII slightly cephalodorsad of 9-VII. Si-

phon: integument distinctly spiculate; acus distinct, attached. Anal Segment: Hair 3-

X single; ventral brush with 5 pairs of hairs.

DISCUSSION. The Whitmorei Group of 2 species is the subgenus Soperia of au-

thors, which is based on a misidentified species (see discussion under subgenus How-

ardina). This group is a very distinct one in adult ornamentation and male genitalia

but is obviously related to other groups in the Sexlineatus Section. Its closest affini-

ties seem to be with the Sexlineatus and Allotecnon Groups. The immature stages of

whitmorei are less differentiated from other groups of the Sexlineatus Section than

are those of walkeri from other groups of the Walkeri Section.

The Whitmorei Group is known at present only from Colombia, Venezuela, Bo-

livia and probably Argentina (fig.5). Although whitmorei and pseudodominicii have

been found together in Meta, Colombia, the 2 species may be largely allopatric, whit-

morei occupying the northern part of the range of the group. A. pseudodominicii

penetrates into the Amazon basin at an elevation of less than 2,000 feet in Chimore,

Bolivia and apparently into the La Plata basin at moderate elevations in northern Ar-

gentina. It is also possible that this group is represented on the eastern slope of the

Andes in Ecuador (Levi-Castillo 1953:40).

22. Aedes (Howardina) whitmorei Dunn

Figs.5 ,9,45 46

1918.Aedes whitmorei Dunn, 1918:128-130. TYPE: Lectotype 2, near emerald mines, Muzo, Co-

lombia, 1916, E.R. Whitmore [USNM; selection of Stone and Knight 1956:226].

Aedes (Howardina) whitmorei of Bonne and Bonne-Wepster (1925:375); Dyar (1928:230); Ed-

wards (1932:156); Horsfall (1955 :471).

Aedes (Soperia) whitmorei of Lane (1939:98); Anduze (1941:14; 1943:193; 1947:357); Lane

(1953:701-703); Reyes (1955:74,89); Stone and Knight (1956:226); Stone, Knight and Starcke

(1959:173); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:9); Forattini (1965 :405); Cova Garcia, Sutil

and Rausseo (1966a:57,275; 1966b:80-81,141 339).

Aedes whitmorei of Antunes (1937b:77); Senevet and Quievreux (1941:258); Boshell-Manrique

and Osorno-Mesa (1944:173,174,175,177,178).

Aedes (Soperia) dominicii of Komp (1936a:63; 1936b:73-74).

Aedes dominicii in part of Bates (1944:165 166; 1945:23; 1949:16,61,320); Bugher, Boshell-Man-

rique et al (1944:33,37).

FEMALE. Wing: 2.7 mm. Proboscis: 1.98 mm. Forefemur: 1.98 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.4 mm. Head: Light decumbent scales on vertex silvery white. Erect scales

light on occiput, darkened on sides. Palpus about 0.16 of proboscis, with silvery

white scales on apex of segment 4. Torus with silvery white scales. Thorax (fig.9):

Mesonotal light lines white; inner dorsocentral line very narrow; outer dorsocentral

line narrow but with a distinct broad silvery spot of broad scales at anterior end in

fossa; lateral marginal line broken into lateral prescutal line, a small antealar and a

larger supraalar patches, lateral prescutal nearly continuous but apparently broken at

level of humeral bristle. Median scutellar lobe laterally with broad dark scales and

94 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

with median broad silvery white scales from base to apex; lateral lobes with a few

narrow silvery white scales. Scales on paratergite broad, silvery. Pleural scales broad

and silvery; lower ppn patch adjoining upper ssp; other patches as in the group. Legs:

Forefemur predominantly dark on both sides except for narrow white longitudinal

line posteriorly; midfemur dark anteriorly except for a silvery spot at distal 0.67,

proximal 0.5 of posterior surface white, rest dark; hindfemur predominantly white

anteriorly to 0.67, distal part dark, proximal 0.5 of posterior surface white, distal

dark. Tibiae usually dark, a few whitish scales at base. Foretarsus and midtarsus with

short incomplete white rings on segments 1 ,2; hindtarsus with moderately broad ones

on 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly dark, fringe scales whitish. Abdo-

men: Basomedian tergal pure white scales evident on segments V-VII. Sternites with

broad basal V-shaped pure white patches; apical light scales inconspicuous.

MALE. Wing: 2.5 mm. Proboscis: 2.34 mm. Forefemur: 1.89 mm. Essentially sim-

ilar to female in color; only apparent difference is a small ventromedian white spot

on the proboscis.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.45). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with 6,7 moderately strong bristles. Sidepiece rather short,

length about 2.0 of median width; tergomesal margin with a row of unpigmented

leaflike setae, sternomesal lobe with a dense tuft of pigmented leaflike setae on an

elevated flap. Clasper about 0.5 of sidepiece, with spicules in basomesal area; spini-

form moderately long, about 0.35 of clasper length. Aedeagus narrow, subequal to

proctiger, apex deeply emarginate, with distinct horns curved laterally.

PUPA (fig.45). Abdomen: 2.86 mm. Trumpet: 0.32 mm; index about 3.0. Paddle:

0.67 mm. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs mod-

erately pigmented. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum lightly pigmented between trumpets,

lateral areas slightly darker; metanotum uniformly moderately pigmented. Trumpets

short, strongly pigmented and contrasting. Hair 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(3, 2-4), 5(2), 6(1),

7(2), 8(1, 1-3), 9C1, 1-2), 10(4, 2-5), 11(1), 12(2, 1-2). Abdomen: Tergite I uniform-

ly lightly pigmented, except for usual membranous areas; rest of segments imbricate

and lightly pigmented, progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(7-12 primary

branches, each with few secondary ones), 2(1), 3(1), 4(2, 2-3), 5(1, 1-3), 6(1), 7(1),

9(1), 10(1, present in a few), 11(2, 1-4, present in a few). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(4,

2-5), 2(1), 31), 4(@2, 2-3), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(1, 1-2), 8(1), 9(1), 10(1). Segment IIT:

hair OC] ), 1G, 2-3), 201), 3€2), 4C1, 1I-2), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7@, 1-3); 8(1, 1-2), 901),

10(1), 11€1), 141). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-4), 2(1), 3(2, 2-3), 4(1), 5(2), 6(1),

7(2, 2-4), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1), 101), 11(1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(1),

3(1), 4(2, 1-4), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2, 2-5), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1), 10(1), 1101), 14(1). Segment VI:

hair O(1), 1€1, 1-3), 21), 31), 4(1, 1-2), 5(2), 6(1), 71, 1-3), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1), 10Q1,

1-2), 11(1), 141). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6Q, 2-3),

7(1), 8(3, 3-4), 9(5, 4-6), 10(1), 11€1), 14€1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(10, 8-

11), 141, 1-2). Paddle: Uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib slightly darker; external

margin serrated. Male genital lobe extending to 0.5 of paddle, female genital lobe to

0.39.

LARVA (fig.46). Head: 0.84 mm. Siphon: 0.81 mm. Anal Saddle: about 0.3 mm.

Diagnostic characters as in the key. Head: Width subequal to length; pigmentation

moderate except around mouthparts where it is deeper. Mental plate with a strong

median tooth and 11 distinct teeth on each side, often a smaller detached tooth at

base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(15, 10-16), 5(6, 5-8), 6(7, 6-7), 7(14, 11-17), 8(3, 3-6),

9(11, 8-14), 10(1), 11(20, 16-20), 12(5, 4-7), 13(1), 14(14, 11-14), 15(3, 2-3). An-

tenna: Length about 0.32 of head; shaft rather uniformly pigmented and with a few

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 95

scattered spicules; hair 1(3, 2-3), other single. Thorax: Stellate hairs with many un-

equal, weakly barbed branches; long hairs attenuate apically and weakly barbed. Pro-

thorax: hair 0(19, 19-23), 1(5, 4-6), 2(1), 3(21, 13-23), 4(1), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2), 8(@20,

16-20), 9(14, 14-17), 10(€1), 11(€1), 12€1), 13(22, 20-25), 14(34-51). Mesothorax:

hair 1(14, 13-20), 2(1), 3(1), 41), 5(1), 6(5, 4-6), 7(1), 8(6, 6-7), 9(5, 4-6), 10(1),

11(2, 1-3), 12(1), 13(17, 10-19), 14(16, 16-21). Metathorax: hair 1(25, 20-27), 2(1),

3(2, 1-2), 418, 17-19), 5(18, 17-23), 6(1), 7(5, 4-6), 8(18, 16-22), 9(4, 3-6), 10(1),

11(2, 1-2), 12(1), 13(22, 19-24). Abdomen: Integument and stellate hairs as on tho-

rax. Segment I: hair 1(23, 20-25), 2(20, 20-25), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 14-23), 6(2, 2-3),

7(1), 9(8, 7-8), 10(1), 11018, 15-20), 13(22, 22-25). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(21, 20-

24), 2(22, 18-25), 3(1), 4(1), 5(24, 18-24), 6(2, 2-3), 7(10, 9-10), 8(1), 9(14, 9-15),

101), 111), 121), 13@20, 19-24). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(22, 19-25), 2(21, 18-

27), 3(1), 4(1), 5(19, 17-26), 6(2), 7(17, 14-20), 8(1), 9(16, 14-21), 10(1), 1101),

12(1), 13(@20, 16-26), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(20, 17-24), 2(22, 20-22), 3(1),

4(1), 5(22, 18-25), 6(2), 7(15, 9-18), 8(1), 9(19, 18-23), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 1318,

14-20), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(22, 16-23), 2(19, 17-23), 3(1), 4(1), 5(20, 18-

23), 6(2), 7(15, 12-18), 8(1), 9(19, 18-24), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 1319, 16-22), 14(1).

Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(19, 19-23), 2(19, 18-23), 3(1), 4(1), 5(21, 18-22), 6(1),

7(11, 10-18), 8(1), 9(20, 17-21), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13(17, 13-18), 14€1, 1-2). Seg-

ment VII: hair 0(1), 1(20, 18-21), 2(18, 16-22), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 16-22), 6(10, 10-

13), 71), 810, 8-11), 9(16, 11-18), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(11, 10-14), 14(@2, 1-2).

Segment VIIT: Comb scales usually 12(9-12) in number, in a single row; individual

scale long, pointed apically and fringed almost to tip. Hair 0(1), 1(28, 22-28), 2(1),

3(8, 7-9), 4€1), 5(15, 10-19), 14(2, 2-3). Siphon: Index about 3.0, distinctly swollen

in middle; integument uniformly moderately to strongly pigmented, with darker

basal ring, uniformly spiculate. Pecten teeth usually 16(14-20) in number, extending

to 0.4 before hair 1-S. Hair 1(3, 2-3), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1).

Anal Segment: Saddle strongly pigmented, with darker basal ring; integument uni-

formly covered with spicules; caudal margin with spines of varying length; gills sub-

equal, long, more than 2.0 of saddle length. Hair 1(2), 2(4, 3-4), 3(1), 4a(2), 4b(2),

4c(2, 1-2), 4d(2, 1-2), 4e(1, 1-2).

SYSTEMATICS. A. whitmorei is a very strikingly differentiated species errone-

ously synonymized with dominicii by Komp (1936a:53); the latter as shown here is

undoubtedly sexlineatus (see). Its only close relative is pseudodominicii, whose im-

mature stages are unknown. In ornamentation of the adults and in male genitalia the

2 species are readily separated by the features mentioned in the diagnoses and keys.

A. whitmorei is known at present from both sides of the Cordillera Oriental in Co-

lombia and from the Cordillera de la Costa in northcentral Venezuela; it probably

occurs also in the intermediate areas in the Cordillera de Merida in western Venezue-

la. On the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental whitmorei is sympatric with pseu-

dodominicii whose distribution extends on down to northern Argentina along the

eastern slopes of the Andes.

BIONOMICS. Immature stages of whitmorei have been collected in epiphytic bro-

meliads at elevations of about 3,000 feet. Dunn’s (1918:130) record from ‘“‘small

heavily shaded pools of clear but apparently stagnant water” is probably erroneous.

According to Bates (1949:16,61), whitmorei (as dominicii) is a relatively common

diurnal forest mosquito in the region of Villavicencio in Colombia; the females bite

both at ground level and in tree stations; and males are often observed hovering over

men and animals in the forest. Experimental infections of this species (also as domi-

nicii) with yellow fever virus have been unsuccessful (Bugher, Boshell-Manrique et al

96 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

1944:33,37).

DISTRIBUTION (fig.5). Colombia (upper Orinoco and Magdalena drainages) and

Venezuela (Cordillera de Merida and Cordillera de la Costa) at moderate elevations.

Material examined: 104 specimens; 32 6, 43 9, 7 pupae, 22 larvae; 7 individual larval

rearings.

COLOMBIA. Boyaca: Las Animas, 500 yds from mine, 17 Aug 1916, 6 ? [USNM] . Muzo, em-

erald mines, E.R. Whitmore, 1 9; 16 Aug 1916, E.R. Whitmore, 10 , type series [USNM]. Guamales,

51 9; Tamborredondo, 1 9; Cuincha, 162 2; San Isidro, 37 2 (Boshell-Manrique and Osorno-Mesa

1944:174,175,177,178). Meta: Palucho, 3 6, 2 2? [USNM]. Restrepo, 17 July 1935, W.H.W. Komp,

1 6, 1 2 (KO 203A-10); 20 Aug 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 1 6 (KO 209A-2) [UCLA]; Aug 1935,

W.H.W. Komp, 2 6, 3 2; 9 Sept 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 1 6,2 ?, 101 [USNM], 2 6, 3 2 (KO 209A-

28) [UCLA]; 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 1 6 (KO 209A-40), i 6 (KO 209A-42), 1 d (KO 209A-44)

[UCLA]; July 1935, 2 6; Sept 1935, 2 9; 1935, 2 6; 4 June 1940, 1 6; 2 d [USNM]; Retiro, 22

Aug 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 5 6; 15-16-19 Aug 1935, 2 ? [USNM]. Villavicencio, Buena Vista, elev.

3000 ft, 9 July 1965, E. Osorno-Mesa et al (COB 68), 1 Ipd (68-30), 2 L [UCLA] ; 4 June 1942,

W.H.W. Komp, 2 6 [USNM]; Forzosa, 25 Oct 1943, M. Bates, 1 ? [USNM] ; Quebrada Colorado,

elev. 2300 ft, 9 July 1965, E. Osorno-Mesa et al (COB 67), 4 Ipd (67-20,22,23 125), 2 Ip? (67-21,

24),3 L [UCLA].

VENEZUELA. Aragua: Ocumare de la Costa, 5 July 1927, M.N. Tovar, 5 ? [USNM]. Rancho

Grande, 2 Nov 1942, I. Ortiz C., 3 9 [USNM]. Distrito Federal: Caracas (Anduze 1943:193; Cova

Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:80). Cementerio (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:81).

Merida: Bailadores (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:81). Tovar (Anduze 1947:357). Tachira:

Jaurequi and Uribante (Anduze 1947:357). :

23. Aedes (Howardina) pseudodominicii Komp

Figs.5 9,58

1936.Aedes pseudodominicii Komp, 1936a:75. TYPE: Holotype 6, Restrepo, Meta, Colombia,

Aug-Sept 1935, E. Osorno-Mesa [NE].

1955.Aedes (H.) delpontei Martinez and Prosen, 1955:35-40. TYPE: Holotype 6, Chapare, Cocha-

bamba, Bolivia, elev. 6000 ft, Jan 1949, Feb 1952 or Nov 1953, Martinez and Prosen

[MEPRA]. NEW SYNONYMY.

Aedes (Soperia) pseudodominicii of Komp (1936b:63; 1956:37).

Aedes (Soperia) dominicii of Antunes (1937a:16; 1937b:76-77); Lane (1939:98); Senevet and

Quievreux (1941:258); Anduze (1943:192-193); Boshell-Manrique and Osorno-Mesa (1944:173,

174,175,177,178); Levi-Castillo (1952:555; 1953:40); Lane (1953:700-701); Reyes (1955:73,

89); Stone , Knight and Starcke (1959:173); Forattini (1965: 405).

Aedes (Soperia) dominicii in part of Bates (1944:165 166; 1945:23; 1949:16,61,320); Bugher, Bo-

shell-Manrique, et al (1944:33,37).

Aedes (Howardina) dominicii of Horsfall (1955:471).

Aedes (H.) delpontei of Martinez and Prosen (1959:603,605); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:

174); Prosen, Carcavallo and Martinez (1964:104,119).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.42 mm. Proboscis: 2.61 mm. Forefemur: 2.61 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.24 mm. Similar to whitmorei but usually slightly larger in size and differing

in the following. Head: Light decumbent scales white. Erect scales on occiput and

sides whitish. Palpus about 0.17 of proboscis, with a few mesal and apical white

scales on segment 4. Torus scales white. Thorax (fig.9): Mesonotal light lines white,

rarely faintly creamy; inner and outer dorsocentral line without silvery spot in fossal

area. Scutellar light scales white. Pleural scale patches white and distributed as in

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 97

whitmorei. Legs: Forefemur predominantly auburn except for a few basal white

scales anteriorly and a narrow longitudinal line posteriorly; midfemur predominantly

auburn except for a white spot at distal 0.67 anteriorly and a mesal white line to

middle posteriorly; hindfemur predominantly white on both sides, rest mostly au-

burn; midfemur and hindfemur with a short mesal patch merging with knee spot.

Foretibia predominantly auburn, with a few scattered white scales; midtibia and

hindtibia with a continuous white line, rest auburn. Foretarsus with a few white

scales on segment 1; midtarsus with short incomplete white ring on 1; hindtarsus with

broader white rings on segments 1,2. Haltere: Stem brownish, knob predominantly

auburn, with a few white fringe scales. Abdomen: Basal sternal light scales white,

apical white scales apparent to segment V, rest auburn.

MALE. Wing: 2.52 mm. Proboscis: 2.34 mm. Forefemur: 1.9 mm. Essentially sim-

ilar to female in color. Proboscis completely dark.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.58). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with many (about 12) narrow bristles. Sidepiece rather short,

broader at the middle, tergomesal area with few and sternomesal area with numerous

narrow setae. Clasper about 0.6 of sidepiece, stout, curved; spiniform short. Aedea-

gus shorter than proctiger; dorsal sclerotization deeply emarginate, apical horns dis-

tinct, curved upwards and dorsally.

PUPA, LARVA unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. A. pseudodominicii is a distinct, clearly marked species errone-

ously synonymized by Antunes (1937a:16) with dominicii; the latter is actually sex-

lineatus (see). On the basis of ornamentation of the adults (only stages known), pseu-

dodominicii is evidently closely related to whitmorei, which has also been confused

(Komp 1936a:53; 1936b:73-74) with dominicii. The 2 species are easily distinguished

by the diagnostic features given above. A. pseudodominicii apparently occurs at mod-

erate elevations only along the eastern slopes of the Andes, from the Cordillera Ori-

ental in Colombia, where it is sympatric with whitmorei, all the way down to north-

ern Argentina. It penetrates the upper reaches of the 3 main eastern drainage sys-

tems of South America, the Orinoco, Amazon and La Plata. Although I have not seen

any of the type material of delpontei Martinez and Prosen, 1955, it is evident that

this population from Bolivia is conspecific with the typical population from Colom-

bia as the original description of delpontei obviously matches in all pertinent details

the diagnostic features of pseudodominicii as do 2 females collected by Torres-Munez

at the type locality of delpontei. I have not seen the female paratype of delpontei

from Argentina but see no reason to doubt its conspecificity with the material from

Bolivia and Colombia.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of pseudodominicii are unknown but undoubt-

edly will be found in epiphytic and/or terrestrial bromeliads. It is very likely that the

reports of Bates (1949) and Bugher and Boshell-Manrique et al (1944) mentioned un-

der whitmorei apply at least in part to pseudodominicii since at that time both spe-

cies were probably identified as dominicii.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.5). Colombia (upper Orinoco and Magdalena drainages), Bo-

livia (upper Amazon drainage) and Argentina (upper La Plata drainage) at moderate

elevations. Material examined: 20 specimens; 10 6, 10 2; no individual rearings.

ARGENTINA. Salta: Campamento San Pedro S.0.C., Departamento San Martin, 1 ? paratype

of delpontei (Martinez and Prosen 1955:40).

BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Chapare, Chimore, 29 June 1944, Torres-Munoz, 1 ?; 29 Apr 1944,

1 9 [USNM]. Za Paz: Nor Yungas, A (Prosen, Carcavallo and Martinez 1964:104).

COLOMBIA. Boyaca: La Bodega, 22 ?;Guamales, 58 2; Tamborredondo, 33 2; Cuincha, 19 9;

98 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

San Isidro, 15 ? (Boshell-Manrique and Osorno-Mesa 1944:173,174,175,177,178). Meta: Palucho,

2 6 [USNM]. Restrepo, 26 July 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 1 ? (KO 209A-39); 20 Aug 1935, W.H.W.

Komp, 4 6 (KO 209A-2) [UCLA]; 7 Sept 1935, E. Osorno-Mesa, 1 6; 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 1 d;

July 1935, 1 9 [USNM]; Retiro, 26 July 1935, W.H.W. Komp, 3 ? (KO 209A-31) [UCLA] ; 15-19

Aug 1935, 16, 2 9 [USNM]. Villavicencio, Buena Vista, 4 June 1942, W.H.W. Komp, 1 d [USNM].

Allotecnon Group

FEMALES. Head: Median light line on vertex with narrow scales. Proboscis dis-

tinctly longer than forefemur. Torus with a restricted mesal scale patch. Thorax:

Mesonotal light lines golden; inner and outer dorsocentral lines complete, subparallel;

lateral marginal line continuous; scales on anterior promontory creamy to golden.

Antealar area above paratergite with golden scales. Paratergite with a moderate scale

patch extending entire sclerite length. Upper ppn entirely covered with light scales;

upper stp patch narrow, elongate. Legs: Distal white spot on anterior surface of mid-

femur and hindfemur present. Tibiae completely dark. Wing: Veins entirely dark

scaled. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light markings present on III-VII.

MALE (allotecnon only). Palpus with basomedian light scales on segments 4 and

MALE GENITALIA (allotecnon only). Lobe of tergite IX not prominent, with

3,4 strong bristles. Sidepieces separated at base by a distance less than width of

aedeagus; without any indication of lobes on tergomesal or sternomesal margins.

Claspette represented by a conical tubercle. Aedeagus shorter than proctiger; apex

shallowly emarginate, lateral lobes inconspicuous.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Trumpet moderate, index about 6.5, not expanded api-

cally; hairs 10,12-C usually single or double. Abdomen: Hair 5-IV-V long, usually ex-

ceeding apex of second tergite following; hair 9-VII short, slightly larger than 6, usu-

ally not exceeding lateral angle of tergite. Paddle: Moderate to long, usually slightly

produced on apex.

LARVAE. Head: Hair 4-C weak, lightly pigmented, at least 4-branched; 5-C sin-

gle, moderate, strongly pigmented; 6-C heavy, strongly pigmented, double; 7-C mod-

erate, double or triple; 15-C very short, not extending cephalad of base of mental

plate. Thorax: Quadrate in outline; integument glabrous. Abdomen: Integument

covered with small spinelike spicules, restricted to dorsal and ventral surfaces (only

ventral in guerrero). Hair 8-VII caudolaterad of 9-VII. Siphon: Integument imbricate;

acus distinct, separate. Anal Segment: Hair 3-X double; ventral brush with 5 pairs of

hairs.

DISCUSSION. The Allotecnon Group of 3 species is readily recognized by the

unique pleural scale pattern of the adults (particularly the long narrow upper stp

scale patch) and the short, spinelike spicules on the abdominal segments of the lar-

vae.

The group is known only in Central America and is sympatric with the Quadri-

vittatus Group from southern Mexico to central Panama (figs.5,6). A. allotecnon, the

only widespread species, occupies primarily the central and southern parts of the

range of the group but is also known from Chiapas and the southern end of the Sierra

Madre Oriental in Mexico; guerrero is apparently endemic to the Sierra Madre del

Sur in Mexico; and guatemala is known only from 2 collections on the Pacific slope

of central Guatemala. The 3 species appear to be allopatric.

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 99

24. Aedes (Howardina) allotecnon Kumm, Komp and Ruiz

Figs.6,9 47,48

1940.Aedes (Howardina) allotecnon Kumm, Komp and Ruiz, 1940:417. TYPE: Lectotype d with

associated larval skin, Poas Volcano, Costa Rica, elev. 9000 ft, 14 Apr 1933, H.W. Kumm

[USNM; selection of Stone and Knight 1956:214]. :

Aedes (Howardina) allotecnon of Kumm and Komp (1941:18-22); Kumm and Zuniga (1942:404);

Trapido, Galindo and Carpenter (1955:530,534); Stone and Knight (1956:213); Vargas (1956:

22); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:173); Belkin, Schick and Heinemann (1965:12); Forattini

(1965:399); Stone (1967:208).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.5 mm. Proboscis: 2.71 mm. Forefemur: 2.1 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.24 mm. Head: Light decumbent scales on median stripe and short orbital line

creamy; broad light scales on sides and venter whitish. Erect scales on occiput dark.

Palpus about 0.19 of proboscis, with white scales on apex and mesal side of segment

4. Thorax (fig.9): Inner and outer dorsocentral lines creamy to pale golden, com-

plete; lateral marginal line short, extending from scutal angle to wingbase, appearing

broad due to presence of creamy scales in antealar area above paratergite. Median

scutellar lobe with moderately broad dark scales laterally and median creamy to

golden narrow scales from base to apex; lateral lobes with a few narrow creamy

scales. Paratergite with broad white scales. Apn with predominantly broad white

scales, some anterior ones narrow, creamy. Ppn with large upper patch of narrow

creamy scales and small lower patch of broad white scales; psp without scales; other

scale patches silvery white and distributed as in group. Legs: Forefemur predomi-

nantly dark anteriorly except for basal creamy scales, posterior surface mostly cream-

y to middle and with a narrow light line bordered on sides by dark scales extending

distally; midfemur mostly dark anteriorly except for basal creamy scales and a sil-

very spot at distal 0.67, mainly creamy posteriorly, dark scales restricted to distal

half; hindfemur creamy anteriorly to 0.67 and dark distally except for a silvery spot

at 0.75, creamy posteriorly to proximal 0.5, rest dark. Foretarsus with basal white

scales on segment 1; midtarsus with short, incomplete white rings on 1,2; hindtarsus

with moderate white rings on 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob mainly dark, a few

fringe scales whitish. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light scales white from segment

III distad. Sternites with broad basal V-shaped patches, creamy at base, silvery on

sides; median apical light scales evident to segment IV.

MALE. Wing: 2.62 mm. Proboscis: 2.19 mm. Forefemur: 1 q71 mm. Essentially

similar to female in color. Mesal light scale patch on torus absent.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.47). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe not prominent, with 3,4 strong setae. Sidepiece length 3.0 of median

width. Clasper about 0.6 of sidepiece, with 2 preapical hairs; spiniform short, about

0.25 of clasper. Aedeagus shorter than proctiger; dorsal sclerotization shallowly emar-

ginate, lateral lobes inconspicuous.

PUPA (fig.47). Abdomen: 3.08 mm. Trumpet: 0.43 mm; index 6.5. Paddle: 0.7

mm. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Chaetotaxy as given below; hairs moderate-

ly to darkly pigmented. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately pigmented between

trumpets, lateral areas and metanotum slightly darker; trumpets contrasting. Hair

1(1), 21, 1-2), 3(1, 1-2), 4(2, 2-4), 5(2), 6(1, 1-2), 7(2), 8C1, 1-3), 91), 10€1, 1-4),

11(1), 12(2, 1-2). Abdomen: Tergite I deeply pigmented, except for usual membra-

nous areas; tergites II and III deeply pigmented, other segments lighter. Segment I:

100 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

hair 1(5-13 primary branches, each with many secondary ones), 2(1, 1-2), 3(1, 1-2),

4(3,.2-5), 5(1; 1-2), 6C1, 1-2), 7C1, 1-2), 901), alveoli of 10,11 present in some. Seg-

ment II: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-6), 2(1), 31, 1-2), 4(3, 2-5), 5C1), 6C1, 1-2), 7C1, 1-2), 81,

present in a few), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(3, 2-4), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1, 1-2), 5(1),

6(1), 7(2, 1-4), 81, 1-3), 91) 10(1), 11(1), 141). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(@, 2-3),

2(1), 3(2, 1-4), 41); SQ, 1-3), 60) 703/14). 80 1-2), 9G), 10), FD, 14C1):

Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-3), 2(1), 3(1), 4@, 1-3), 5(2, 1-2), 6(1), 7@, 2-4), 8(1,

1-2), 9(1), 101), 11€1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 31), 4(1),

5(1, 1-2), 6€1), 7C1, 1-2), 8(1,.1-2), 901), 1001), 1101), 14C1). Segment VII: hair 0(1),

ty, 207, 3C1, 1-2), 4Ch 1-4). 51, 1-2), o@2, 1-4), 701), 8, 1-3), 96, 2-7), 10d),

11(1), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(3, 3-5), 14(1). Paddle: Uniformly light-

ly pigmented, midrib darker; external margin serrated; hair 1-P slender. Male genital

lobe extending to about 0.4 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.35.

LARVA (fig.48). Head: 0.84 mm. Siphon: 1.00 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.32 mm. Read-

ily separated from guerrero by the presence of abdominal spicules on both dorsal and

ventral surfaces and anal saddle with distinct large marginal spicules ventrad of hair

1-X. Head: Width about 1.06 of length. Pigmentation moderate except around

mouthparts where it is deeper. Mental plate with a strong median tooth and usually

11(11,12) distinct teeth on either side, often a smaller detached tooth at base. Hair

OC1).. 101). 301). 46..4-8), 5C1),6(2),. 7, 2-3), 8C1), 9(3,:3-5), OC, 1-3), t1a12,2-

17), 12(1, 1-2), 131, 1-2), 14(8, 4-9), 15(@2, 2-3). Antenna: Length about.0.37. of

head. Pigmentation moderate; shaft with a few scattered spicules. All hairs except I,

single; hair 1-A (2, 2-4) at about 0.63 from base. Thorax: Apices of long hairs atten-

uate; barbs present on both long and stellate hairs. Prothorax: hair 0(24, 17-29), 1(6,

4-7), 2(1), 3(16, 11-19), 4(2, 1-2), 5(3, 2-3), 6(1), 7(3, 2-4), 8(28, 24-30), 9(28, 22-

28), 10(1), 11(2, 2-4), 12(1), 13(33, 22-35), 14(30, 24-38). Mesothorax: hair 1(11, —

6-14), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 51), 6(6, 4-7), 7(1), 8€6, 5-6), 9(7, 5-8), 10(1), 11@, 1-2),

12(1), 13(16, 10-17), 14(8, 8-13). Metathorax: hair 1(16, 12-25), 2(1), 365, 4-9),

4(17, 13-20), 5€15, 13-20), 6(1), 7(6, 3-8), 8(11, 10-14), 9(4, 3-6), 10(1), 111, 1-2),

12(1), 13(27, 20-33). Abdomen: Integument of segment I glabrous; other segments

with spinelike spicules on dorsal and ventral surfaces. Stellate hairs with branches of

unequal length. Segment I: hair 1(19, 12-20), 2(28, 17-28), 3(1), 4(6, 4-8), 5(16, 12-

19), 6(3, 2-3), 71, 1-2), 9(6, 5-9), 10(1),; 11(17, 13-21), 13(10, 8-10). Segment II:

hair 0(1), 1(17, 11-20), 2(26, 17-26), 3(1), 4(6, 4-8), 5(16, 14-20), 6(3, 2-3), 7(9, 6-

11), 8(1, 1-3), 9(6, 4-9), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(9, 7-16). Segment III: hair 0(1),

1(18, 8-22), 2(24, 16-27), 3(1), 4(1), 5(17, 12-26), 6(2, 2-3), 709, 6-12), 8(1), 9(14,

10-18), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13(6, 5-12), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(14, 5-18),

2(23, 15-27), 301,.1-2), 401), 5(15,10-20), 6(@2, 2-3), 7€9, 6-13); 8C1); 9C16, 12-22),

10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(7, 4-12), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1, 1-2), 1(12, 5-15), 219,

15-25), 3(1), 4C1, 1-3), 5(15, 11-18), 6(2), 7(8, 6-11), 8(1), 9(16, 11-23), 10(1),

11(1), 12(1), 13(8, 4-10), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 114, 6-15), 2(17, 13-24),

3(1), 4(1), 512, 10-19), 6(2, 2-3), 7(8, 6-11), 8(1), 9(14, 11-17), 10(1), 11Q1), 121),

13(8, 4-10), 14(1, 1-2). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(11, 6-16), 2(16, 11-20), 31), 4(1),

5(1 1 8-17), 6(9, 6-14), 7(1); 86, 3-7), 9013, 10-21), 1001),. 1101), 12), 13(,, 3-

14), 14(1, 1-3). Segment VIII: Comb scales in a single row, usually 14(12-20) in

number; individual scale elongate, pointed apically and evenly fringed nearly to tip.

Hair 0(1), 1(10, 8-20), 2(1), 3(5, 4-6), 4(1), 5(6, 4-8), 14(2, 1-4). Siphon: Index

about 4.0-4.2; integument moderately pigmented, imbricate. Pecten extending to

about 0.55, with 22(17-24) teeth; individual tooth pointed apically, with basal den-

ticles. Hair 1(3, 2-3), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 9(1). Anal Segment: Sad-

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina : 101

dle imbricate; moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring; caudal margin with

spines of varying sizes dorsad and ventrad of hair 1-X. Gills subequal, about 2.0 of

saddle length. Hair 1(3, 2-4), 2(4, 3-5), 3(2), 4a(4, 2-4), 4b(3, 3-4), 4c(4, 3-4), 4d@3,

2-4), 4e(2, 2-3).

SYSTEMATICS. A. allotecnon is the most widespread and most common of the

3 allopatric species in the Allotecnon Group. Its known range extends from the

southern end of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico to central Panama. The only sig-

nificant variation noted in the large series of specimens was the presence of a few sil-

very scales on upper ppn in the 2 females from Mexico (MEX 14,16). Although this

condition tends toward guerrero the 2 forms appear to be distinct in other adult fea-

tures and the 3 larvae of allotecnon from Mexico are clearly different from those of

guerrero and apparently indistinguishable from those of allotecnon populations in

Central America. Only with additional material of all stages from Mexico will it be

possible to determine the taxonomic status of this population and its relation to

guerrero. The distribution of allotecnon appears to be discontinuous in Central

America probably because of its apparent restriction to areas of cloud forest. Al-

though not reported as yet from Guatemala and Honduras, it may occur there in

suitable environments.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of allotecnon have been collected in epiphytic

bromeliads at elevations above 5,000 feet, frequently in association with members of

the Quadrivittatus Group. A few females have been taken in daytime biting-landing

collections on human bait. ;

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Cordilleras of Middle America in Mexico (Sierra Madre

Oriental and Sierra Madre de Chiapas), possibly eastern Guatemala, El Salvador,

probably Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama (to Canal Zone) at elevations

above 5000 ft. Material examined: 521 specimens; 43 6, 48 2, 136 pupae, 294 larvae;

114 individual rearings (24 pupal, 46 larval, 44 incomplete).

COSTA RICA. Alajuela: Poasito, 14 Nov 1962, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder (CR 23), 5 Ip?

(23-101,102,104,106,110), 1 pd (23-111), 2 p¥ (23- 112,113), 3 IP (23-103,107,108), 6 P, 6 p,

Bone we | [UCLA] . Volcan Poas, 14 Apr 1938, H.W. Kumm, 1 d;1L, 41 [USNM] ; Summit, 14 Nov

1962, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder, 1 Ipd (20-110), 1 Ip? (20-109), 6 IP (20-102-106,108), 5 L

(CR 20), 2 Ipd (21-103,106), 2 Ip? (21-109,110), 1 pd (21-112), 1 p? (21-101), 6 IP (21-102,104,

105,107,109,111), 25 L (CR 21); 9 July 1963, C.L. Hogue, 3 6, 2 9,4 P,4p,4L,41(CR 145)

[UCLA]. Cartago: Cervantes, 9 Nov 1962, J.N. Belkin, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder, 1 L(CR 9),

3 IP (11-101-103), 2 Ipd (13-104,108), 3 pd (13-102,109,110), 3 p? (13-101-103), 3 IP (13-103,

105,106), 2 L (CR 13), 7 Ipd (14-102-105,107,111,112), 2 lp? (14-109,110), 1 pd (14-101), 1 IP

(14-108), 2 L (CR 14); 9 Nov 1962, C.L. Hogue (CR 12), 1 lpg (12-106), 1 IP (12-105) [UCLA].

La Sierra, elev. 6300-8500 ft, 24 Nov 1962, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder, 1 IP (46-201), 1 Ipd

(49-106), 4 Ip? (49-104,108-110), 4 IP (49-101-103,105), 1 p, 1 L, 11(CR 49), 1 pd (51-102),

1 p? (51-101), 2 IP (51-104,105), 10 L (CR 51), 2 Ip (52-101,109), 1 Ip? (52-104), 4 IP (52-102,

103,107,110), 21 L (CR 52), 1 IP (53-104), 1 9, 15 L(CR 54) [UCLA]. Orosi, 7 Dec 1962, CLL.

Hogue and W.A. Powder (CR 83), 1 lp? (83-501), 1 L [UCLA]. Rio Macho, 7 Dec 1962, C.L.

Hogue and W.A. Powder, 1 lp? (79-102), 1 pd (79-101), 2 Ipd (86-103,104), 1 pd (86-101), 1 L

(CR 86) [UCLA]. Volcan Iraju, 15 Nov 1962, C.L. Hogue and W.A. Powder (CR 24), 2 pd (24-

101,108), 1 p? (24-106), 3 IP (24-102-104), 1 P, 1 1 [UCLA]. Heredia: Puerto Viejo, 8 Sept

1965, W.J. Hjort (CR 220), 1 Ipd (220-11) [UCLA]. San Jose: Villa Mills, 21 Nov 1962, C.L.

Hogue and W.A. Powder (CR 39), 1 lp? (39-104), 3 p? (39-101-103), 3 L [UCLA].

EL SALVADOR. Laguna de las Ranas, Jan 1942, H.W. Kumm, 4 6, 1 , 2 L [USNM].

MEXICO. Chiapas: Sumidero Canyon, 17 Aug 1964, E. Fisher and D. Verity, 3 L (MEX 116),

1 ? (MEX 121) [UCLA]. Veracruz: Cordoba, Fortin de las Flores, 11 July 1964, E. Fisher, 1 °

(MEX 14) [UCLA]. Also from states of Hidalgo, Queretaro and San Luis Potosi (Vargas 1956:272).

NICARAGUA. Jinotega, 3 July 1964, J.N. Belkin and A. Quinonez (NI-33C), 1 IP (33C-41)

[UCLA].

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PANAMA. Bocas del Toro: Chiriquisito, Trail Caldera, 5 Nov 1965, P. Orjuela (PA 1004), 6?

[UCLA]. La Zorra, elev. 4400-5400 ft, 6 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez, 1 L (PA 176); 7 Apr 1963, A.

Quinonez, 5 L (PA 179); 8 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez, 4 L, 1 1(PA 180); 9 Apr 1963, A. Quinonez,

7 L (PA 183) [UCLA]. Chiriqui: Palo Santo, elev. 4600 ft, 15 June-1 Dec 1950, 1 2 (Trapido, Ga-

lindo and Carpenter 1955:530). Boquete, 30 Jan 1914, J. Zetek, 1 @ [USNM]. El Hato del Vol-

can, Chiriqui Lagoon, elev. 4500 ft, 12 Mar 1964, A. Quinonez (PA 638), 2 lp? (638-101,102),

1 IP (638-108), 1 L [UCLA]. Cocle: El Valle, elev. 2000 ft, 24 Aug 1963, A. Quinonez (PA 533),

1 p? (533-101), 2 L [UCLA]. Panama: Cerro Campana, 3 Aug 1963, A. Quinonez (PA 462),

1 lp? (462-108), 1 p? (462-101) [UCLA].

25. Aedes (Howardina) guerrero Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.6,9 49

TYPES: Holotype ? (MEX 166), 21 miles south of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico, 31 Aug

1964, E. Fisher [USNM]. Paratypes: 2 9 (MEX 166), same data as holotype [UCLA].

FEMALE. Wing: 3.06 mm. Proboscis: 2.34 mm. Forefemur: 2.16 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.15 mm. In general similar to allotecnon, differing apparently only in the fol-

lowing. Head: Erect scales on occiput whitish in middle, darker on sides. Palpus about

0.2 of proboscis, with white scales on apex and mesal side of segment 4. Thorax (fig.

9): Mesonotal light lines golden. Creamy scales on median scutellar lobes narrow dis-

tally, broader basally. Paratergite with broad silvery scales. Scales on apn broad, sil-

very; upper ppn with predominantly broad, silvery scales, creamy narrow ones re-

stricted to upper border; lower ppn patch small, with broad silvery scales; psp usual-

ly with a small silvery patch; other scale patches bright silvery. Legs: Foretarsus and

midtarsus with short incomplete white rings on segments 1,2; hindtarsus with broad-

er white rings on 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob mostly creamy, with a few black bas-

al scales. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light scales white from segment III caudad,

silvery on segments VI,VII. Sternites with broad basal V-shaped white scale patches,

silvery on distal segments; apical white scales inconspicuous.

MALE. Unknown.

PUPA. Imperfectly known. Appears very similar to allotecnon but possibly differ-

entiated by the hair 5-IV,V which is shorter, sorry extending beyond the apex of

the following tergite.

LARVA (fig.49). Head: 0.81 mm. Siphon: 0.7 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.3 mm. Read-

ily separated from allotecnon by the presence of abdominal spicules only on the ven-

tral surface and anal saddle without distinct marginal spicules ventrad of hair 1-X.

Head: Width subequal to length. Pigmentation as in allotecnon. Mental plate with a

strong median tooth and 13(12-14) distinct teeth on either side, often a smaller de-

tached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 465, 5-6), 5(1, 1-2), 6(2), 7(2), 8(1), 9Q,

2-4), 10(2, 2-3), 11(7, 5-8), 12(2, 1-2), 13(1), 14(5, 4-8), 15(4, 3-4). Antenna: Length

about 0.33 of head; shaft pigmentation moderate, spicules not apparent. All hairs ex-

cept 1 single; 1-A (2) at about 0.6 from base. Thorax: Integument glabrous as in allo-

tecnon. Apices of long hairs attenuate; barbs present on both long and stellate hairs.

Prothorax: hair 0(13, 11-15), 1(6, 3-7), 2(1), 3(13, 10-14), 4@, 2-3), 5C1, 1-2), 6(2),

~7(2), 8(21, 21-25), 9(17, 13-19), 10(1), 1102, 2-4), 12(1), 1315, 9-17), 1434, 30-

38). Mesothorax: hair 1(7, 4-7), 2(1), 3(1), 41), 5(1), 6(5, 5-6), 7(1), 8(7, 6-7), 9(8,

6-9), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(14, 10-16), 14(4, 3-7). Metathorax: hair 1(5, 4-6), 2(1),

3(5, 2-6), 4(9, 8-10), 5(9, 8-11), 6(1), 7(7, 6-8), 8, 6-11), 9(4), 10€1), 11€1), 12),

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 103

13(16, 11-17). Abdomen: Integument of segment I glabrous; other segments with

spinelike spicules restricted to ventral surface; hairs 1,7,13-II-VII apparently not stel-

late. Segment I: hair 1(7, 4-8), 2(11, 10-15), 3(1), 4(4, 4-5), 5(12, 10-13), 6(3, 3-4),

7(1), 9(6, 5-9), 10(1), 11€11, 10-15), 13(5, 4-7). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(4, 4-7),

2(9, 8-12), 3(1), 4(4, 4-6), 5(11, 9-12), 6(3, 3-4), 7(5, 4-7), 8(1), 9(5, 5-7), 10(1),

11(1), 12(1), 13(4, 4-5). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(4, 3-5), 2(11, 8-11), 3(1), 4(1),

5(11, 9-12), 6(2), 7(5, 4-6), 8(1), 9(7, 5-9), 10(1), 111), 121), 13(4, 3-5), 14(1).

Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(4, 3-5), 2(10, 7-11), 3(1), 41), 510, 10-13), 6(2), 75, 5-

7), 8(1), 9(8, 6-8), 10(1), 11(€1), 12(1), 13(4, 4-5), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(4,

3-4), 2(8, 8-10), 3(1), 4(1, 1-2), 5(10, 8-11), 6(2), 7(5, 5-8), 8(1), 9(7, 5-9), 10(1),

11(1), 121), 1305, 3-6), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(3, 3-5), 2(8, 5-9), 31),

4(1), 5(9, 6-11), 6(2), 7(4, 3-5), 8(3, 3-4), 9(7, 6-9), 10(1), 11€1), 121), 13(5, 4-5),

14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(3, 3-4), 2(8, 7-10), 3(1), 41), 5(7, 5-9), 6(3, 2-4),

7(1, 1-2), 8(5, 5-7), 9(5, 3-9), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13, 3-5), 14(1). Segment VII:

Comb scales in a single row, usually 14(12-16) in number; individual scale elongate,

pointed apically, evenly fringed almost to tip. Hair 0(1), 1(9, 4-11), 2(1), 3(7, 6-9),

4(1), 5(6, 5-7), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 3.3-3.6. Integument imbricate, moder-

ately to strongly pigmented, with darker basal ring. Pecten extending to 0.42, usual-

ly with 18(17-22) teeth; individual tooth pointed apically, with basal denticles. Hair

1(3, 2-4), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(2, 1-2), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle im-

bricate, moderately to strongly pigmented, with darker basal ring; caudal margin

with spicules present only dorsad of hair 1-X. Gills subequal, long, more than 2.0 of

saddle. Hair 1(4, 3-5), 2(5, 5-7), 3(2), 4a(4, 3-5), 4b(3, 3-4), 4c(3, 3-4), 4d(3, 2-3),

4e(2, 1-2).

SYSTEMATICS. Although closely resembling allotecnon, this form appears to be

a distinct species restricted to the Sierra Madre del Sur in Mexico where no other

member of the group has been collected. The association of the immature stages with

the females is presumptive only as no adults were obtained from the rearings and

were found in a different locality from the adults but is probably correct since the

larva is obviously of the allotecnon type but with distinctive features as indicated in

the diagnosis. The pupal stage is not described at this time as it is known only from

2 whole imperfect specimens from incomplete rearings. It also appears to be general-

ly similar to allotecnon but possibly differentiated by the shorter hair 5-IV-V.

BIONOMICS. The presumptive immature stages of guerrero have been collected

in epiphytic bromeliads at elevations of about 7,200-7,800 feet (MEX 429,430,431,

434). The 3 females were taken in a biting-landing collection (MEX 166) at 0800 in

a pine-oak woodland.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Sierra Madre del Sur in Mexico at elevations above 7000

ft. Material examined: 20 specimens; 3 9, 2 pupae, 15 larvae; 2 incomplete individual

rearings.

MEXICO. Guerrero: Chilpancingo, 21.0 mi S, 21 Aug 1964, E. Fisher, 3 ? (MEX 166, type se-

ties) [USNM, UCLA]. Oaxaca: Ixtlan de Juarez, El Punto, elev. 7700 ft, 13 Aug 1966, D.A. Schroe-

der (MEX 434), 1 IP (434-10); Vivero Rancho Teja, elev. 7200 ft, 12 Aug 1966, D.A. Schroeder,

1 IP (429-10), 7 L (MEX 429), 1 L (MEX 430), 5 L (MEX 431) [UCLA].

26. Aedes (Howardina) guatemala Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.6,9

TYPES: Holotype ? (GUA 138-13), Yepocapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, 20 July 1950, Mi-

104 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

guel Xinic and Pedro Garcia [USNM]. Paratypes: 4 9? (GUA 138-10,12,14,15), same data as holo-

type [UCLA].

FEMALE. Wing: 3.2 mm. Proboscis: 2.37 mm. Forefemur: 2.01 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.6 mm. Very similar to allotecnon, differing apparently only in the following.

Head: Erect scales on occiput predominantly dark, median ones lighter. Thorax (fig.

9): Mesonotal light lines pale golden. Lateral scutellar lobe with a few narrow dark

and pale golden scales. Upper ppn scales predominantly creamy, narrow, a few scales

slightly broader at lower border. Legs: Foretarsus and midtarsus with a few white

scales on segment 1; hindtarsus with short white rings on segments | and 2 only.

Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly white, dark scales restricted to base.

MALE, PUPA, and LARVA unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. The 6 known females of guatemala are so different in the de-

tails of ornamentation from other members of the Allotecnon Group that I do not

hesitate in recognizing them as members of a distinct species even in the absence of

immature stages. This species appears to be restricted to the Pacific slope of central

Guatemala where no other species of Howardina has been recorded. _

BIONOMICS. The immature stages will probably be found in epiphytic bromeli-

ads. The females were probably taken in a biting-landing collection on human bait.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Pacific slope of Guatemala. Material examined: 6 speci-

mens; 6 2; no individual rearings or immature stages.

GUATEMALA. Chimaltenango: Yepocapa, 20 July 1950, Miguel Xinic and Pedro Garcia (GUA

138, type series), 5 2 (138-10,12,13-15); 24 July 1950, V.C. and R. Feoli, 1 @ (GUA 139) [USNM,

UCLA].

Eleanorae Group

FEMALES. Head: Median light line on vertex usually with narrow scales (moder-

ately broad in eleanorae). Proboscis distinctly longer than forefemur. Torus with a

restricted mesal scale patch. Thorax: Mesonotal light lines usually creamy to golden

(except in ecuadoriensis in which inner dorsocentral and lateral marginal lines are

white); inner dorsocentral line complete; outer dorsocentral line usually shorter, not

reaching anterior margin, subparallel to inner; lateral marginal line continuous; scales

on anterior promontory creamy, golden or white. Antealar area above paratergite

with golden scales. Paratergite with a moderate scale patch extending entire sclerite

length. Upper ppn entirely covered with light scales; upper stp patch quadrate. Legs:

Distal white spot on anterior surface of midfemur distinct; present or absent on hind-

femur. Tibiae completely dark. Wing: Veins entirely dark scaled. Abdomen: Basome-

dian tergal light markings absent or present on III-VII.

MALES. Palpus with or without basomedian light scales on segments 4 and 5.

MALE GENITALIA. Lobe of tergite IX prominent or indistinct, with 4-7 strong

bristles. Sidepieces separated at base by a distance less than width of aedeagus, with-

out any indication of lobes on tergomesal or sternomesal margins. Claspette repre-

sented by a conical tubercle. Aedeagus shorter than or subequal to proctiger; apical

emargination distinct or shallow, lateral lobes conspicuous or inconspicuous.

PUPAE. Cephalothorax: Trumpet moderate, index 4.5-6.4, not expanded apical-

ly; hairs 10,12-C varied in branching. Abdomen: Hair 5-IV-V moderate to long, some-

times exceeding apex of second tergite following; hair 9-VII moderate, reaching or

exceeding lateral angle of tergite. Paddle: Moderate; apex usually rounded.

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina | 105

LARVAE. Head: Hairs 4-7-C varied in branching; 15-C moderate to long, always

extending beyond base of mental plate. Thorax: Roundish in outline; spiculation

dense, weak or absent, spicules hairlike, simple. Abdomen: Integument strongly or

weakly uniformly spiculate. Hair 8-VII distinctly cephalodorsad of 9-VII. Siphon: In-

tegument smooth or imbricate; acus distinct, separate. Anal Segment: Hair 3-X single

or double; ventral brush with 5 pairs of hairs.

DISCUSSION. The Eleanorae Group of 6 species is probably derived from the

Quadrivittatus Group and seems to replace the Allotecnon Group south of Panama.

The ornamentation of the midfemur and hindfemur is quite varied in this group,

more or less bridging the characteristic development in the other 2 groups. The lar-

vae are also quite varied and somewhat intermediate between the Quadrivittatus and

Allotecnon Groups, although the ventral brush always has only 5 pairs of hairs as in

the latter group. Members of this group have been misidentified in the past as quad-

rivittatus.

The Eleanorae Group appears to be entirely confined to the Andes where it has

been collected from moderate elevations up to nearly 11,000 feet. The group is now

known from western and possibly northcentral Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and

Bolivia (fig.6). Although seemingly some of the species are found sympatrically,

there are indications of strong ecological divergence in other instances (ecuadoriensis

and brevivittatus for example). This group is apparently sympatric to a limited ex-

tent with the Whitmorei Group in the north and with the Whitmorei and Aurivitta-

tus Groups in the south.

27. Aedes (Howardina) eleanorae Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.6,9,50,5 1

TYPES: Holotype ¢ (COB 10-21) with associated pupal and larval skins and genitalia slide,

Buritica, Antioquia, Colombia, 5000 ft, 8 Jan 1965, E. Osorno-Mesa [USNM]. Allotype ° (COB 10-

20) with associated pupal and larval skins, same data as holotype [USNM]. Paratype ? (COB 10-

22) with associated pupal and larval skins, same data as holotype [UCLA]. This species is dedicated

to my wife, Eleanor, for her interests in and contribution to the study of this group.

Aedes (Howardina) quadrivittatus in part of Dyar (1928:229); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:

100; 1953:713); Reyes (1955:74,89); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.06 mm. Proboscis: 2.34 mm. Forefemur: 2.07 mm. Abdomen:

2.88 mm. Head: Scales on median stripe predominantly broad and white, a few ante-

rior ones narrow; light scales on sides and venter white. Erect scales on occiput and

sides creamy. Palpus about 0.16 of proboscis. Mesal light scale patch on torus creamy.

Thorax (fig.9): All mesonotal light lines creamy, of uniform width throughout; outer

dorsocentral line short, arising at anterior 0.25 and reaching scutellum; lateral mar-

ginal line long, from side of anterior promontory to wingbase, appearing broad from

scutal angle to wingbase owing to presence of creamy scales in antealar area above

paratergite; scales on anterior promontory creamy. Median scutellar lobe with broad

dark scales laterally and broad creamy scales in the middle from base to apex; lateral

lobes with a few narrow creamy scales. Scales on paratergite moderately broad, white.

Apn scales broad, white, a few anterior ones narrower, creamy; upper ppn predomi-

nantly with narrow, curved scales, a few broader scales below; lower ppn patch dis-

tinct and merging with ssp patch; other scale patches pure white, distributed as in the

106 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

group. Legs: Forefemur dark anteriorly, predominantly dark posteriorly except for a

creamy longitudinal line; midfemur with narrow anteromesal creamy line to 0.67

terminating in a white spot, posteriorly proximal 0.5 creamy, rest dark; hindfemur

creamy to 0.67 on both sides, rest dark scaled. Foretarsus with a few white scales on

segment 1; midtarsus with short incomplete white ring on 1; hindtarsus with broader

white rings on 1 and 3, second segment dark. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominant-

ly white, a few dark scales dorsally. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light scales absent.

Sternites with broad V-shaped white patches; apical light scales inconspicuous.

MALE. Wing: 2.88 mm. Proboscis: 2.43 mm. Forefemur: 1.89 mm. Essentially

similar to female in color. Palpus entirely dark.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.50). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe not prominent, with 4,5 strong bristles. Sidepiece length about 3.0 of

median width. Clasper about 0.5 of sidepiece, with 1,2 subapical hairs; basal 0.3 with

minute spicules; spiniform long, about 0.5 of clasper. Aedeagus shorter than proc-

tiger; dorsal sclerotization emarginate apically, producing lateral sclerotized lobes.

PUPA (fig.50). Abdomen: 3.3 mm. Trumpet: 0.39 mm; index 4.4-4.5. Paddle:

0.67 mm. Readily separated from other members of the group (except Jeei) by the

strongly developed hair 8-VII on dorsal surface; from Jeei by the branched hair 10-C.

Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Cephalothorax:

Mesonotum lightly pigmented between trumpets, lateral areas and metanotum dark-

er; trumpet moderately pigmented and sharply contrasting. Hair 1(1), 2(1), 3(1, 1-2),

4(3, 2-5), 5(2), 6(1, 1-2), 7(2), 81, 1-3), 9(1, 1-2), 10(6, 5-6), 11(1, 1-2), 12(4, 2-5).

Abdomen: Tergite I moderately pigmented except for usual membranous areas; II-

VII moderately pigmented, progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(13-16 pri-

mary branches), 2(1, 1-3), 3(1), 4(2, 2-4), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 71, 1-2), 9(1, 1-3), 11Q,

2-3, present in some). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(6, 4-7), 2(¢1), 3(1), 4(2, 2-3), 5(2, 1-

2), 6(1), 7(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10 (present in a few). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(2, 2-4), 2(2,

1-3), 31, 1-2), 4C1, 1-2), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 71, 1-2), 8(1, 1-3), 9(1), 10€1), 111),

14(1). Segment IV: hair O(1), 1(2, 2-3), 2(1, 1-2), 3(3, 2-3), 4(1, 1-2), 5(2), 6(1),

71, 1-2), 8(1, 1-2), 9C1), 101), 11€1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(2), 201, 1-2),

3(2, 1-2), 4(2, 2-3), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2, 1-3), 8(@2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1), 111), 141). Seg-

ment VI: hair O(1), 1@, 1-2), 2(@2, 1-2), 3(1, 1-2), 4(2, 1-2), 5(1), 6(1), 71, 1-2), 8,

F279. C1), FOLT), (1), P4C1) Segment Vi: hair OC), 1(1, 1-2), 201,142). 3,12),

4(1), 51, 1-3), 6(3, 1-3), 7(1), 8(4, 3-5), 9(4, 4-8), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment

VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(11, 11-14), 14(1). Paddle: Lightly pigmented, midrib slightly

darker; hair 1-P single. Male genital lobe extending to 0.5 of paddle, female genital

lobe to 0.34.

LARVA (fig.51). Head: 0.63 mm. Siphon: 0.28 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. Diag-

nostic characters as in the key. Readily separated from other members of the group

by pecten teeth extending beyond hair 1-S. Head: Width subequal to length; pigmen-

tation moderate except around mouthparts where it is deeper. Mental plate with a

strong median tooth and usually 12 distinct teeth (11-12) on each side, often a

smaller detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(12, 9-15), 5(8, 6-9), 6(5, 4-6),

7(17, 14-18), 8(12, 10-14), 9(14, 13-16), 10(2, 2-3), 11(34, 20-42), 12(10, 7-10),

13(1), 14€18, 18-22), 15(2, 2-3). Antenna: Length about 0.5 of head; shaft uniform-

ly lightly pigmented and with few scattered spicules; hair 1(3, 2-3), others single.

Thorax: Integument densely covered with hairlike simple or branched spicules except

on intersegmental areas; long hairs barbed and with attenuate apices; stellate hairs

with many weakly barbed branches. Prothorax: hair 0(30, 27-34), 1(5, 3-5), 2(1),

3(42, 35-42), 4(2, 1-2), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2), 8(30, 28-34), 9(22, 18-24), 10(1), 112, 2-

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 107

3), 12(1), 13(36, 31-36), 14(52, 48-62). Mesothorax: hair 1(27, 23-32), 2(1), 3(1),

4(1), 5(1), 6(4, 3-5), 7(1), 8(4, 4-6), 9(5, 5-7), 10(1), 1101, 1-2), 12(1), 13(22, 18-

23), 14(22, 18-26). Metathorax: hair 1(37, 34-40), 2(1), 3(23, 20-26), 4(22, 15-25),

5(21, 17-23), 6(1), 7(4, 4-5), 8(23, 23-35), 9(3, 3-4), 10(1), 111, 1-3), 12(1), 13(26,

24-30). Abdomen: Integument and stellate hairs as on thorax. Segment I: hair 1(28,

25-28), 2(28, 26-30), 3(1), 4(1), 5(24, 22-25), 6(3, 2-3), 7(1), 9(12, 10-15), 10(1),

11(24, 20-24), 13(30, 29-35). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(30, 29-31), 2(30, 24-32), 3(1),

4(1), 5(29, 25-30), 6(3), 7(20, 19-29), 8(1), 9(17, 16-17), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(36,

30-40). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(30, 28-32), 2(31, 26-34), 3(1), 4(1), 5(28, 25-30),

6(2), 7(22, 17-23), 8(1), 9(22, 21-25), 10(1), 11), 12(1), 13(30, 30-33), 14(1). Seg-

ment IV: hair 0(1), 1(32, 27-32), 2(29, 26-35), 3(1), 4(1), 5(30, 24-32), 6(2), 7(22,

18-22), 8(1), 9(26, 22-27), 10(1), 11¢€1), 12(1), 13(28, 26-29), 14(1). Segment V:

hair O(1), 1(28,28-31),:2(30, 28-33), 3(1), 4€1), 5(30, 23-31); 6(2), 7022, 16-25),

8(1), 9(26, 25-26), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(30, 29-33), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1),

1(30, 30-32), 2(28, 28-33), 3(1), 41), 5(30, 27-30), 6(1), 7(20, 12-21), 8(1), 9(26,

22-26), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(26, 23-38), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(30, 28-

33), 2(30, 24-30), 3(1), 4(1), 5(29, 24-29), 6(14), 7(1), 8(24, 20-25), 9(24, 18-24),

101, 1-2), 11€1), 12(1), 13(28, 24-28), 14(1). Segment VIII: Comb scales in a single

row, usually 12(12-14) in number; individual scale long, pointed apically and fringed

almost to tip. Hair 0(1), 1(33, 28-34), 2(1), 309, 8-9), 4(1), 5(32, 27-35), 14(1). Si

phon: Index about 3.3; integument imbricate, moderately pigmented except for

darker basal ring. Pecten teeth usually 21(19-23), extending beyond hair 1-S to

about 0.7 of siphon; individual tooth with basal denticles. Hair 1(4, 3-5), 2(1), 3-5

not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle moderately uniformly

pigmented except for darker basal ring; integument with minute spicules; caudal mar-

gin with spines of varying length. Gills subequal, moderately long, about 2.0 of sad-

dle length, narrow. Hair 1(2, 2-3), 2(4, 3-4), 3(1), 4a(2), 4b(2), 4c(2), 4d(2), 4e(1).

SYSTEMATICS. A. eleanorae is the most strongly differentiated member of the

group as indicated in the diagnosis above and in the keys. At present it is known

from only 2 localities in Colombia, Buritica in the northern part of the Cordillera

Occidental, and Buena Vista in the upper part of the Orinoco basin on the eastern

slope of the Cordillera Oriental. Although eleanorae may be broadly sympatric with

osornoi and marinkellei, it has not been found associated with these species and ap-

parently occurs at lower elevations.

BIONOMICS. The breeding sites of eleanorae are in epiphytic bromeliads at ele-

vations of about 5,000 feet (COB 10). The female from Buena Vista was probably

taken in a biting-landing daytime collection.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Upper Magdalena and Orinoco drainages in Colombia.

Material examined: 15 specimens; | 6, 3 9, 4 pupae, 7 larvae; 3 individual larval rear-

ings).

COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Buritica, elev. 5000 ft, 8 Jan 1965, E. Osorno-Mesa (COB 10, type se-

ries), 1 Ipd (10-21), 2 Ip? (10-20,22); 15 Jan 1965, E. Osorno-Mesa, 1 p, 1 L, 31 [USNM, UCLA].

Meta: Villavicencio, Buena Vista, 4 June 1942, W.H.W. Komp, 1 9? [UCLA].

28. Aedes (Howardina) marinkellei Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.6,9,52,53

TYPES: Holotype ? with associated pupal and larval skins (COM 63-19), Suba, Bogota, Cun-

dinamarca, Colombia, 8300 ft, 16 Apr 1966, C.J. Marinkelle [USNM]. Paratypes: 1 9 (63-15) with

108 - Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

associated pupal and larval skins, 7 larvae, same data as holotype [UCLA]. This species is dedi-

cated to Dr. C.J. Marinkelle for his contributions to the study of neotropical mosquitoes.

Aedes (Howardina) quadrivittatus in part of Dyar (1928:229); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:

100; 1953:713); Reyes (1955:74,89); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.85 mm. Proboscis: 3.06 mm. Forefemur: 2.19 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.41 mm. Similar to eleanorae, differing chiefly in the following. Head: Light

scales on median stripe and short orbital line narrow, creamy; light scales on sides

and venter broad, creamy. Erect scales predominantly creamy, darker on sides. Pal-

pus about 0.16 of proboscis; predominantly dark, apex and mesal surface of segment

4 white scaled. Mesal patch on torus creamy. Thorax (fig.9): All mesonotal light lines

creamy; outer dorsocentral line complete, broader on anterior 0.5, merging with lat-

eral marginal line at level of lateral prescutal area; lateral marginal line long, moder-

ately broad, extending from area of humeral bristle to wingbase; scales on anterior

promontory creamy. Light scales on median scutellar lobe broad, white from base to

apex; lateral lobes with a few narrow dark scales. Scales on paratergite moderately

broad, creamy. Apn scales predominantly broad, dingy white, a few anterior ones nar-

rower; ppn with only an upper patch of predominantly narrow creamy scales, a few

lower ones whitish, broader; upper stp patch larger than in eleanorae; other scale

patches white, distributed as in eleanorae. Legs: Forefemur predominantly dark an-

teriorly except for a few scattered whitish scales along whole length, posterior sur-

face mostly creamy except for a narrow dark line from base to apex; midfemur pre-

dominantly dark anteriorly except for a few basal creamy scales and a white spot at

distal 0.67, posteriorly mostly creamy with scattered dark scales on distal 0.5; hind-

femur creamy to 0.67 on both sides, rest dark scaled. Foretarsus and midtarsus with

basal white scales on segments 1,2; hindtarsus with broader white rings on segments

1-3. Haltere: Stem whitish, knob predominantly white, a few basal scales dark. Ab-

domen: Basomedian tergal light scales dingy white. Sternites with large basal patches

of dingy white scales; median apical white scales distinct to VI, on segment VII few

and indistinct. Cercus with a few apical white scales.

MALE unknown.

PUPA (fig.52). Abdomen: 4.6 mm. Trumpet: 0.51 mm; index about 4.5. Paddle:

0.86 mm. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Distin-

guished from osornoi by metanotal hairs all single, from /eei and eleanorae by ven-

trally placed hair 8-VII. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum moderately pigmented between

trumpets, lateral areas and metanotum darker; trumpets strongly contrasting. Hair

11), 21), 3(€1), 4(3), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2, 2-3), 8(1), 9(1), 10(1), 111), 121). Abdo-

men: Tergite I moderately pigmented except for usual membranous areas; rest of seg-

ments moderate, pigmentation progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(6-7

primary branches, each with many secondary ones), 2(1), 3(1), 4(@, 1-2), 5(2), 6(1),

71), 91), 111). Segment II: hair 0(1), 12, 1-2), 2€1), 3C1), 4C1), 51), 61), 701),

9(1).. Segment LI: hair 0(1), 1(1,.4-2), 261), 3C1), 4€1,: 1-2); 5G), 6€1); 71, 1-2),

8(1), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3(2), 4Q, 1-2),

5(2), 6(1), 71, 1-2), 8(1), 91), 10€1), 11€1), 141). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(1, 1-2),

2(1), SU), 41), S€1); 601): FO), SUT), OCT), TOG). 1101), T4C1).. Segment VT: hair

O(1), 1€1), 2(1), 31), 4€1), 51), 6(1), 701), 8C1), 91), 10€1), 11¢1), 14€1). Segment

VII: hair 0(1), 1(1), 21), 3(1), 41), 5(1), 6(1), 7(1), 81), 9(@2), 10(1), 111), 14(1).

Segment VIII: hair 0(1), 4(1), 9(5, 5-7), 14(1). Paddle: Uniformly lightly pigmented,

midrib darker; external margin serrated; apex rounded; hair 1-P slender. Female geni-

tal lobe extending to 0.31 of paddle.

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 109

LARVA (fig.53). Head: 0.93 mm. Siphon: 0.81 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.32 mm. Chae-

totaxy as given below, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Readily separated from

all other members of Eleanorae Group by hair 5-C always double. Head: Width sub-

equal to length; pigmentation moderate except around mouthparts where it is deeper.

Mental plate with a strong median tooth and 10,11 distinct teeth on either side, of-

ten a smaller detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(6, 5-6), 5(2), 6(3, 3-4),

7(5, 4-6), 8(1), 9(2, 2-4), 10(2), 11(12, 8-12; stellate, branches of varied lengths),

12(1), 13(1), 14(6, 4-8), 15(2). Antenna: Length about 0.33 of head; pigmentation

moderate; shaft with scattered spicules. All hairs except 1 single; hair 1-A (2, 2-3) at

about 0.58 from base. Thorax: Integument sparsely covered with simple, hairlike

spicules. Apices of long hairs attenuate; long and stellate hairs weakly barbed. Pro-

thorax: hair 0(17, 13-22), 1(3), 21), 3(20, 19-22), 4(2, 1-2), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2), 8(15,

10-16), 9(11, 9-13), 10(1), 111, 1-3), 121), 13(17, 16-20), 14(34, 34-38). Mesotho-

rax: hair 1(7, 6-8), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(4, 3-5), 7(1), 8(6, 5-6), 9(6, 4-8), 10(1),

11(1), 12(1), 13(10, 8-11), 14(2, 1-3). Metathorax: hair 1(9, 6-9), 2(1), 3(3, 2-4),

4(9, 8-10), 5(10, 7-10), 6(1), 7(6, 5-7), 809, 8-10), 9(3), 10(1), 11€1),.12(1), 1312,

10-18). Abdomen: Integument and stellate hairs as in thorax. Segment I: hair 1(13,

£1517), 2(6, 8-11), 31), 401), 310, 9-16), 663, 2-3), 71), 9: 2-3), 1061); 1133.

11-14), 13(6, 4-8). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(16, 12-16), 2(9, 8-11), 3(1), 4(1), 5(10,

8-12), 6(3), 7(6, 5-6), 8(1), 9(6, 5-7), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(9, 8-10). Segment III:

hair O(1), 1(15, 11-16), 210, 10-12), 3(1), 4(1), 5(13, 11-14), 6(2), 7(8, 7-10), 8(1),

9(11, 6-11), 101), 11€1), 12(1), 1311, 8-12), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(15,

F3-17); 2(12; 9-13), Stl), 401), 3012, 10213); 6); 7, 70), B01). Stl 1-9-1 9).

10(1), 11€1), 121), 13€11, 8-12), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(14, 12-16), 2(10,

£0-13),73(1);-4¢1), 52, 9-13), 00), 70769); Bly; OCT 1-15), 1001), Litt

12(1), 13(10, 9-11), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(14, 11-16), 2(10, 9-12), 3(1),

4(1), 5(11, 10-13), 6(2), 765, 5-8), 8(1), 9(12, 10-14), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 1309, 7-

9), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(10, 9-15), 2(10, 10-13), 3(1), 4(1), 5(10, 8-11),

6(5, 4-6), 7(1), 8(5, 5-6), 9(8, 5-10), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(5, 4-6), 14(1). Segment

VII. Comb scales in a single row, usually 14(14-18) in number; individual scale long,

pointed apically, fringed nearly to tip. Hair 0(1), 1(7, 7-11), 2(1), 3(5, 3-6), 4(1), 56,

6-9), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 3.0-3.2; moderately pigmented, imbricate. Pecten

extending to about 0.5, usually with 16(16-19) teeth; individual tooth with basal

denticles. Hair 1(1, 1-2), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 9(1). Anal Segment:

Saddle moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring; caudal margin with spines of

varying sizes. Gills subequal, at least 3.0 of saddle length, fingerlike. Hair 1(1), 2(4,

3-4), 3(2, 2-3), 4a(2, 2-3), 4b(2), 4c(2, 1-2), 4d(2, 1-2), 4e(2).

SYSTEMATICS. A. marinkellei is most similar to osornoi and leei but is readily

separated from both by constant diagnostic features in all known stages. It is known

at present only from Cundinamarca Province in Colombia at elevations of over 8,000

feet where it is sympatric with osornoi. As indicated under the latter, a single reared

female from this area combines features of osornoi in adult ornamentation and of

marinkellei in the immature stages, suggesting hybridization between the 2 forms.

Although found in the same general locality, osornoi and marinkellei have not been

collected together in the same bromeliad axils. It appears, therefore, that some eco-

logical barrier usually separates the 2 species.

BIONOMICS. Immature stages of marinkellei have been found in the axils of epi-

phytic bromeliads at elevations above 8,000 feet. Judging by the adult collection, fe-

males of this species are apparently at least occasionally attracted to humans.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Cordillera Oriental in Colombia. Material examined: 22

110 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

specimens; 11 9, 2 pupae, 9 larvae; 2 larval individual rearings. |

COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca: Bogota, 1918, Fr. Apollinaire-Marie, 1 2; B.G. Amortegui, 1

[USNM]. Rio San Francisco, 21 May 1942, W.H.W. Komp, 7 ° [USNM, UCLA]. Suba, elev. 8300

ft, 16 Apr 1966, C.J. Marinkelle (COM 63, type series), 2 lp? (63-15,19), 7 L [USNM, UCLA].

29. Aedes (Howardina) leei Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.6,9,54,55

TYPES: Holotype 2 (COL 17), 17.5 miles S.E. of Purace, Huila, Colombia, 10,000 ft, 28 Oct

1964, V.H. Lee [USNM] . Paratypes: 32 ? (COL 17), same data as holotype [USNM, BM, UCLA].

This species is dedicated to Dr. V.H. Lee, in recognition of his contributions to the study of neo-

tropical mosquitoes.

Aedes (Howardina) quadrivittatus of Martinez and Prosen €1953:28,30; 1955:33-33; 1959:603,

605); Martinez, Carcavallo and Prosen (1960:25); Reyes (1955:74,89); Prosen, Carcavallo and

Martinez (1964:105). :

FEMALE. Wing: 5.04 mm. Proboscis: 3.15 mm. Forefemur: 2.88 mm. Abdomen:

about 4.32 mm. Similar to eleanorae but larger and differing primarily in the follow-

ing. Head: Light scales on median stripe and short orbital line narrow, pale golden;

light scales on sides and venter creamy. Erect scales dull creamy. Palpus about 0.17

of proboscis; predominantly dark, apex and mesal surface of segment 4 creamy.

Mesal patch on torus creamy. Thorax (fig.9): All mesonotal light lines golden; outer

dorsocentral line incomplete, extending from anterior 0.25 to scutellum; lateral mar-

ginal line long, extending from side of anterior promontory to wingbase; scales on

anterior promontory golden. Light scales on median scutellar lobe narrow, golden;

lateral lobes with a few narrow dark scales. Scales on paratergite broad, creamy. Apn

scales predominantly broad, creamy, a few anterior ones narrower, pale golden; ppn

with only an upper patch of predominantly narrow golden scales; a few lower ones

broader; other patches dingy white, distributed as in eleanorae. Legs: Forefemur dark

anteriorly except for basal creamy scales, posterior surface with a creamy line broad

to 0.5, narrowed distally, rest dark; midfemur mostly dark anteriorly except for basal

creamy scales and a dingy white spot at distal 0.67, posteriorly proximal 0.6 creamy,

rest dark; hindfemur creamy to 0.67 on both sides, rest dark scaled. Foretarsus with

a few white scales on segment 1; midtarsus with short incomplete white rings on 1,2;

hindtarsus with broader white rings on segments 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob most-

ly dark, fringe scales whitish. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light scales distinct; din-

gy white on segments II-VI, white on VII. Sternites with basal creamy patch; VI,VII

with subapical band of white scales; apical light scales inconspicuous.

MALE. Wing: 5.04 mm. Proboscis: 3.69 mm. Forefemur: 2.7 mm. Essentially sim-

ilar to female in color. Palpus predominantly dark, with basoventral white scales on

segments 4 and 5. :

MALE GENITALIA (fig.54). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with 5,6 strong setae. Sidepiece length about 3.0 of median

width. Clasper about 0.62 of sidepiece, with 2,3 subapical hairs; spiniform short,

about 0.25 of clasper. Aedeagus subquadrate, longer than proctiger; dorsal sclerotiza-

tion emarginate, producing lateral apical sclerotized lobes.

PUPA (fig.54). Abdomen: 4.12 mm. Trumpet: 0.63 mm; index about 5.3. Paddle:

0.99 mm. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs mod-

erately to darkly pigmented. Readily distinguished from eleanorae and osornoi by all

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 111

metanotal hairs single; from marinkellei by dorsally placed hair 8-VII. Cephalotho-

rax: Mesonotum moderately pigmented between trumpets, lateral areas and metano-

tum darker; trumpets strongly contrasting. Hair 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(2, 2-3), 5(2), 6(1),

7(1, 1-2), 8(1), 91), 101), 1101), 12(1). Abdomen: Tergite I strongly pigmented ex-

cept for usual membranous areas; rest of segments with moderate to strong pigmen-

tation, progressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(9-12 primary branches, each

with many secondary ones), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1, 1-2), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(1), 9(1). Seoment

IT: hair 0(1), 1(2, 1-3), 3€1, 1-2), 4(2), 5(1), 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 9(1). Segment ITI: hair

00), 101), 201), 301); 404), 5), 6€1), 7045 1-2),80), 91); 10014 104), 140) Sex

ment IV: hair 0(1), 11, 1-3), 2(1), 31, 1-2), 4(1), 5(2), 6(1), 71, 1-2), 8(1), 9€1),

10(1), 11(1), 141). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(2), 6(1), 7(2),

8(1), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(2), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(1),

71), 8C1), 9C1, 1-2), 1001), 111), 14€1). Segment VII: hair 0(1),:1(1; 1-2), 2(1),

3(1), 4(1), S(1), 6(2, 1-2), 7(1), 8(1), 9(4, 2-4), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment VIII:

hair O(1), 4(1), 9(7, 6-7), 14(1). Paddle: Uniformly moderately pigmented, midrib

darker; external margin serrated; apex faintly emarginate; hair 1-P slender. Male geni-

tal lobe extending to 0.44 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.31.

LARVA (fig.55). Head: 0.94 mm. Siphon: 1.05 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.28 mm. Diag-

nostic characters as in the key. Chaetotaxy as given below; hairs moderately to dark-

ly pigmented. Readily separated from marinkellei by hair 5-C single; from osornoi by

hair 3-X double; from eleanorae by pecten teeth terminating before hair 1-S. Head:

Width subequal to length; pigmentation strong except around mouthparts where it is

deeper. Mental plate with a strong median tooth and usually 12(12-14) distinct teeth

on either side, often a smaller detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1), 3(1), 4(7, 4-7),

SY, T-2). 6(3, 2-3), 7(4, 4-5), 8€1, 1-2), 9(3), 10(3, 2-3), 11(16, 10-16, stellate,

branches of varying length), 12(1), 13(1), 14(15, 10-19), 15(], '-2); Antenna: Length

about 0.38 of head; pigmentation strong; shaft with a few scattered spicules. All hairs

except I, single; hair 1-A (2, 2-3) at about 0.64 from base. Thorax: Integument weak-

ly spiculate, spicules hairlike. Apices of long hairs attenuate; barbs present on long

and stellate hairs. Prothorax: hair 0(26, 26-44), 1(2, 1-2), 2(1), 3(44, 34-72), 4(1, 1-

2), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2), 8(24, 23-36), 9(24, 13-34), 10(1), 11(1, 1-3), 12(1), 13(34, 29-

51), 14(36, 36-50). Mesothorax: hair 1(20, 9-32), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(5, 4-6),

7(1), 8(6, 3-8), 9(7, 6-8), 10(1), 11€1), 12(1), 13(18, 15-29), 14(13, 3-21). Metatho-

rax: hair 1(26, 21-44), 2(1), 3(4, 3-5), 4(18, 16-30), 5(16, 14-20), 6(1), 7(5, 3-7),

8(16, 14-20), 9(3), 10(1), 11(1, 1-2), 12(1), 13(26, 20-46). Abdomen: Integument

and stellate hairs as on thorax. Segment I: hair 1(22, 21-40), 2(27, 17-37), 3(1), 4(1),

S(14, 10-26), 6(2, 2-3), 7(1), 9(1, 1-2), 10(1), 11(20, 17-36), 13(19, 14-24). Segment

II: hair 0(1), 1(22, 19-45), 2(23, 17-46), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 11-26), 6(3, 2-3), 7(11, 9-

17), 8(1), 9(9, 8-20), 10(1), 111), 12(1), 13(18, 16-23). Segment III: hair 0(1), 1(22,

22-50), 2(22, 18-47), 3(1), 4(1), 5(15, 14-32), 6(1, 1-2), 7(11, 8-20), 8(1), 9(20,

16-34), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(25, 16-36), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(24, 21-

49), 2(22, 20-47), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 13-31), 6(1, 1-2), 7(10, 9-18), 8(1), 9(22, 18-33),

10(1), 11€1), 12(1), 13(25, 18-40), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(20, 18-46), 2(22,

18-45), 3(1), 41), 5(18, 14-26), 6(1), 7(10, 8-19), 8(1), 9(18, 16-31), 10(1), 11(1),

12(1), 13(24, 17-41), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(24, 22-40), 2(22, 20- 40), 3(1),

4(1), 5(16, 11-24), 6(1), 7(8, 8-16), 8(1), 9(20, 18-31), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(16,

12-16), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(24, 18-27), 2(18, 16-27), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16,

12-19), 6(8, 8-11), 71), 8(10, 10-14), 9(17, 15-21), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(15, 13-

13), 14(1). Segment VIII: Comb scales in a single row, usually 14(12-15) in number;

individual scale long, pointed apically, fringed nearly to tip. Hair 0(1), 1(24, 19-24),

112 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

2(1), 3(7, 6-8), 4(1), 5(19, 11-21), 14(1). Siphon: Index about 3.8-4.3; integument

imbricate, strongly pigmented, with darker basal ring. Pecten extending to about 0.5,

usually 23(22-24) teeth; individual tooth with basal denticles. Hair 1(3, 2-3), 2(1),

3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 9(1). Anal Segment: Saddle strongly pigmented,

with darker basal ring; caudal margin with spines of varying sizes. Gills subequai, fin-

gerlike, about 2.0 of saddle length. Hair 1(3, 2-4), 2(4, 3-5), 3(2), 4a(2), 4b(2), 4c(2),

4d(2), 4e(2, 1-2). |

SYSTEMATICS. A. leei appears to be closely related to osornoi and marinkellei.

It is sharply differentiated ecologically from the other 2 species, occurring apparent-

ly at considerably higher elevations in the paramo. All the stages are known from

the type locality of Paramo de Purace in southern Colombia at elevations of 9600-

10,500 ft (COL 16,17,19,52,53,54). The only other definite record is a single female

from Zongo near La Paz, Bolivia. It seems very probable that this species will even-

tually be found in the intermediate area in Ecuador and Peru.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages have been collected in epiphytic and terres-

trial bromeliads in the Paramo de Purace where a number of females were also taken

biting-landing and entering a car between 1715 and 1815 hrs.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Paramo in southern Colombia and Bolivia, above 9000

ft. Material examined: 188 specimens; 1 6, 34 9, 31 pupae, 122 larvae; 6 individual

rearings (2 pupal, 4 incomplete).

BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Chapare, Yungas del Palmar, elev. 3200 m, 1 ?(Prosen, Carcavallo and

Martinez 1964:104). La Paz: Zongo, 1 Apr 1946, W.H.W. Komp, 1 ? [USNM].

COLOMBIA. Cauca: Paramo de Purace, 9600-10,500 ft, 18 Feb 1965, V.H. Lee (COL 52), 1 p?

(52-101), 4 IP (52-18,19,29,36), 8 P, 38 L; 19 Feb 1965, V.H. Lee, 7 L (COL 53), 5 P, 36 L(COL

54) [UCLA]. Huila: 10.0-17.5 mi S.E. of Purace, 9600-10,500 ft, 28 Oct 1964, V.H. Lee, 1 pd

(16-100), 33 2 (COL 17, type series); 30 Oct 1964, V.H. Lee, 9 P, 25L,11(COL 19),3P, 11 L

(COL 20) [USNM, BM, UCLA].

30. Aedes (Howardina) osornoi Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.6,9 56,57

TYPES: Holotype ¢ (COB 37-16) with associated pupal and larval skins and genitalia slide,

“Chorro de Padilla,’ Rio San Francisco, Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia, elev. 8200 ft, 14 July

1965, J.A. Ochoa [USNM]. Allotype 2 (COB 37-10) with associated pupal and larval skins, same

data as holotype [USNM]. Paratypes: 2 6 (COB 37-11,12), 2 2 (37-17,18), with associated pupal

and larval skins, same data as holotype [BM, UCLA]. This species is dedicated to Dr. E. Osorno-

Mesa, in recognition of his important contributions to the knowledge of neotropical mosquitoes.

Aedes (Howardina) quadrivittatus in part of Dyar (1928:229); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:

100; 1953:713); Reyes (1955:74,89); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174); Cova Garcia, Su-

til and Rausseo (1966a:58,283; 1966b:12,141,171,334).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.8 mm. Proboscis: 3.24 mm. Forefemur: 2.34 mm. Abdomen:

about 3.8 mm. Similar to eleanorae but generally larger and differing mainly in the

following. Head: Light scales on median stripe and short orbital line narrow, pale

golden; light scales on sides and venter creamy. Erect scales predominantly pale gold-

en, a few on sides darker. Palpus about 0.15 of proboscis; predominantly dark, with

white scales on apex and mesal surface of segment 4. Mesal scale patch on torus

creamy. Thorax (fig.9): All mesonotal light lines golden; outer dorsocentral line

joined anteriorly to entire lateral prescutal area in fossa, gradually narrowed caudad

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 113

to scutellum; lateral marginal line separate only from scutal angle to wingbase; scales

on anterior promontory golden. Light scales on median scutellar lobe predominantly

narrow, pale golden, a few basal ones broader; lateral lobe with a few narrow dark

and creamy scales. Scales on paratergite golden, moderately broad. Apn scales pre-

dominantly broad, pale golden, but a few anterior scales narrower; ppn only with an

upper patch of narrow golden scales; psp scales narrow, pale golden; other patches

pure white and distributed as in eleanorae. Legs: Forefemur predominantly dark an-

teriorly except for a few basal creamy scales, posterior surface mostly dark except

for creamy longitudinal line from base to apex; midfemur dark anteriorly except for

a few basal creamy scales and a dingy white spot at about 0.5, posterior surface

creamy in basal 0.5 and along a narrow distal line, rest dark; hindfemur creamy in

basal half. Foretarsus with white scales on segments 1,2; midtarsus with short incom-

plete white rings on 1,2, occasionally a few white scales on 3; hindtarsus with broad-

er white rings on 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly creamy, a few dorsal

scales dark. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light scales absent. Sternites with broad

basal V-shaped silvery white patches; apical white scales inconspicuous.

MALE. Wing: 4.5 mm. Proboscis: 3.24 mm. Forefemur: 2.16 mm. Essentially sim-

ilar to female in color. Palpus entirely dark.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.56). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with 5-7 strong setae. Sidepiece length 2.5-3.0 of median

width. Clasper about 0.67 of sidepiece, with 2 subapical hairs; spiniform moderate,

length about 0.33 of clasper. Aedeagus subquadrate, shorter than proctiger; dorsal

sclerotization shallowly emarginate, lateral lobes inconspicuous.

PUPA (fig.56). Abdomen: 4.29 mm. Trumpet: 0.61 mm; index 6.3-6.4. Paddle:

0.94 mm. Chaetotaxy as given below, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. Distin-

guishable from Jeei and marinkellei by hairs 10,12-C branched; from eleanorae by the

ventrally placed hair 8-VII. Cephalothorax: Mesonotum lightly pigmented between

trumpets; lateral areas and metanotum slightly darker; trumpets strongly contrasting.

Hair 1(1), 2(1), 31), 4(3, 1-4), 5@, 1-3), 6(1, 1-2), 7(2, 1-3), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 103,

1-4), 11(1), 12(@, 1-4). Abdomen: Tergite I moderately pigmented except for usual

membranous areas; tergites II,III also moderately pigmented, distal segments pro-

gressively lighter caudad. Segment I: hair 1(12-21 primary branches, subequal in

length and each with a few branches), 2(1, 1-3), 3(1), 4(2, 2-3), 5(2, 1-3), 6(1), 7(1),

9(1), 111, 1-2 only occasionally present). Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(9, 3-19), 2(1, 1-

2), 3(1), 4(2, 1-3), 5C1, 1-2), 6(1), 7(1, 1-2), 8(1, 1-2), 9(1). Segment III: hair 0(1),

as 2); 2171-3), SCl, 1-2); ACL 1-2), S01 42), CET): FO; 3-2) Be. 22 Os.

101), 1 1(1), 14G). Segment PV: hair 01); 12, 1-2); 2¢1, 1-2); 3(3; 2-3), 402); 50,

2-3), 6(1), 7(2, 1-2), 8C1, 1-2), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(1),

211-3); 3€1), 40, 1-2), 5@2; 1-2), 6(1), 70; 1-3), 8@, 1-2); 901), 1001), 1101),

14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(1), 21, 1-2), 3(1), 4€1, 1-2), 5(1, 1-2), 6(1), 7d, 1-

2), 8(2, 1-3), 9(1), 10(1), 111), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1),

S(1), 6(2, 1-2), 7(1), 8@, 1-3), 9(3, 2-4), 10(1), 11€1), 14(1). Segment VIII: hair 0(1),

4(1, 1-3), 9(8, 5-9), 14(1, 1-2). Paddle: Uniformly lightly pigmented, midrib darker;

external margin serrated and apex rounded; hair 1-P slender. Male genital lobe ex-

tending to about 0.47 of paddle, female genital lobe to 0.3.

LARVA (fig.57). Head: 0.99 mm. Siphon: 0.91 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.33 mm. Read-

ily separated from other members of the group by hair 3-X single. Chaetotaxy as

given below. Head: Width subequal to length; pigmentation moderate except around

mouthparts where it is deeper. Mental plate with a strong median tooth and 11 dis-

tinct teeth on either side, often a smaller detached tooth at base. Hair 0(1), 1(1),

114 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

3(1), 4(6, 4-8), 5(1), 6(3, 3-4), 7(4, 4-5), 8(1), 9(2, 1-2), 10(1), 11°16, 9-16), 12(1),

13(1), 14(12, 7-16), 15(1, 1-2). Antenna: Length about 0.33 of head; pigmentation

light, shaft with a few scattered spicules. All hairs except 1 single; hair 1-A (2, 2-3)

about 0.64 from base. Thorax: Integument glabrous. Apices of long hairs attenuate;

stellate hairs with unequal, weakly barbed, spikelike branches. Prothorax: hair 0(28,

24-33), 1(2),. 2011-2), 3G1,.27:36),.4(01), SC), 601), 7(2), 826, 20-29), 9016, 15-

21), 10(1), 11(2, 2-3), 12(1), 13(30, 29-37), 14(41, 38-45). Mesothorax: hair 1(22,

18-25), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 51), 6(4, 3-4), 7(1), 805, 4-6), 9(5, 4-7), 10(1), 11€1, 1-2),

12(1), 13(18, 13-20), 14(13, 11-15). Metathorax: hair 1(25, 23-37), 2(1), 3(16, 12-

16), 4(3, 3-8), 5(16, 14-19), 6(1), 7(4, 3-4), 8(16, 15-16), 9(3, 3-4), 10(1), 11€1, 1-2),

12(1), 13(20, 18-23). Abdomen: Integument weakly spiculate, spicules simple, hair-

like; stellate hairs as on thorax. Segment I: hair 1(18, 18-21), 2(17, 16-22), 3(1),

4(1), 5(16, 13-18), 6(3, 2-3), 7(1), 9(6, 46), 10(1), 11016, 15-18), 13(16, 15-18).

Segment II: hair 0(1), 1(20, 17-22), 2(20, 16-20), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 14-18), 6(2, 2-3),

7(12, 10-12), 8(1), 9(6, 6-9), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(24, 21-24). Segment III: hair

O(1), 1(18; 18-22), 2017, 17-20), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 13-20), 6(1), 7(11, 10-13), 81),

9(14, 11-14), 10(1), 11(1), 121), 13(23, 21-28), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(21,

19-24), 2(20, 16-22), 3(1), 4(1), 5(17, 16-19), 61, 1-2), 7€11, 10-13), 8(1), 9C15,

14-18), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(22, 18-25), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), 1(21, 19-

22), 2(20, 17-22), 3(1), 41), 5(17, 16-19), 6(2, 1-2), 7010, 10-14), 8(1), 917, 14-

20), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(22, 20-25), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), 1(21, 19-21),

-2(22, 17-24), 3(1), 4(1), 5(16, 14-18), 6(1), 7(12, 10-14), 8(1), 9(16, 14-19), 10(1),

11(1), 12(1), 13(24, 22-26), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1) 1(22, 20-24), 2@20, 18-

22), 3(1, 1-2), 41), 5(18, 17-21), 6(9, 9-11), 71), 8(17, 14-19), 9(16, 14-17), 10Q1),

11(1), 12(1), 13(24, 20-27), 14(1). Segment VIII: Comb scales in a single row, usual-

ly 16(14-16) in number; individual scale long, pointed apically, fringed nearly to tip.

Hair 0(1), 1(24, 21-26), 2(1), 3(6, 5-7), 4(1), 5(24, 18-24), 14C1, 1-2). Siphon: Index

about 3.3-3.67; integument moderately pigmented, with darker basal ring. Pecten

extending to about 0.42-0.5, usually 18(16-22) teeth; individual tooth with basal

denticles. Hair 1(4, 3-4), 2(1), 3-5 not visible, 6(1), 7(1), 8@2, 1-4), 9(1). Anal Seg-

ment: Saddle moderately pigmented, with a darker basal ring; caudal margin with

spines of varying sizes. Gills subequal, more than 2.0 of saddle length. Hair 1(2), 2(4,

3-4), 3(1), 4a(2, 2-3), 4b(2), 4c(2), 4d(2, 1-2), 4e(1, 1-2).

SYSTEMATICS. A. osornoi is readily separated from its apparent nearest rela-

tives, marinkellei and leei, by constant diagnostic features in all known stages. Imma-

ture stages and females are known only from elevations above 8,000 feet in Cundina-

marca Province, Colombia, in the central part of the Cordillera Oriental. A female

collected at 9,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada of the Cordillera de Merida in Venezuela

[USNM] is undoubtedly osornoi and it seems very likely that the record of quadri-

vittatus from Aragua in the Cordillera de la Costa (Cova Garcia, Sutil and Rausseo

1966) also pertains to this species. In the fair sample of material no striking variation

is apparent except for 1 reared female from Cundinamarca Province (COB 37-13)

where osornoi is sympatric with marinkellei. In this specimen a suggestion of possi-

ble hybridization or introgression of these 2 species is indicated in the osornoi-like

ornamentation of the adult and in the resemblance of the immature stages to marin-

kellei. In this area of sympatry, the 2 species have not been collected together in the

same bromeliad axils, suggesting an ecological barrier of some kind between them.

BIONOMICS. The known breeding sites of osornoi are epiphytic bromeliads at

elevations above 8,000 feet. As in the case of marinkellei, several females have been

taken, probably in biting-landing collections, at human bait.

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 115

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Colombia (Cordillera Oriental) and Venezuela (Cordillera

de Merida and probably Cordillera de la Costa) at elevations of 8000-9000 ft. Materi-

al examined: 114 specimens; 11 6, 45 9, 22 pupae, 36 larvae; 22 individual rearings

(20 larval, 2 incomplete).

COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca: Bogota, B.G. Amortegui, 5 ? [USNM]. Puerto Lievano and Bogo-

ta, 6 Aug 1935, B.G. Amortegui, 9 9 [USNM]. Rio San Francisco, 21 May 1942, W.H.W. Komp,

7 2 [USNM]; “Chorro de Padilla,” elev. 8000 ft, 9 Feb 1965, E. Ruiz, 1 lpd (11-10), 1 lp? (11-11),

3 1(COB 11), 12 2, 10 L(COB 650209); 25 Feb 1965, E. Ruiz, 21(COB 14); 21 June 1965, J.A.

Ochoa (COB 34), 3 Ipd (34-18,93,94), 5 Ip? (34-14-17,19), 2 lp (34-95,98), 1 3, 1 9; 14 July

1965, J.A. Ochoa (COB 36), 2 Ipé (36-21,22), 1 Ip? (36-20), (COB 37, type series), 3 Ipd (37-11,

12,16), 3 lp? (37-10,17,18) [USNM, BM, UCLA].

VENEZUELA. Aragua: (Cova Garcia. Sutil and Rausseo 1966b:141). Merida: Sierra Nevada,

elev. 9000 ft, Dec 1923, E.P. de Bellard, 1 9? [USNM].

31. Aedes (Howardina) ecuadoriensis Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.6,9,58

TYPES: Holotype ? (ECU 4), Leon River, Saraguro, Azuay, Ecuador, 5500 ft, adult collection,

22 Mar 1965, L.E. Pena G. [USNM]. Paratypes: 4 9 (ECU 4), same data as holotype [UCLA].

FEMALE. Wing: 2.88 mm. Proboscis: 2.25 mm. Forefemur: 1.62 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.25 mm. Similar to eleanorae, with the following diagnostic differences. Head:

Light scales on median and short orbital lines moderately broad, white; sides and

venter with white scales. Erect scales dark. Palpus about 0.15 of proboscis; predomi-

nantly dark, with white scales on apex and base of segment 4. Mesal patch on torus

white. Thorax (fig.9): Mesonotal light lines white and golden; inner dorsocentral

line complete, narrow, white; outer dorsocentral line apparently complete, narrow,

pale golden, extending from anterior margin to scutellum, a few anterior scales whit-

ish; lateral marginal line short, whitish, extending from scutal angle to wingbase;

scales on anterior promontory white. Light scales on median scutellar lobe broad,

white, narrow and brown on lateral lobes. Scales on paratergite broad and white. Apn

scales moderately broad, white; ppn with large upper and small lower scale patch;

former with narrow white scales above, broad below; latter with broad white scales;

other scale patches broad, white scaled, distributed as in the group. Legs: Forefemur

dark scaled anteriorly, posterior surface predominantly creamy except for narrow

longitudinal dark line from base to apex; midfemur and hindfemur mostly dark ante-

riorly except for a ventral white line to middle and a white spot at 0.67, posteriorly

proximal 0.5 creamy, rest dark. Foretarsus with short incomplete white rings on seg-

ments 1,2; midtarsus with short white rings on 1-3; hindtarsus with broader white

rings on 1-4. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly white, a few brown scales dor-

sally. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light scales dingy white on II-VII. Sternites with

broad basal V-shaped patches of white scales; apical light scales distinct up to seg-

ment V.

MALE. Wing: 3.06 mm. Proboscis: 2.71 mm. Forefemur: 1.75 mm. Essentially

similar to female in color. Palpus predominantly dark, basoventral parts of segments

4 and 5 white scaled.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.58). Diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth tergite

lobe prominent, with 6,7 moderate to strong bristles, inner markedly flattened and

almost leaflike. Sidepiece length about 3.5 of median width. Clasper about 0.5 of

sidepiece, with 2,3 subapical hairs; minute spicules in basal 0.5; spiniform short, 0.25

116 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

of clasper. Aedeagus short; dorsal sclerotization deeply emarginate, producing dis-

tinct lateral sclerotized lobes.

PUPA, LARVA unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. A. ecuadoriensis is readily separated from the apparently closely

related brevivittatus by constant differences in mesonotal, pleural and tarsal mark-

ings. It is known only from 2 widely spearated localities in northern and southern

Ecuador in semi-arid areas (chaparral and high desert) at elevations between 5,000

and 6,000 feet, whereas brevivittatus is known at present only from intermediate lo-

calities with a range of elevations from 4,200 to nearly 11,000 feet, apparently al-

ways in humid forests.

BIONOMICS. Most of the known material of ecuadoriensis consists of females

taken in biting-landing collections between the hours of 0600 and 1500. The imma-

ture stages will probably be found in bromeliads which undoubtedly contain water

during the period of seasonal rainfall characteristic of the areas where the adults were

collected.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Ecuador (chaparral and high desert areas) at elevations

of 5000-6000 ft. Material examined: 10 specimens; 2 6, 8 9; no individual rearings

or immature stages.

ECUADOR. Azuay: Saraguro, Leon River, elev. 5500 ft, 22 Mar 1965, L.E. Pena G., 5 9? (ECU

4), type series [USNM, UCLA]. Jmbabura: (barra, Taguando River, elev. 5400-5800 ft, 9 June

1965, LE. PenaG., 2 6, 3 9 (ECU 25) [UCLA].

32. Aedes (Howardina) brevivittatus Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.6,9,58

TYPES: Holotype ¢, Zorrocucho, Azuay, Ecuador, 3500 m, date not specified, Levi-Castillo

[USNM]. Allotype ¢ with associated genitalia slide, same data as holotype [USNM]. Paratypes:

8 2, same data as holotype [USNM, UCLA].

Aedes (Howardina) quadrivittatus in part of Dyar (1928:229); Edwards (1932:155); Lane (1939:

100; 1953:713); Levi-Castillo (1953:40); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:174).

FEMALE. Wing: 5.04 mm. Proboscis: 3.27 mm. Forefemur: 2.79 mm. Abdomen:

about 4.55 mm. Similar to eleanorae, differing in larger size and in the following.

Head: Light scales of median and short orbital lines creamy; light scales on sides and

venter whitish. Erect scales predominantly brown, a few middle ones paler. Palpus

about 0.14 of proboscis; predominantly dark, with white scales on apex and mesal

side of segment 4. Mesal patch on torus white. Thorax (fig.9): All mesonotal light

lines creamy to pale golden; inner dorsocentral line slightly broadened on anterior

0.5, gradually narrowing caudad; outer dorsocentral line shorter, from anterior 0.25

to scutellum; lateral marginal line longer, from anterior promontory to wingbase;

scales on anterior promontory golden. Light scales on median scutellar lobe narrow,

white; lateral lobes with narrow, brown scales. Scales on paratergite broad, dingy

white. Apn scales broad, dingy white, a few anterior ones narrower; ppn with only an

upper patch of predominantly narrow, creamy scales, a few broader ones below; oth-

er pleural patches with broad white scales, distributed as in the group. Legs: Forefe-

mur dark brown anteriorly, posteriorly proximal 0.5 predominantly creamy extend-

ing distally as a narrow creamy line, rest dark; midfemur mostly dark brown anteri-

orly except for a few basal creamy scales and a white spot at 0.67, posteriorly prox-

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 117

imal 0.5 creamy, extending distally as a creamy line, rest dark; hindfemur creamy to

0.75 anteriorly, 0.67 posteriorly, rest dark scaled. Foretarsus with a few white scales

on segments 1,2; midtarsus with short incomplete white rings on 1-3; hindtarsus with

short white rings on 1-4. Haltere: Stem pale, knob predominantly dark, fringe scales

whitish. Abdomen: Basal tergal light bands creamy to V, white on VI,VII. Sternites

with broad basal patches, creamy basally and white on sides; apical creamy to white

scales distinct up to segment V.

MALE. Wing: 5.6 mm. Proboscis: 3.45 mm. Forefemur: 2.37 mm. Essentially sim-

ilar to female in color. Palpus predominantly dark, basoventral parts of segments 4

and 5 white scaled.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.58). As figured; diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth

tergite lobe prominent, with 6,7 strong bristles. Sidepiece length about 2.5 of median

width. Clasper about 0.5 of sidepiece, with 1,2 subapical hairs; spiniform moderate,

about 0.33 of clasper. Aedeagus subquadrate; dorsal sclerotization deeply emar-

ginate, producing distinct lateral lobes.

PUPA, LARVA unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. A. brevivittatus is apparently closely related to ecuadoriensis

with which it is broadly sympatric in Ecuador but from which it seems to be isolated

by a strong ecological barrier. While ecuadoriensis is known only from semi-arid lo-

calities at elevations of 5,000 to 6,000 feet, brevivittatus has been collected only in

humid forests at elevations from 4,200 to nearly 11,000 feet, apparently only on the

western slopes of the Andes.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages of brevivittatus will undoubtedly be found in

epiphytic and/or terrestrial bromeliads. The present collections consist mostly of fe-

males taken biting-landing on humans between the hours of 1000 and 1800.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.6). Humid forests on western slopes of Andes in Ecuador at

elevations of 4200-11,000 ft. Material examined: 25 specimens; 8 6, 17 9; no indi-

vidual rearings or immature stages.

ECUADOR. Azuay: Cuenca, Caserio Tinajillas, elev. 10,000 ft, 18-21 Mar 1965, L.E. PenaG.,

7 3, 7 2 (ECU 3) [UCLA]. Zorrocucho, elev. 3500 m, Levi-Castillo, 1 6,9 9, type series [USNM,

UCLA]. Canar: (Levi-Castillo 1953:40). Pichincha: Santo Domingo, Tandapi, elev. 4400-5400 ft,

20-21 June 1965, L.E. Pena G., 1 9? (ECU 27) [UCLA].

Aurivittatus Group

FEMALES. Head: Median light line on vertex with narrow scales. Proboscis dis-

tinctly longer than forefemur. Torus with restricted mesal scale patch. Thorax: Meso-

notal light lines usually creamy to golden; inner dorsocentral line complete; outer

dorsocentral line either complete or not reaching anterior margin, subparallel to in-

ner; lateral marginal line continuous; scales on anterior promontory pale golden. An-

tealar area above paratergite with golden scales. Paratergite with a moderate scale

patch extending entire sclerite length. Upper ppn entirely covered with light scales;

upper stp patch quadrate. Legs: Distal white spot on anterior surface of midfemur

distinct, absent on hindfemur. Tibiae completely dark. Wing: Remigium with white

scales. Abdomen: Basomedian tergal light markings absent.

MALES. Palpus with basomedian light scales on segments 4 and 5.

MALE GENITALIA. Lobe of tergite [X distinct, with 5,6 strong bristles. Side-

pieces separated at base by a distance less than width of aedeagus; without any indi-

cation of lobes on tergomesal or sternomesal margins. Claspette represented by a

118 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

conical tubercle. Aedeagus shorter than proctiger; apex slightly een pro-

ducing lateral lobes.

PUPAE and LARVAE unknown.

DISCUSSION. The Aurivittatus Group is recognized here for the nominate form,

vanemdeni and martinezi on the basis of the presence of pale scales on the remigium.

The immature stages are unknown for the group and I have not seen any males. The

group is doubtfully distinct from the Eleanorae Group and may have to be merged

with it if the immature stages prove to be similar. Members of this group have been

occasionally misidentified as sexlineatus in the past.

The group occupies the southernmost portion of the distribution of the section.

A. aurivittatus and vanemdeni have been found only in Bolivia, at moderate eleva-

tions in the Amazon basin; martinezi is known at moderate elevations in the Amazon

basin in Bolivia and from northern Argentina at an elevation of about 5,000 feet and

is one of the 2 members of the section reported from the La Plata drainage (fig.5).

33. Aedes (Howardina) aurivittatus Cerqueira

Figs.5 ,9

1943.Aedes (Howardina) aurivittatus Cerqueira, 1943a:7-8. TYPE: Holotype ?, Pampagrande,

Florida, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Feb 1940 [IOC].

Aedes (Howardina) aurivittatus of Cerqueira (1943b:33); Del Ponte, Castro and Garcia (195 1:240);

Lane (1953:711); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:173); in part of Martinez, Prosen and Car-

cavallo (1964:53-58); Prosen, Carcavallo and Martinez (1964:103); Forattini (1965:461); Stone

(1967:208).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.24 mm. Proboscis: 2.16 mm. Forefemur: 1.89 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.88 mm. Head: Light decumbent scales on head white. Erect scales extending

to vertex, light brown on occiput. Palpus about 0.16 of proboscis; white scales re-

stricted to base and apex of segment 4. Mesal scale patch on torus silvery white. Tho-

rax (fig.9): Mesonotal light lines creamy to pale golden; inner dorsocentral line com-

plete, extending from anterior margin to scutellum; outer dorsocentral line complete,

merging with lateral marginal line at level of humeral bristles; lateral marginal line

long, extending from humeral bristles to wingbase. Median scutellar lobe with broad

dark scales laterally and moderately broad creamy scales from base to apex in mid-

dle; lateral lobe with a few narrow creamy scales. Paratergite with moderately broad

white scales. Scales on apn predominantly broad and white, a few anterior ones nar-

rower; ppn with large upper and small lower patches, former predominantly with

narrow scales except for lower broader ones, latter with broad white scales; psp with

a few broad white scales restricted to posterior part of bristles; other patches pure

white, distributed as in the group. Legs: Forefemur mostly dark except for a few

white scales at base anteriorly and a creamy longitudinal line posteriorly; midfemur

predominantly dark anteriorly except for a narrow mesal line from base terminating

in a distinct silvery spot at 0.67, posteriorly proximal 0.5 creamy, rest dark; hindfe-

mur mostly creamy to 0.67 on both sides, rest dark scaled. Foretarsus and midtarsus

with a few white scales on segment 1; hindtarsus with moderately broad white rings

on segments 1-3. Haltere: Stem pale, knob brown scaled basally, fringe scales whit-

ish. Abdomen: Sternites with broad V-shaped basal white patches; median apical

white scales few, present up to segment V.

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 119

MALE. Not seen; according to the description of Martinez, Prosen and Carcavallo

(1964:53-58), essentially similar to female as described above.

MALE GENITALIA. Diagnostic characters as in the key. Ninth tergite lobe prom-

inent, with 6 strong bristles. Sidepiece length about 3.0 median width. Clasper about

0.5 of sidepiece, with 1 subapical hair; spiniform long, about 0.5 of clasper. Aedeagus

shorter than proctiger; dorsal sclerotization slightly emarginate, producing lateral

lobes. |

PUPA, LARVA unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. The 3 females of aurivittatus | have examined are readily sepa-

rated from martinezi by the diagnostic characters mentioned above. This species ap-

pears to be restricted to moderate elevations in the upper parts of the Amazon drain-

age in Bolivia. The record of aurivittatus from La Caldera (Salta), Argentina, is prob-

ably erroneous and based on the closely related martinezi which has been collected

in the same locality. :

BIONOMICS. The immature stages are unknown but should be found in the axils

of epiphytic and/or terrestrial bromeliads, the only known breeding sites of the mem-

bers of the Sexlineatus Section. Females of aurivittatus are evidently at least occa-

sionally attracted to humans, presumably in the daytime.

DISTRIBUTION (fig.5). Bolivia (upper Amazon drainage) at moderate elevations.

Material examined: 3 specimens; 3 9; no individual rearings or immature stages.

BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Chapare, 27 Apr 1944, 1 2 [USNM]. Santa Cruz: Florida, Feb 1940,

N.L. Cerqueira, 2 ? paratypes [USNM].

34. Aedes (Howardina) martinezi Berlin, n.sp.

Figs.5 ,9

TYPE: Holotype ? (ARG-1), La Caldera, Salta, Argentina, 27 Mar 1966, A. Martinez [USNM].

Paratypes: 30 2, same data as holotype [USNM, BM, UCLA]. This species is dedicated to Dr. A.

Martinez for his contributions to the study of neotropical mosquitoes.

Aedes (Howardina) aurivittatus in part of Martinez and Prosen (1955:25-27); Castro, Garcia and

Bressanello (1959:550).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.42 mm. Proboscis: 2.36 mm. Forefemur: 2.19 mm. Abdomen:

2.91 mm. Essentially similar to aurivittatus, differing apparently only in the follow-

ing. Head: Light decumbent scales dull creamy. Erect scales on occiput largely

brownish, a few darker. Thorax (fig.9): Mesonotal light lines pale golden; outer dor-

socentral line shorter, arising at anterior 0.25; lateral marginal line long, from side of

anterior promontory to wingbase. Lateral scutellar lobes with a few narrow dark

scales.

MALE, PUPA, LARVA unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. A. martinezi has been confused in the past with aurivittatus

from which it is clearly differentiated by the diagnostic characters mentioned above

which are remarkably constant in the small type series. Apparently martinezi extends

from moderate elevations in the Amazon basin in Bolivia to the upper part of the La

Plata drainage in northern Argentina.

BIONOMICS. The immature stages are unknown but will probably be found in

the axils of bromeliads. The adults have been captured biting and landing on humans

during the day at elevations of about 5,000 feet.

120 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

DISTRIBUTION (fig.5). Bolivia (upper Amazon drainage) and Argentina (upper

La Plata drainage), at moderate to high elevations. Material examined: 32 specimens;

32 2, no individual rearings or immature stages.

ARGENTINA. Salta: La Caldera, 3.0 mi before mountain pass Sta. Laura, elev. 5000 ft, 27

Mar 1966, A. Martinez, 31 9 (ARG-1, type series) [USNM, BM, UCLA].

BOLIVIA. Cochabamba: Chimore, 30 Apr 1944,1 9 [USNM].

35. Aedes (Howardina) vanemdeni Martini

Figs.5 ,9

1931.Aedes vanemdeni Martini, 1931:208-209. TYPE: Lectotype 6, Yungas de Coroico (La Paz),

Bolivia, elev. 1000 m [BM; selection of Mattingly 1955:31].

Aedes (Howardina) vanemdeni of Lane (1939:101); Martinez (1950:39); De] Ponte, Castro and

Garcia (1951:240); Lane (1953:716); Martinez and Prosen (1953:28,30; 1955:32); Castro, Gar-

cia and Bressanello (1959:550); Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959: 174): Prosen, Carcavallo and

Martinez (1964:105).

FEMALE. Not seen.

MALE. Essentially similar to aurivittatus, differing apparently only in the follow-

ing (fig.9). Lateral marginal line short, not connected to outer dorsocentral line at

level of humeral bristles and extending from scutal angle to wingbase. Forefemur and

midfemur with a distinct white spot anteriorly at distal 0.67. Foretarsus and midtar-

sus with white scales on segments 1-3; hindtarsus with white ring only on segment |;

rest dark scaled. Haltere: Stem pale, knob entirely white scaled.

MALE GENITALIA. Ninth tergite lobe distinct, with 5 strong bristles. Sidepiece

length about 3.0 of median width. Clasper and spiniform as in aurivittatus.

PUPA and LARVA unknown.

SYSTEMATICS. A. vanemdeni is readily differentiated from other members of

the Aurivittatus Group by the distribution of the tarsal white markings. The male

genitalia appear to be similar to aurivittatus. A. vanemdeni is known only by the 6

(lectotype) and 2 of the original type series from moderate elevations in the Amazon

basin in Bolivia.

BIONOMICS. The unknown immature stages will probably be found in bromeliad

axils. Females are presumably at least occasionally attracted to man.

DISTRIBUTION. Bolivia (fig.5). Material examined: d lectotype examined by

J.N. Belkin [BM].

Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 121

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FIGURES

Distribution of the groups of Howardina

Distribution of the species of the Fulvithorax Section

Distribution of the species of the Walkeri Section

Distribution of Aedes (H.) sexlineatus

Distribution of the species of the Quadrivittatus, Whitmorei and Aurivittatus

Groups

Distribution of the species of the Allotecnon and Eleanorae Groups

Biting-landing cycle of Howardina species near Porus, Jamaica

Mesonotal scale pattern of Howardina species

Aedes (H.) fulvithorax; pleuron, male genitalia and pupa

Aedes (H.) fulvithorax ; larva

. Aedes (H.) septemstriatus; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) septemstriatus; larva

. Aedes (H.) arborealis; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) arborealis; \arva

. Aedes (H.) walkeri; adult morphology

Aedes (H.) walkeri; pleuron, male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) walkeri; larva

. Aedes (H.) aurites; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) aurites; larva

. Aedes (H.) grabhami; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) grabhami; larva

. Aedes (H.) inaequalis; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) inaequalis; larva

. Aedes (H.) stenei; male genitalia and pupa >

. Aedes (H.) stenei; larva

. Aedes (H.) ioliota; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) ioliota; larva

. Aedes (H.) cozumelensis; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) cozumelensis; larva

. Aedes (H.) albonotatus; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) bahamensis; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) bahamensis; larva

. Aedes (H.) busckii; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) busckii; larva

. Aedes (H.) quadrivittatus; pleuron, male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) quadrivittatus; larva

. Aedes (H.) lorraineae; \arva

. Aedes (H.) brevis; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) brevis; larva

. Aedes (H.) spinosus; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) spinosus; larva

. Aedes (H.) sexlineatus; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) sexlineatus; larva

. Aedes (H.) whitmorei; male genitalia and pupa

. Aedes (H.) whitmorei; larva

. Aedes (H.) allotecnon; male genitalia and pupa

130 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 2, 1969

48. Aedes (H.) allotecnon; \arva

49. Aedes (H.) guerrero; larva

50. Aedes (H.) eleanorae; male genitalia and pupa

51. Aedes (H.) eleanorae; larva

52. Aedes (H.) marinkellei; pupa —

53. Aedes (H.) marinkellei; larva

54. Aedes (H.) leei; male genitalia and pupa

55. Aedes (H.) leei; larva

56. Aedes (H.) osornoi; male genitalia and pupa

57. Aedes (H.) osornoi; larva

58. Aedes (H.) aureolineatus, pseudodominicii, ecuadoriensis and brevivittatus; male

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St. Andrew

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Yucatan

Mexico

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Bahama Islands

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Colombia

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HOWARDINA

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Costa Rica

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HOWARDINA

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Berlin: Subgenus Howardina 189

INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC NAMES

Names of valid taxa included in Howardina are in boldface type, names of valid extralimital

taxa are in roman type. Italic type is used for names of all taxa considered invalid in this work

(synonyms, homonyms, misidentifications, gross erroneous spellings, and so on). Misidentifications

or invalid taxonomic interpretations are indicated by the use of the term “of authors” or “of”

followed by a specific author, and are listed as separate entries following the entry for the cor-

rectly applied identical name.

Boldface numerals refer to the principal text reference, italic numerals to figure numbers, and

roman numerals to secondary text references, with the suffix k indicating mention in a key.

Aedes Meigen, 1, 8, 9

Aedini, 8

aegypti (Linnaeus), 63

albonotatus (Coquillett), 29k, 30k, 31k, 54,

58, 59-61, 62, 63; 3, 8, 31

albonotatus of authors, 61

Albonotatus Group, 7, 27, 29k, 30k, 31k, 53,

58-59; 1, 3

allotecnon Kumm, Komp and Ruiz, 10, 74k,

75k, 76k, 98, 99-102, 103, 104; 6, 9, 47,

Allotecnon Group, 7, 70, 71, 73k, 76k, 87,

93, 98, 101, 104, 105; 7, 6

arborealis Bonne-Wepster and Bonne, 5, 9, 14,

15k. 16,.19, 20, 21, 22-25, 26; 2, 6: 14,

arborealis of authors, 19

argyrites Dyar and Tunez Tovar, 28k, 29, 30,

31, 32, 33, 35, 37-38; 3, 8

aureolineatus Berlin, 14, 15k, 21, 24, 25-26;

2, 8, 58

aureostriatus (Grabham), 42, 43, 44, 48

aureostriatus of authors, 46

aurites (Theobald), 28k, 29k, 30k, 31k, 39,

40-42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49; 3, 8, 19, 20

aurites of authors, 43, 46

Aurites Group, 6, 7, 8, 26, 27, 28k, 30k, 31k,

33, 35, 38-39, 42, 44, 45, 67; 1, 3

aurivittatus Cerqueira, 73k, 74k, 75, 118-119,

120;5, 9

aurivittatus of authors, 119

Aurivittatus Group, 7, 70, 71, 72k, 105, 117-

118,120; 1, 5

bahamensis Berlin, 6, 12, 29k, 30k, 31k, 59,

60, 61-63; 3, 8, 32, 33

brevis Berlin, 72k, 74k, 75k, 76k, 77, 78, 79,

81, 82-84, 85, 86;5, 9, 39, 40

brevivittatus Berlin, 73k, 74k, 75, 105, 116-

117; 6, 9, 58

busckii (Coquillett), 3, 9, 12, 28k, 29k, 30k,

31k, 64, 65-70; 3, 8, 34, 35

busckii of Hill and Hill, 67

Busckii Group, 7, 8, 26, 27, 28k, 31k, 32k,

58, 63-64; J, 3

caledonicus (Edwards), 67

cozumelensis Diaz Najera, 29k, 30k, 31k, 53,

54,55, 56-57; 3, 8, 29, 30

Culex Linnaeus, 22

delpontei Martinez and Prosen, 96, 97

dissimilis subgroup, 8

dominicii Rangel and Romero-Sierra, 3, 8, 11,

87, 88, 90

dominicii of authors, 93, 95, 96, 97

ecuadoriensis Berlin, 70, 73k, 74k, 75, 90,

104, 105, 115-116, 117; 6, 9, 58

eleanorae Berlin, 73k, 74k, 75k, 76k, 104,

105-107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115,

116; 6, 9, 50, 51

-Eleanorae Group, 7, 71, 73k, 76k, 80, 104-

105, 109, 118; 1, 6

Finlaya Theobald, 3, 7, 8, 14

fulvithorax (Lutz), 5, 8, 9, 14k, 15k, 15-19,

20, 21, 22,23, 2425:2, 810-11

Fulvithorax Group, 6, 7, 26, 64

Fulvithorax Section, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 12k, 13-14,

64; 1,2

grabhami Berlin, 26, 28k, 29k, 30k, 31k, 39,

40, 41, 42-46, 47, 48, 49, 51; 3, 7, 8, 21,

greenii (Theobald), 3

guatemala Berlin, 73k, 74, 75, 98, 103-104;

6,9

guerrero Berlin, 73k, 76k, 98, 100, 101, 102-

103; 6, 9, 49

Haemagogus Williston, 3, 8, 22, 27

Howardina Theobald, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8-11, 13, 14,

27, 28, 35, 87, 93, 104

190 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst.,

inaequalis (Grabham), 28k, 29k, 30k, 31k, 39,

40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46-49, 51; 3, 7, 8,

23, 24

inaequalis of authors, 40, 43

ioliota Dyar and Knab, 29k, 30k, 31k, 53, 54-

56,57; 3, 8, 27, 28

Ioliota Group, 7, 13, 27, 28k, 30k, 31k, 33,

52-54, 58, 64; 1, 3

Iquitos form (sp.5), 14, 15k, 25, 26; 2

leei Berlin, 73k, 74k, 75k, 76k, 106, 108,

109, 110-112, 113, 114; 6, 9, 54, 55

leucocelaenus Dyar and Shannon, 8

lorraineae Berlin, 72k, 76k, 77, 78, 80-82, 85;

5, 6.00

marinkellei Berlin, 73k, 75k, 76k, 107-110,

111, 112, 113, 114; 6, 9, 52, 53

martinezi Berlin, 73k, 74, 75, 118, 119-120;

5,9

osomoi Berlin, 73k, 75k, 76k, 107, 108, 109,

110, 111, 112-115; 6, 9, 56, 57

palliatus (Coquillett). 15, 16, 18

_ pseudodominicii Komp, 6, 72k, 74k, 75, 93,

95, 96-98; 5, 9, 58

quadrivittatus (Coquillett), 8, 72k, 74k, 75k,

76k, 77-80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86; 5, 8,

36, 37

quadrivittatus of authors, 105, 108, 110, 112,

114,116

Quadrivittatus Group, 6, 7, 71, 72k, 75k, 76-

- 77, 80, 87, 98, 101, 105; 7, 5

Sabethes Robineau-Desvoidy, 22

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septemstriatus Dyar and Knab, 14, 15k, 16,

17, 18, 19-22; 2, 8, 12, 13

septemstriatus of authors, 23, 24

sexlineatus (Theobald), 3, 11, 72k, 74k, 75k,

76k, 87-92, 95,97;4, 9, 43, 44

sexlineatus of authors, 118

Sexlineatus Group, 6, 7, 70, 71, 72k, 76k, 86-

87,93; 1, 4

Sexlineatus Section, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12k, 13k,

27, 28, 33, 39, 70-71, 90, 93; 1

Soperia Komp, 3, 4, 8, 11, 93

species 5, 14, 15k, 25, 26;2

spinosus Berlin, 72k, 74k, 75k, 76k, 77, 78,

79, 81, 84-86;5, 9, 41, 42

Stegomyia Theobald, 3

stenei Thompson, 28k, 29k, 30k, 31k, 39, 40,

41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49-52: 3; 7, 8,

25, 26

tachirensis Anduze, 15,18 —

terrens (Walker), 22

thaxteri Dyar and Knab, 65, 67

tracei Senevet and Quievreux, 3, 65, 67

vanemdeni Martini, 72k, 74, 75, 118, 120; 5,

walkeri (Theobald), 3, 6, 8, 11, 27, 28k, 29k,

30k, 31k, 32, 33-37, 38, 93; 3, 7, 8, 16-18

Walkeri Group, ‘7, 8, 26, 27, 28k, 30k, 31k,

32-33, 38, 39, 53, 64; 1, 3

Walkeri Section, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11k, 12k, 13k,

26-28, 39, 93; 1

whitmorei Dunn, 3, 6, 10, 72k, 74k, 75k, 76k,

92, 93-96, 97;5, 9, 45, 46

Whitmorei Group, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 70, 71,

72k, 76k, 87, 92-93, 105; 1, 5

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DE a se ee le ae as oo Oe aia ay yet uy ah cal ig Vv

Piet A Rg Ce a ea ee ee a ey eg ae eee a eS vi

Dr EC Ee ee ie oe i Gea EN Bower Re Oy a a as 1

ee er ee a ee ee 1

PEG OURO UOU ee Ge a ee a a ee a 1

PU RN BO Ce PORER ee eee eee ee eS 1

THE BON POPPA ORR aa ee Pe ee OS 2

AEE OOP CIRC eee ee ae 2

Se Uh I Pee a a ae

OE a eee oka ie le eG ee are Cele k at gras 3

The Gee Oot a es Ga ae ee 3

ey A RP RTA i hi ee ae es eae a 3

ee a ee Sa eee 4

Ee Arie GORIMe COM Ck ke aN eek ee ee oe eG 4

Oe ee a eae So 4

PE a ete hye ee ee 4

WORT HOLOGIC ANAT VSG ee oe ee 5

a ee ee ee ca

ee ee PN a 12

Fe Ge cae Ae ee WMS a tents 13

a cu ay acme. co a a Pe ae ae gerard am 14

GENERAL BIOLOGIES OF AGRILUS ANXIUS, A. PENSUS,

A, HORNL AND A. GRANULATUS LIRAGUS... 5. eee es 14

a A ce a a ae es de ae 14

Oe OO BC BORER ee ee ee ei ee 14

Te ONE POCA BORER yee ee Se eee ec ee 15

erE AE ROE GOR ee a ile uke) woe te Ses ue a an 15

PO ae a a 15

EEE Oe Oe a RO ee EE ROME MRR gr gle eR IR eile acs 16

AN a a eS a 16

a ree es ee a ea 16

ee Ae ee NG VAN Satta ug Wy Cais ung 17

CONTENTS | ili

HATCHING OF BAAS e205 eer We ea Mele eer wyl nae Bt, vee terawaug ee oy 6 ae

LARVAL PEE DING PERIQD 3 tii 6 ferent ee A a le eae OG 17

The Bronze Birch and Bronze Poplar Borers 4 win 4% ence a we 60 18

The Alder-Birch Bover 3.000. Vai ha faye Gon Bisa we soe i. 18

The Aspen Root Girdler so 0.4) 5 ee aaah ee i ee 18

POST-FEEDING LARVAL PRION 645 1 21

Formation of tie Pupal Chamner oo Gg aad a ie 21

DIADAUSE ee Ae re ete Pig pigsty gE gi GN OU L: iggiiel cabre auaae 22

PU PAL) TIRAINB CN i ee ge ie ati al as Meee ree ee Lee aa

IO LD: BEGIN i ee ee a! ah ic wis wreaks 8 amare es a ae are he

PUY POCONO ii ce ea ae gh ae hie on a ae en a ae eG 22

Resulis mad Disondeiin cs i. 8 ee ae Ge $4.

Population Regulating Factors. 6.9 ee ee ese iw alin me os 26

HOST SOIT se UB es a ewe ea ONY are MI hE 8, 26

The Bronze Birch and Bronze Poplar Borers............. 26

Dae Pide re DITO BOON 6 i kk a a is ee 31

TPne ABP EO HOOU GICCLET oo ai aaa a et a ek 31

DIOR WOMB RC Gd: Fe AR a We ee Ld sp ge ae oe agelige ea a a tie iN 37

ATR a ep eee a |) pee ahies ieee 37

tat BEAVER ee ee Gas 40

Bee BN WEAPON 6) on wn 4 ined nh ke eel wel eat ae tate? 6 40

DigGe veh ee ee hs ea a Gee ae Ae ee ee 41

Host Beleeiie ae ea 41

ARTIS AND G. TARAGUS by does ai ume a ai rime liars te .’, 42

TE ea ke ie ew Say ele Cie te ee Ns ee ae a ade Mana Oe emu RH aes 43

PEC TIOUS BU id ny eee alan eM MO VL a! Buhl VLG aT ae amt 44

DUO Ce is ye ae yk AO MA Le are 45

hes oe: ee ce nen TPR Ue MME E MC ec LUM pe cer ar 45

BFS CU BI ik aie ela ime ete a it Nea ag eat Grae argtae i as hak a 48

POE TAN 50 bce Rah on aah al oe A ARR AG) ig geo MR etal Dela s}9)

boa ae Ne oD ie EC i 8 em ct ne Pe Cac PAU DION ars VASE Ce ga 2) 55

Fd cick 4. EEA CRE Pa ie Gel CR ITORUL OUR Cony Li vair OU Ay UES Cees PEE Moa PD a 25

Pemele Organs of Penrose i se ities all a ae 06

BAY OE, CO EA Te ice oe te ae gL AON I TG aT ie Mie ea ds TTA alae 58

ELEM ELL 4 UE CEL Ua Pen MPa ma NT CRC ROAST TOUU NOISE MUA a BS Seti Rg 58

iv CONTENTS

Insertion of Aedeapis aad Insemination. ee 61

Behavior of Males Dnder Natural Conditions 3) 9 Pah a 61

Bronze Birch and Broaze Poplar Borers... 2°.°... 62

Mie Aeron toot Gir die r .-. 5 ee ST eee a. 65

PRN te AeCEPIANCE GF MALES. 2. we a ae. Bae eee A we 66

Th i oe ONY A a i as ee RE RO PO Ee eh, 69

ee Sk ae ee dm a A a a De 71

ee SI i eke ke ee ee ee ee SER 71

a Oa ee ie ia) ete Se Se aks ee RS eae ee ae iy 71

Fe ee tea ae Pe ae ee ae ag a ee ge Re a op 73

Pee Pe re he ee ee ee eee 74

ee Oe eat Peed ated he ot CR Oe en ee 18

he Ame Betula DOrers oe) a eA ee AOE a 80

Oe Ie er Se a ee a Ee et Od So 81

ee as Pe ee See as cei eee AON ON aoe Siti od 82

Oe ON eee ee ge eh Re es A Ae ee SES ee ea 82

itect Ge Olisalic Chanee x be a kt ek OO ee Ge 82

De i te te icra fete te tele ata Seer eee ae Om 82

re a a a aoe hak ae Te Pe Se eae Te ae ta ioe tea le Le 84

ape) COMnCe One. fo be bs hee i et ee a a Ge a 84

hier at oh gh a hind aoa tow? Oi alsin lS Ret Meee hs Sb ee 84

ieee ation Gl GDECIES a aa ka es ee ie eho te i 87

Srecistiot in the: Busines Oreup cad as « SRE ee 87

Tee Sretine Species Concept. Lee eis ee Or, 89

Be OS i i a Pe ahah ON ah a eatiat oe al ge Wa 92

re a RR ec EM Ny ta Marta tp hp te aegetatne MeL EES aceM y 93

Pe ee Nea ee Rok ee kA a A oe 95

TO tery is Behe tee hee a ee tate Sas a Nal Beles es aes eg whe 96

LIST OF TABLES

Average deviation from long-term

mean air temperature for Stambaugh, Michigan. ...........

Age-class frequency distribution of

healthy and agrilus-killed Populus tremuloides suckers........

Development of Agrilus horni larvae

in selected Populus tremuloides root suckers’ 2°. Po ee ee a

Attractiveness of various types of

Populus tremuloides host material to Agrilus granulatus HiPagus se

The occurrence of Agrilus horni eggs in the Kenton and Phelps

areas on Populus tremuloides root suckers in height classes of

Chi-square comparison of observed and

expected size-class frequency distributions of Populus tremuloides

suckers bearing Agrilus horni eggs in the Kenton and Phelps areas...

Chi-square comparison of number of Agrilus horni eggs above and

below the 1 inch level on the bases of Populus tremuloides suckers. .

Position and situation of Agrilus horni eggs on Populus tremuloides. .

Chi-square comparison of positions of

Agrilus horni eggs on smooth bark with positions of other eggs... .

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ROOT VG etre A eae! wl elbel eg woe 4 koe ee 5)

Dorsal surface of the pygidium of an Agrilus granulatus liragus?...... 9

Dorsal surface of the pygidium of an Agrilus anxius ¢............ 9

Elytra of Agrilus granulatus liragus, A. anxius, and A. pensus....... 10

Aeteasis OF AGT Ins anus (VenITAl GHC) Co ce ae es 11

Aedeagus of Agrilus granulatus liragus (ventral side). ........... H1

PeGexgus Of Agr ibis ROral (VENUE! SIGE) eee ke ee Ae ae 11

eueees OF AST ile pense EVENIFal GUIe). a oak eee ee eae 11

ee a a ee Ua aie Mahim Tuas CW GAL ied ki a Sih NRE AW ae 12

Labi GO Aerie Stanulatis Lirsgeus IerVva i ee ee eee ae 14

ee ee cr Se a ew | ale pues Ns ee ea ea wes ew) a tae a a 18

PT, PEI POE ee Bln ce eee eek ce ere ‘4s

Small stapled-on emergence cages for.A. ANKIUS 2. ....6 cb beep ecle eee ee « 23

Peer ite Wie tt her BON Ce, BO OE ie i cad Ws ne ak ioe pci cons epee, He HEE ee Mie ie 24

Adult emergence patterns, A. horni, A. anxius and A. g. liragus...... 25

interaction of Agrilus gallery and pRIOeGM, MOMHIRe: 240.006. feces andes pAee * 30

Unassembled cheesecloth cage for Agrilus horni oviposition. ........ 34

Assembled cheesecloth cage for Agrilus horni oviposition... ... 2.2.6. 34

MW OOCeR INOUNTIOTR TOP REPS CORR od i uk ehh ae mg ae Mell eap aca eke iam cinbaiee > 35

Density of horni-infested suckers as function of sucker stand density

Aare POWIet. TUG pr ae a ue Do Moa bs ge eice es ue ale ie eee ae

pitdy ares. of Nord (1962) and Fowler (1) 9G) oo ses bce, Wilke (sos euvin suty depron Com Be 46

Agrilus horni study area near Beechwood, Michigan. ... . «+ ce. + aoe) 46

Ratio of observed to expected numbers of horni egg-bearing suckers per

height class plotted. as.atunction of sucker Weight ows ace scenes eevee! 51

Ratio of observed to expected numbers of horni egg-bearing suckers per

diameter class plotted as a function of sucker diameter. .......... 51

Ratio of total eggs to expected number of horni egg-bearing suckers per

height class plotted as a function of sucker height. ............. 52

Ratio of total eggs to expected number of horni egg-bearing suckers per

diameter class plotted as a function of sucker diameter. .......... 52

Number of suckers and cumulative number bearing Agrilus horni eggs

per hypothetical random Sample. Of LO0OE iss ew acd ecces cs ircemese cae be 04

Aedeagus, Agrilus granulatus liragus (dorsal side). ...........-. 56

Ovipositor of Agrilus anxius in extended and retracted positions...... 57

Probable internal position of A. anxius aedeagus during copulation. .... D8

oii & Ie rtiat OFeans Ol FEDYORUCTION O'S a eee kw ee es 58

ORCI EO ee te aan dae aloes ab a: dnibeaitin gh RU 59

IC et A VR ree oe a tac acins eoclns cdesie anova asa tmanas 59

A)! SRS tte IROL On OL HOCEARUB ee ee eh ae ee eee 61

Se, Cf eT WEMETAIE ge kt ee Ma eee ek a ee, bei we cae 63

OUI GOVT IICre LORCING Blam ela pa, Wo ay oe ne we ee ee lade 63

Miele Geee TOT ODBOTVIN Aer US OTR Cae ake ee lee ee wh eG 66

Antennal fluttering by an Agrilus anxius CS incopulo............. 67

Antennal stroking movements by an Agrilus granulatus liragus “ in copulo . 68

Striate areas of scape and front (Agrilus vittaticollis %)........... 69

SSE EO OE eee CLUE PEED a eK aeRO mes ao MCR A EO Re oe 70

Internal surface prosternal lobe in Agrilus horni. ........4.4+.-+.2--. 71

Audiospectrograph of stridulation by Agrilus granulatus liragus %..... 72

Phyletic tree for part of the Agrilus anxius group. ........2454-+ 26s 75

Penis Sper OF ee OPPO kV elie el pa SR ORC a ate ee 79

Elytra of Agrilus ater, A. guerini, and A. quadriguttatus niveiventris ... 79

Mayr’s model for evolution of host specific sibling species. ........ 91

INTRODUCTION

Objectives

Beginning in the summer of 1964 we endeavored to study the natural history

and taxonomy of four sympatric Agrilus Megerle’ (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).

These Agrilus were of particular interest because of their morphological sim-

ilarities. Three of them, the bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius Gory), the

bronze poplar? borer (A. granulatus liragus Barter and Brown) and the aspen

root girdler (A. horni Kerremans) had only been distinguished rather recently.

The fourth species, ‘ee pensus Horn (= betulae Fisher) is distinct from the oth-

ers in coloration, but very similar otherwise. The credibility of contentions

that these taxa are very closely allied will be deliberated here in the light of:

1) A taxonomic study of these and related Agrilus, which included working

both with specimens and literature.

2) An analysis of their larval habits, their ecological relationships to their

hosts, and their population-limiting factors. Much of what is known about

these aspects is taken from the literature and reinterpreted in the light of more

recent findings, and pertinent writings on other Agrilus are also discussed.

3) Direct and indirect observations on the behavior of the adults in the

field and laboratory.

4) A preliminary study of interspecific mating and a theoretical analysis of

phylogeny, zoogeography, and speciation (or subspeciation).

Historic Background

THE BRONZE BIRCH BORER. A. anxius is probably the most notorious Ne-

arctic species in the genus, and at one time was thought to be the cause of birch

dieback. It was first recognized as a pest of shade trees and ornamental birches

in the late 1800’s and was called ‘‘the bronze birch borer’’ by Chittendon (1898).

Chittendon says that ‘‘one correspondent has expressed the belief that if radical

measures are not adopted, the loss of every birch in the city of Buffalo in the

near future is imminent. This insect has already destroyed the common white

birch [Betula papyrifera| and... many of the cut-leaf and European white bir-

ches. It even attacks trees planted but a year before. ’’

Most of the reports of damage came from the northeastern U. S., perhaps

because more birches had been planted there as shade trees. Nevertheless,

‘The majority of authors credit Curtis (1825) with originating the name Agrilus. How-

ever, Megerle (1823) published a price list in which the heading ‘‘Agrilus v. M. Bupres-

tis)’’ appears. This simple listing credits Megerle with authorship, and Curtis (1825)

merely designated one of Megerle’s included species, Buprestis viridis L., as the geno-

type.

The term poplar will here be used to refer to species in all sections of the genus Populus.

3 ;

Described as Agrilus liragus Barter and Brown (1949); status changed by Carlson (1969).

2 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

the problem was not confined to that region. Chittendon (1900), for example,

notes that in 1899 ‘‘Prof. F. C. Newcombe of the University of Michigan, Ann

Arbor, Mich., wrote that what was without doubt this species, and which he

designated as the white birch borer, had been in that locality for two or three

years and had killed half the white birches in the city of Ann Arbor. ’”’

Swaine(1918) first reported anxius killing trees in forests. This was the

start of a devastating and puzzling epidemic of birch dieback which primarily

affected Betula papyrifera, although some mortality of Betula lutea (= alleghani-

ensis) was also ascribed to this affliction. By 1951, 67 percent of the birches

in Maine had been killed, and 15 percent of those remaining were in a decadent

state due to the effects of birch dieback and bronze birch borer attack (Nash,

Duda, and Gray, 1951).

Much research concerning the bronze birch borer and dieback in the 1940’s

and 1950’s was directed at determining whether or not the beetle was causing

the death of the trees. This question was hardly a new one then. Chittendon

(1898) says ‘‘as in the case of injury ascribed to the two-lined chestnut borer

[Agrilus bilineatus Weber] there is still a certain question of doubt as to whether

or not this birch borer is really the primary cause of the death of the trees.

Our correspondent is of the opinion that the injury in Buffalo is due primarily

to the attack of this borer, since it has been observed attacking vigorous trees. ’’

The work of Anderson (1944), Nash et. al. (1951), and Barter (1957) shows, how-

ever, that the insect played.a secondary role, usually killing those trees al-

ready afflicted with birch dieback. Whether or not birch dieback was the pre-

disposing factor in earlier ravages of the bronze birch borer, when it allegedly

killed mostly shade trees, is dependent upon what birch dieback really is. It

is evident that the shade trees in many cities were in a weakened condition in

the late 1800’s, perhaps because of droughtiness.

THE BRONZE POPLAR BORER. The habits of A. granulatus liragus adults

were first observed and recorded by Lintner (1883) before anything was pub-

lished about the habits of A. anxius, and of course well in advance of the estab-

lishment of the fact that the poplar feeder and birch feeder were not one and the

same. Chittendon (1898) says, ‘‘a very singular thing in connection with the

occurrence of this borer in birch is that in spite of frequent search, extending

over a period of two years, our correspondent has been unable to find this in-

sect attacking any other tree than birch--a remarkable condition of affairs when

we consider the numbers of observations by careful observers of its occurrence

on poplar and willow. ”’

Smith (1949a) discovered that the A. anxius (sensu Fisher, 1928) reared

from Betula spp. had 22 chromosomes, while those reared from Populus spp.

had only 20. Subsequently, Barter and Brown (1949) named the poplar feeding

form A. liragus. Although A. granulatus liragus has habits nearly identical

to those of anxius (host specificity excepted) it has never been accorded any

great significance as a pest. Like anxius the bronze poplar borer attacks and

kills only trees in weakened condition (Barter, 1965). because poplars are

used less frequently as ornamentals than birches, g. liragus is not as impor-

tant an ornamental pest as anxius. Furthermore, no large scale maladies on

the order of birch dieback occur in forests of native North American Populus

spp. so that the bronze poplar borer has not been associated with forest devas-

tation.

THE ASPEN ROOT GIRDLER. Harrison (1959) discovered what he thought to be

a new species of Agrilus feeding on the roots of aspen suckers (Populus tremu-

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 3

loides and P. grandidentata). The establishment of a chromosome number of

22 for this species seemed to indicate that it was more closely allied to anxius

than to g. liragus (Nord, 1962). Later, Nord, Knight and Vogt (1965) discovered

that the proper name for the root boring form is A. horni, a name which Fisher

(1928) and Barter and Brown (1949) thought to be a synonym of anxius. Because

of their uncertainty, however, they did not synonymize horni with anxius.

A. horni has attained a modest reputation as a pest. Nord (1962) says that

it caused severe damage to hybrid aspen out-plantings which were part of gen-

etics experiments conducted by the Institute of Paper Chemistry in Wisconsin

and Michigan. In 1964, the trees in some of the affected plots were destroyed

and the tests were reinitiated. However, in 1964 they were still having trouble

controlling horni! This, no doubt, was due to the inappropriateness of the con-

trol techniques used, rather than to any factor in the beetle’s ecology which

makes it difficult to control. Moreover, because of its ecological preferences,

it is not likely that this insect will ever cause great injury to well-stocked nat-

ural stands of aspen suckers that are growing on areas of moderate or good site

quality.

THE ALDER-BIRCH BORER. Fisher (1928) was uncertain of the status of A.

pensus. He says ‘‘this species may only represent a color variety of anxius,

but since nothing is known of its habits, it is best to retain it for the present,

at least, as a valid species.’’ Even though he was unsure of the distinction be-

tween pensus and anxius, he took the liberty of describing betulae, a synonym

of pensus, from 3 specimens. Although there is really little question that pen-

sus is actually a distinct species, its biology remained almost unknown prior to

the studies here described. The ecology of pensus makes it rather innocuous,

and it has attracted little attention. However, it appears to be an important fac-

tor in the ecology of alders (Alnus spp.), which are pecan ee as wildlife cover

in their lakeside and streamside habitat.

TAXONOMY

The Genus Agrilus

SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION . Agrilus beetles are thought to feed only on angio-

sperms (Fisher, 1928). Confinement to angiosperms could indicate that the

genus arose in the Cretaceous or later, which seems to allow ample time for

it to have attained the vast size and worldwide distribution it presently has.

Schaefer (1949) said the genus included 2500 described species, and Obenberger

(1957) claimed that in his collection alone, there were over 3000 described and

undescribed forms. Obenberger (1959) believed that there are over 4000 species

of Agrilus.

The largest number of species occur in tropical or subtropical areas, but

Agrilus is well-represented in temperate regions too. Fisher (1928) recog-

nized 125 described forms from the North American fauna (North of Mexico),

and a considerable number have been described since, mostly from the south-

Personal communication, 1964; D. Einspahr, Institute of Paper Chemistry, Rheinlander,

Wisconsin.

4 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

western United States.

SUBDIVISIONS. Obenberger (1957, 1959), with some rather specious rea-

soning, tried to show that there is no way to divide Agrilus into acceptable sub-

genera. He was, however, willing to admit that there are some recognizable

Species groups.

The economically important Eurasian ‘‘species’’! Agrilus viridis L., its

many destructive ‘‘host races, ’’ and the lesser known North American A. po-

litus Say together represent such a species group which is extremely difficult

taxonomically. Both A. politus and A. arcuatus Say are classified by Fisher

(1928) as being composed of several sympatric ‘“subspecies, ’’ but each actually

represents a multi-species ‘‘complex. ”’

Frost (1912) recognized some of these ‘‘sibling species’? problems, and

presented isa aes for their solution. He concluded by saying ‘‘the studies

in the otiosus’? and anxius groups have been so far, rather dissappointing, due

to the difficulty of getting series of both sexes. The only species that is at all

abundant in this locality is otiosus, taken on oak leaves. The olivaceous vari-

ety of acutipennis has been encountered quite often on oak, and bilineatus occurs

in favorable places on oak sprouts, but in general the species turn up singly or

in pairs, with aggravating slowness. Several very interesting problems are

suggested by the material in hand, and more specimens from widely separated

areas may present a solution.’’ In many groups of Agrilus, a similar situation

still exists.

The Agrilus anxius Group

DEFINITION. Presumably broadening the limits of the Agrilus anxius

group sensu Frost (1912), it is here defined as those species in which the adults

have the carina of the pygidium projecting as a spine, (figs. 2, 3), and (2) have

a sexual dimorphism in the structure of the last abdominal segment. The mar-

ginal sclerite? of the hind segment is smooth and in males lies in a plane near-

ly confluent with that formed by the sternite (fig. 33). In females the marginal

sclerite is reflexed or beveled with respect to the sternite (fig. 32). In most

of the species the first and/or second abdominal sternites are also sexually di-

morphic. In males these sternites are often grooved medially (fig. 1), while fe-

males never have such a groove.

NOMENCLATURE Nord et al. (1965) have referred to the ‘‘Agrilus anxius

complex.’’ The term complex carries a connotation of propinquity that is in-

appropriate for a group that includes anxius, g. liragus, and horni, and we,

anally includes a number of sympatric species (see, for example, Basurmanova, 1998).

2 eae

Agrilus otiosus Say.

“Those parts of the tergites termed the ‘‘vertical portions of the segments” by Fisher

(1928), but they are not vertical on the hind segments and the term marginal sclerite

seems to be a preferable alternative.

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles D

therefore, will not apply it here. The Agrilus anxius group is comparable to

what in many other families of insects would be recognized as a genus. Were

the anxius group to be delineated from other Agrilus as either a subgenus or

genus, either of the Agrilus synonyms Teres Harris (1829) or Uragrilus Seme-

nov (1935) (=Epinagrilus Stepanov, 1954) could be applied. Because the limits

of the anxius group are not ascertainable from the literature, it would be un-

wise to use a formal name for it at this time.

MORPHOLOGIC ANALYSIS . The taxonomic analysis of anxius group species

is based primarily on adult morphology, but important information is also fur-

nished by other developmental stages. The interpretation of morphologic char-

acters is strongly influenced by studies of adult behavior which are discussed

later, and some findings from studies of adult morphology are deferred to the

Evolution section.

Adults. The analysis of adult morphology was based primarily on collec-

tions made in Michigan (Iron, Gogebic, Benzie, and Manistee Counties) and

Wisconsin (Vilas Co.). Material in the collections of the University of Michigan

Museum of Zoology (Ann Arbor, Michigan) the Entomology Research Institute

of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario), Harvard University, Museum of Comparative

Zoology (Cambridge, Massachusetts), the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and the U. S. National Museum (Washington, D.C.)

was also examined. The following types were studied: Agrilus betulae Fisher,

Agrilus fulminans Fisher, Agrilus populi Fisher, Agrilus is horni Kerremans

(=blanchardi Horn, name preoccupied), A Agrilus nevadensis Horn, Agrilus

niveiventris Horn, Agrilus pensus Horn, and Agrilus gravis Leconte.

On the basis of the study of the types and other material the following no-

menclatural changes (including those made by Carlson [1969]) were called for

and will be followed here:

AGRILUS BROWNI, new species

Agrilus browni, new species

Agrilus lateralis, sensu Fisher (1928), in part.

Fig. 1. Ventral aspect of Agrilus horni “, show-

ing the median groove on abdominal sternites 1 and 2.

6 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

AGRILUS GRANULATUS Say

Agrilus granulatus granulatus Say

Buprestis granulata Say lata Say (1823)

Agrilus grant granulatus populi Fisher; status assigned by Ss (1969)

- Agrilus populi Fisher (1928)

Agrilus Erichoca tpae Chamberlin (1929)

Agrilus granulatus liragus Barter and Brown; status assigned by Carlson (1969)

Agrilus liragus Barter and Brown (1949)

AGRILUS PENSUS Horn

Agrilus pensus Horn (1891)

Agrilus betulae Fisher (1928); synonymy designated by Carlson (1969)

AGRILUS QUADRIGUTTATUS Gory

Agrilus quadriguttatus quadriguttatus Gory

Agrilus quadriguttatus Dejean (1833, 1836), nomen nudum

Agrilus quadriguttatus Gory (1841)

Agrilus quadriguttatus niveiventris Horn; status assigned by Carlson (1969)

Agrilus niveiventris Horn (1891)

Agrilus nevadensis Horn (1891); synonymy designated by Carlson (1969)

Agrilus quadriguttatus fulminans Fisher; status assigned by Carlson (1969)

Agrilus fulminans Fisher (1928)

AGRILUS RUFICOLLIS Fabricius

Agrilus ruficollis Fabricius

Buprestis ruficollis Fabricius (1787)

Agrilus lateralis Say (1823), new synonymy

Agrilus sayi Saunders (1871), name unnecessary (lateralis not preoccupied)

Fisher (1922) reared an Agrilus sp. from bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica,

= carolinensis) at Lyme, COBER CEI for which he used the name A. lateralis

Say. The original description’ of lateralis (Say, 1823), however, fits A. rufi-

collis Fabricius more closely than the species that was reared from Myrica.

Forthat reason and because of the range limits apparent for it, the species

which Fisher reared from Myrica is here given the name Agrilus brownin. sp.

Say (1823) says the head of lateralis has a profoundly impressed line, which

certainly is characteristic of ruficollis. A. browni has the front only weakly

impressed. Say also notes that the length of lateralis is1/5 inch (about 5.1 mm),

which is not exceptionally short for ruficollis, a smaller and more variable

species than browni. On the other hand, specimens of browni as short as 5.1

mm must be extremely rare, as we have seen none approaching that size.

I enordine to Fisher (1928) the lateralis type was lost, but, presumably, it was destroyed,

as is the case for the majority of Say’s specimens.

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 7

The only bonafide records for browni are from places very remote from

the lateralis type locality. Say (1823) described lateralis from a specimen col-

lected in Missouri, which then included the vast region west of the Mississippi

known as the Louisiana Purchase, excluding what is now the state of Louisiana.

Knull (1922) found browni in abundance on sweet ferns (Myrica asplenifolia, =

Comptonia peregrina) in Pennsylvania, but no reliable records are known to

us for any area west of that state. In spite of the examination of large amounts

of sweet fern by P. C. Kennedy! and a modest amount of searching on that host

plant by us, browni has not been encountered in Michigan. The strength of all

the evidence leads us to suppress lateralis as a synonym of ruficollis.

Fisher (1928) provides a good description of browni (under the name later-

alis), and his ‘‘lateralis’’ neotype? is here designated as the type of browni.

The species is named for Mr. William J. Brown?, who suggested that Fisher

(1922, 1928)had misapplied the name lateralis.

Fisher (1928) knew A. nevadensis Horn only from the type, and that speci-

men appears to have been deformed during pupal development. Fisher (1928)

says its scutellum is not carinate, but the carina appears to be present, al-

though it is positioned abnormally on the deformed scutellum. The somewhat

prolonged elytra have more sharply pointed apices and more coarsely rugulose

surfaces than typical q. niveiventris, but there are no other structural differ-

ences. The pigmentation of Some specimens of q. niveiventris from southern

California is as dark as that of the A. nevadensis type, which was collected in

Nevada. ee

The following sections will be devoted primarily to anxius, pensus, horni,

and g. liragus. The discussion of other members of the anxius group is de-

ferred to a later section on evolution.

Since Gory (1841) described anxius, other forms have been named, two of

which are synonyms, while another was mistaken for a synonym. Agrilus

gravis Leconte and A. torpidus Leconte were described in 1859, but Fisher (1928)

placed them as synonyms of anxius. Agrilus blanchardi Horn (not Saunders) and

A. pensus Horn were described in 1891. Because the former was a primary

homonym, it was renamed A. horni by Kerremans (1900). Fisher (1928) thought

that horni was a synonym of anxius. Knowing of no material besides the type

Which could be identified as horni, he believed that it was merely an abnormal

specimen. Being somewhat uncertain, however, he retained horni as valid.

When Barter and Brown (1949) established that a poplar-feeding form and

a birch-feeding form had been confused under the name anxius, they decided

a He communication, 1967; P. C. Kennedy, North Central Forest Experiment Sta-

tion, U. S. Forest Service, East Lansing, Michigan.

en to Fisher (1928), this specimen is a male, which he collected on bayberry at

Lyme, Connecticut and deposited in the U. S. National Museum collection.

Uehncapliony Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario.

8 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

to retain’ that name for the birch-feeding form. They suppressed torpidus

as a synonym of anxius, but made no definite decision regarding the name gra-

vis. The gravis type is a female that Barter and Brown (1949) could not identi-

fy reliably. The name liragus was, therefore, given to the poplar feeding form

with the distinct possibility of it later proving to be a synonym of gravis. There

have been doubts that this was the proper thing to do. For example, the appli-

cation of gravis by Blanchard (1889) for the species collected on poplars (not

‘“sprouts’’2) is cited by Nash et al. (1951) as a possible indication that gravis —

was the proper name for the poplar feeder.

_ Although the gravis type lacks the coppery sheen often found on the head and

pronotum of anxius specimens, its absence is not a good indication of the iden-

tity of the type. Vogt? pointed out that specimens of anxius from some parts

of the Great Lakes Region are often colored more like g. liragus than are spec-

imens from more eastern parts of the United States. Indeed, the coppery re-

flections are often very indistinct in specimens from the Upper Peninsula of

Michigan, which lies within the type locality recorded by Leconte (1859) as the

‘*Lake Superior Region. ’’

By relying on characteristics other than coloration and working with spec-

imens collected in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, we found that Agrilus gra-

vis Leconte is really a synonym of anxius Gory, and therefore g. liragus Bar-

ter and Brown is to be retained as valid The name gravis, as used in a num-

ber of papers in the late 1800’s, refers to either anxius or g. liragus; assign-

ment to one or the other depends upon the host designated, if any. References

using the other anxius synonym, torpidus Leconte, are to be treated similarly,

except for those which refer to willow as a host. The latter (e.g. Cook, 1890;

Davis, 1891, 1892) refer to A. criddlei Frost, which makes galls on willows.

The host of criddlei was recently established through rearing by Wong and Mc-

Leod (1965).

Barter and Brown (1949) concluded that anxius and g. liragus are separable

only by reliance on male genitalia, coloration of the head and pronotum, and

host plant identity. We cannot concur with them fully. As previously indica-

ted, anxius specimens from some areas do not have very distinct coppery re- |

flections on the pronotum, and this iridescence also seems to fade quite rapid-

ly in Some museum specimens. Wetting the specimens with various relaxing

agents is particularly destructive to the iridescence of these beetles. On the

other hand, there are structural differences, besides male genitalic ones which,

in combination, can be used for separating anxius and g. liragus. One of these,

a difference in the form of the tarsal claws, was not noted by Barter and Brown

(1949). The membraneous attachment of the tarsal claws of g. liragus appears

to be either more flexible or looser than that of anxius. Consequently, the g.

liragus tarsal claws are often clearly separated from the unguifer, making the

Aathey, indicated the location of the anxius type as being unknown.

“Blanchard thought what he had found on poplar sprouts was anxius.

*Dersonal commununication, 1966; G. B. Vogt, U. S. Dept. Agr., A.R.S., Entomology

Res. Div., Washington, D. C.

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latter clearly visible. The claws of anxius are attached so that there is very

little space between their bases and the unguifer. The unguifer, is therefore,

more difficult to see. In addition, the claws of anxius are usually rather dis-

tinctly swollen at their bases, and tend to obscure their attaching membrane

which stretches across the opening in the last tarsomere, while in g. liragus the

basal parts of the claws are usually not strongly swollen, and the membrane in

the tarsomere opening is usually pti visible.

The females of anxius and g. liragus differ in the shape of the projecting

Spine on the pygidium, im, but the males do not. In g. liragus females the spine

usually projects strongly (fig. 2) and is rather cylindrical, while in anxius fe-

males it is usually shorter and more blunt (fig. 3), and its tip is often broad

and elyptical in end view.

A useful characteristic mentioned by Barter and Brown(1949), is the ten-

dency for the elytral tips of g. liragus to be acute and strongly serrate (fig.

Fig. 2. Dorsal surface of the pygidium

of an Agrilus granulatus liragus 2 (X40).

Fig. 3. Dorsal surface of the pygidium

of an Agrilus anxius ? (X40).

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A B C

Fig. 4. Elytra of A. granulatus liragus o (A), A. anxius ¢ (B), and A. pensus ¢ (C).

4a), while those of anxius are more broadly rounded and not as strongly

toothed (fig. 4b). By using both the coloration differences and the somewhat

obscure and somewhat variable structural differences of the pygidial spine,

tarsal claws, and elytra it is usually possible to distinguish the females of an-

xius and g. liragus. iets

The most reliable characters for separating males of anxius and g. lira-

gus are those of the aedeagus. The parameres of anxius have broad ventral

inner margins, and these margins together form a trough which is broad and

shallow (fig. 5). Ventrally, the inner margins of the g. liragus parameres are

usually narrow, together forming a trough which is narrow but deep in compar-

ison with that of anxius (fig. 6).

Nord et al. (1965) separate horni from anxius and g. liragus by utilizing

characteristics of both the male and female genitalia. The ovipositor of horni

(relative to elytron length) is significantly shorter than that of g. liragus or

anxius. Nord et al. also pointed out that the average ovipositor length is less

in g. liragus than in anxius, and in some cases the minimum length for g. lira-

gus approaches the horni maximum. However, they found no overlap in ovi-

positor length between g. liragus and horni.

The male genitalia of these species correspond in length to those of the fe-

males. In addition to being shorter, the aedeagus of horni differs from those

of anxius and g. liragus in having parameres which are less dialated posterioral-

ly, their margins being subparallel (fig. 7). Nord et al. (1965) say that ven-

trally and subapically the inner margins of horni parameres are arcuate to

subarcuate, while those of anxius and g. liragus are angulate to subangulate.

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Figs. 5-8. Ventral sides of the aedeagi of Agrilus anxius (5), A. granulatus

liragus (6), A. horni (7), and A. pensus (8).

The ventral trough formed by the parameres tends to be intermediate in form

to the troughs of anxius and g. liragus, which are quite different from each

other.

Despite the confusion which has occurred regarding the identity of horni,

it is really quite distinct from either anxius or g. liragus. Besides the geni-

talic differences already noted, horni differs significantly from anxius and g.

liragus in other ways. Most significant of all, perhaps, is the moderately

dense pubescence on the marginal sclerites of the abdomen. As Horn (1891)

points out, this pubescence appears all the more distinct because of the white

pruinosity which is associated with it. Together, the pruninosity and white

pubescence tend to form a white band which is very distinct on newly-collected

horni specimens, but also quite noticeable on material that has been preserved

for many years. The pubescence is usually dense enough to obscure the sculp-

turing of all the marginal sclerites, except for the last one. These marginal

sclerites are usually less pubescent in anxius and g. liragus, and the pubescence

is usually not dense enough to obscure the sculpturing of the marginal sclerites.

Moreover, the marginal sclerite of the second abdominal segment is either

glabrous or noticeably less pubescent than those of the first and third segments

in anxius and g. liragus.

There are also distinct differences in the structure of the elytra. The tex-

ture of horni elytra is very even, the disc being comparatively smooth, finely

imbricate, and usually lacking a distinct longitudinal costa (fig. 9). The disc

is usually more coarsely imbricate in anxius and g. liragus, and often has a

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Pig... 9.) Agrilue horni ¢,

longitudinal costa and a rather distinct depression just mesad of the costa and

between the disc’s basal third and apical half. Frequently in g. liragus, and

sometimes also in anxius (see o’, fig. 39), this depression is pruinose, the

pruinosity forming a spot similar those on the elytra of g. granulatus, but less

distinct. Upon close examination, the parts of the depression where the spot

tends to form can usually be seen to have a small group of recumbent hairs

which are alingned differently and sometimes longer than the surrounding ones.

The pruinosity usually disappears in preserved specimens, but the faint spot

formed by the unaligned hairs can often be detected.

The recumbent pubescence on the elytra of horni is distributed rather e-

venly over the surface and is also rather short and uniform in length. That of

anxius and g. liragus is usually not uniform in distribution or length, and many

of the hairs are longer than those of horni elytra.

The structure of the head is also somewhat different in horni. The front

is almost always rather flattened in profile. Sometimes in anxius and even

less frequently in g. liragus, the front is somewhat flattened in din profile, but

in these species it usually bulges, presenting a rounded profile.

The form of Agrilus pensus is intermediate between that of A. anxius and

A. quadriguttatus Gory, the latter being a willow feeding species. Barter and

Brown (1949) say that the male genitalia of pensus are structured like those of

g. liragus and g. populi, but this is not true. The pensus aedeagus (fig. 8) is

somewhat variable, but more like that of anxius than that of g. liragus or g.

populi. Barter and Brown also say that pensus lacks pubescent and prui-

nose spots on the elytra, but while they are not found on specimens from Nova

Scotia and New Brunswick they are quite apparent on some specimens from

Michigan and are also found on the type of the pensus synonym betulae Fisher.

As in A. quadriguttatus and subspecies the subapical maculation of n of the elytra

is likely to be spread out along the elytral suture instead of concentrated in

a small spot. Also as in A. quadriguttatus the elytra are likely to be angulate

at the apex (fig. 4c), forming a broad notch, instead of acuminate as in A.

eee s and subspecies, which have a narrower notch between the apices.

Eggs. The eggs of pensus (Engel, 1968), anxius, g. liragus, and horni

are creamy white immediately after they are deposited. They are flattened and

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 13

oval in outline. There seem to be no interspecific differences in egg size,

those of horni being about 1.2 mm long by 0.8 mm wide, according to Nord

(1962).

The eggs of anxius (and presumably g. liragus) are coated with a semi-

transparent whitish substance immediately following deposition (Barter, 1957).

The substance apparently acts as a cement and as a protectant for the soft egg

shell. There is no evidence that horni applies such a substance to its eggs.

Instead, the chorion of horni eggs appears to toughen as the larvae develop,

and as a result they turn dark brown to black. The eggs of anxius and g. lira-

gus darken like this only when parasitized. They develop grayish- -black streaks

and then become completely black prior to emergence of the parasite adult (cf

Barter, 1957, 1965). This led Nord et al. (1965) to believe that the darkening

of horni eggs may have been associated with parasitism, but this is not the

case. |

Larvae. Benoit (1965) presents a complete description of g. liragus larvae,

and gives the differences between these and the larvae of anxius. He says the

larvae of these species are about 30 to 40 mm long and 2 to 3.5 mm wide .

The body is white, except for the anal forceps and other minor sclerotized por-

tions, which are ferruginous. The prothorax, which is wider than the rest of

the body, has a median I-shaped sclerotized line on the tergum. A similar

structure, which is only vaguely sclerotized, is located on the prosternum

(Barter, 1957). The segments posterior to the prothorax are all about equal

in width.

Benoit (1965) says C-shaped spiracles are located on abdominal segments

one through eight, and similar, but somewhat larger ones are found dorsolat-

erally on the mesothorax. Actually, the sclerotized C-shaped structure is

part of the spiracular valve, and the spiracular opening itself is located inter-

nal to the transparent valve.

Benoit (1965) states that the labial palpi are absent, but this is not true.

Apparently he missed them because they were out of focus when his microscope

was focused on the rest of labium (cf fig. 10 and his fig. 1B).

Because of the nature of his samples, Benoit’s morphologic comparison of

the larvae of anxius and g. liragus is of questionable value. He obtained his

material from two localities, one for each species. This could hardly give one

an adequate sample of intraspecific variation.

Nevertheless, the species differences in the coloration of the anal forceps

which Benoit has listed do appear to hold for larvae collected in Michigan as

well as for those from Quebec. The anal forceps of anxius are described by

Benoit (1965) as being reddish, with the line of sclerotization extending anteri-

orally beyond the anal opening. He says the forcepsof g. liragus are more

brownish, with the sclerotization ending abruptly just posterior to the anal o-

pening. The larvae of pensus and horni tend to be intermediate to those of

anxius and g. liragus in both the structure and coloration of the anal forceps.

~The characters Benoit (1965) used were worked out by Alexseev (1960).

Among them was the location of a short macro-seta (‘‘un pied petite’’) located

in relation to a small circular depression or dimple in the cuticle. The dim-

1 :

Benoit (1965) does not specify the developmental stage of the larvae from which his mea-

surements were taken. ,

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Fig. 10. Labium of Agrilus granulatus liragus lar-

va (X234). Note that the right palp is completely out of

focus as with both in fig. 1B of Benoit (1965).

ples which are supposed to be associated with the pedalis structuralis (thoracic

leg rudiments) are not evident on living larvae, and do not seem to be present

with any regularity on specimens fixed in ‘‘XAAD’’ or by boiling. Consequent-

ly, the dimple may be the result of shrinking or swelling of the cuticle or as-

sociated tissues which may be related to the method of fixation and preserva-

tion. Benoit (1965) killed and preserved his larvae in 70 percent alcohol.

There also seems to be the possibility that the absence of the depressions may

have been related to the stage of larval development. Most of the larvae we

examined had assumed the bent-over position in the pupal chamber. Benoit

failed to mention the developmental state of the larvae he examined.

Benoit (1965) says there are also other marked differences between the

larvae of anxius and g. liragus. As these require higher magnifications or

more preparation, we did not examine Michigan material for these characters.

Pupae. There is nothing particularly unusual about the pupae of these spec-

ies. All are creamy-white at first, and gradually assume the adult coloration.

The eyes are the first parts to darken, and the elytra darken last. It appears

to be during the period of pupal development that much of the adult structural

variation arises, and it may very well be as much due to variation in the con-

ditions under which the pupae develop as it is to genotypic variation.

GENERAL BIOLOGIES OF AGRILUS ANXIUS,

A. PENSUS, A. HORNI, AND

A. GRANULATUS LIRAGUS

Hosts and Ranges

THE BRONZE BIRCH BORER. A. anxius appears to be host specific to birches,

Betula spp. Fisher (1928) lists the following birches as hosts for anxius:

yellow birch, Betula lutea; paper birch, B. papyrifera; European white birch,

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 15

B. alba (and varieties); gray birch, B. populifolia; and sweet birch, B. lenta.

Barter and Brown (1949) also list B. fontinalis as a host for anxius. Hitchcock,

et al. (1964) rank this birch as a variety of the western paper birch, B. oe

dentalis, which is closely allied to B. papyrifera. Harlow and Harrar (1958),

in fact, call the western paper birch B. papyrifera var. commutata.

“Although it has been reared from numerous hosts, the principal hosts for

anxius are the native paper birches, B. papyrifera and B. occidentalis. A.

anxius is, then, primarily confined to northern forest types, but its range ex-

tends somewhat south of the range of B. papyrifera in the eastern U. S., where

it is found even at low altitudes as far south as Washington, D. C. It ranges

west to Oregon and British Columbia.

THE BRONZE POPLAR BORER. A. granulatus 1 iragus has been reared from

several Populus species, although ‘its principal host is trembling aspen, Pop-

ulus tremuloides. In addition, Barter (1965) lists the following as hosts for

g. liragus: bigtooth aspen, P. grandidentata; eastern cottonwood, P. deltoides;

balsam poplar, P. balsamifera ssp. balsamifera; and the black cottonwood, ¥%

balsamifera ssp. p riehooarpe (Torr. & Gray) Brayshaw (1965).

The known range of g. liragus is very similar to that of anxius, but g. lir-

agus does not occur as far south as anxius does in the eastern U. S. The

southern edge of the g. liragus range seems to comply more closely with the

range of P. tremuloides than that of anxius does with the range of B. papyrifera.

Just how far north either g. liragus or anxius occur is not known, ‘but both

have been taken as far north as Edmonton, Alberta. The former, at least,

should occur in interior Alaska.

THE ASPEN ROOT GIRDLER. Trembling aspen is the principal horni host,

but bigtooth aspen and balsam poplar are also infested. Infestation levels on

balsam poplar are sometimes quite high.

When seed stock of various species of poplars are transplanted in experi-

mental orchard-like plots, horni can be particularly troublesome. Nord et al.

(1965) found that under these conditions, horni readily infests the Eurasian

species Populus alba and P. tremula. He found that various hybrid aspens

were also infested. In nature, however, horni is probably confined mostly to

species which reproduce by root suckering (i. e. aspens and balsam poplars).

Although horni has not yet been found as far west as g. liragus, it is prob-

ably not because the former has amore limited distribution, but is more likely

a reflection of the fact that horni is not collected as readily as is g. liragus.

There are specimens inthe U. S. National Museum from Massachusetts to

Arizona, and as far north as Aweme, Manitoba.

THE ALDER-BIRCH BORER. A. pensus has been reared from Alnus rugosa

and collected on the foliage of this shrub. It has also been found in abundance

on the foliage of green alder, Alnus crispa according to Barter and Brown,

(1949). Fisher (1928) described betulae, a synonym of pensus, from speci-

mens reared from river birch (Betula nigra) and Knull (1930) reared a large

series from that host. The records of Blanchard (1889) for Agrilus granula-

tus collected on alders refer to pensus | , not to quadriguttatus as Fisher (1928)

suggests. Records for pensus on Ostrya virginiana are of questionable sig-

nificance. One specimen collected by C. A. Frost (Monmouth, Maine; June

23, 1910) is labeled ‘‘ironwood’’ and three by Geo. M. Greene (Philadelphia,

Horn (1891) described pensus from the series taken by Blanchard (1889).

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Pennsylvania; May 24, 1900) are labeled ‘‘hophornbean.’’! Not only is it rath-

er doubtful that pensus infests Ostrya, but it is entirely possible that alders

or young birches were mistaken for Ostrya. Ironwood, at least, is an unlike-

ly host because its ecology is so very different from that of alders and river

birch. A. pensus has been collected as far west as Aweme, in southern Man-

itoba, and in the East occurs as far north as mid-New Brunswick (Barter and

Brown, 1949). Manee (1913) recorded Agrilus granulatus on ‘‘black alder’’

at Southern Pines, North Carolina. As it was collected with Eupristocerus

cogitans Weber (an agriline species that infests alders), the record should be

considered to refer to Agrilus pensus.

Life Cycles

A. anxius and A. granulatus liragus have a two-year life cycle under some

conditions, but a one-year life cycle when other conditions prevail. A. horni

and A. pensus, however, seem to have obligatory two-year life cycles.

ANXIUS AND G. LIRAGUS. When the eggs of anxius and g. liragus are de-

posited on hosts that are dying, severely injured trees or blowdowns, for ex-

ample, the larvae often construct the pupal chamber during the same season

that the eggs were laid. On the other hand, when oviposition occurs on more

vigorous hosts, a two year life cycle results (Balch and Prebble, 1940; Ander-

son, 1942; Barter, 1957, 1965). Nonetheless, the larvae of these species

cannot survive in healthy trees, and successful larval development is always

dependent upon the host being in a weakened condition because of drought, re-

peated unsuccessful borer attacks, or other injuries (Barter, 1957, 1965).

PENSUS. The habits of A. pensus have not been studied sufficiently to es-

tablish the usual condition of its host at the time of oviposition. We have never

seen larval galleries that would indicate a life cycle of less than two years

for pensus. Furthermore, the larvae appear to overwinter primarily in two

stages. Mature larvae, of course, overwinter in the pupal chamber, and

early instar larvae are found overwintering deep within the xylem. Blanchard

(1889) says pensus ‘‘breeds in and frequents stems of partly dead alders, but

does not appear on the foliage very much.’’ Knull (1950) says it breeds in

‘‘unhealthy’’ river birches, but mentions nothing about the size of the trees in-

fested. Fisher (1928) says the pupal cells are common in the stems of young

river birches that have died, and we have similarly found that the adult emer-

gence holes are common on dead alders. However, numerous speckled alders

were examined for the presence of pensus larvae, and those which harbor im-

mature larvae are invariably alive, and many of those infested with mature

larvae or later stages have not succumbed completely. Because the larvae al-

ways seem to require more than one year to complete development, the adults

probably never oviposit on hosts imminently near death.

Only one attempt was made to attract pensus with cut stems of alders.

Although there was a pensus infestation in the area, none were attracted. Ovi-

position on such material would be detrimental for this species, because early

death would be inevitable for the larvae. The bark of Alnus rugosa is so thin

that the phloem would become moribund and dessicated much too quickly to

Noseinens in U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C.

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permit larval development. However, it seems probable that even large, de-

cisively injured or felled river birches are not attractive to pensus.

HORNI. Nord (1962) found no evidence of anything less than a two-year

life cycle for horni, and those findings are supported by our observations. By

examining suckers containing mature larvae it is often possible to establish

when the first instar gallery was formed. First instar larvae feed in the phloem!

while moving down the stem toward the root, but in no instance was a first in-

star gallery located in the phloem of suckers infested with mature larvae. When

it was not obliterated by the larva when it re-entered the stem, the dark spot

indicating the position of the first instar gallery was invariably found between

the outer two rings of xylem.

Moreover, out of 60 larvae introduced into suckers of various sizes, 5 lar-

vae completed their development during the second summer. One larva ma-

tured in the laboratory during the third summer, but no larvae matured during

the first season.

Nord (1962) found that the total length of horni galleries varied between 40

and 90 inches. The maximum length of the galleries of anxius and g. liragus

which mature in two years is about 52 inches. The galleries of anxius or g.

liragus larvae completing their development in one year are usually less than

half that long (cf Barter, 1957; Anderson, 1944). Thus the evidence is over-

whelmingly against the occurrence of a one-year life cycle for horni. Two

years are usually required for horni development to be completed, but occa-

Sionally it may take three years.

Developmental Patterns

HATCHING OF EGGS. Barter (1957, 1965) found that incubation of anxius

and g. liragus eggs requires about two weeks. The same is true for horni,

and is probably generally true of many Agrilus. When embryonic development

is complete, the first larval instar bores out of the egg and into the bark of the

host, leaving the egg shell packed with frass.

LARVAL FEEDING PERIOD. Although larval behavior differs among Agrilus

species, certain generalities can be made. As with most Buprestidae, the lar-

vae never bore exit holes for their frass, but instead pack it tightly into the

gallery behind them.

Heering (1956) gives a very detailed account of the larval behavior of Agri-

lus viridis. Some aspects of its behavior seem very similar to those of anxius

or g. liragus, and other aspects seem typical for Agrilus in general. The viri-

dis larvae are pressed tightly into the gallery. According to Heering this allows

the microscopic spinules on the lateral muscular ridges to grip the sides of the

gallery. The larvae move forward by constricting and stretching the segments

telescopically. Movement of the parts of the body besides the head and anal for-

ceps is entirely restricted by the sides of the gallery.

All the tissues macerated by the larvae pass through the digestive tract.

As the frass passes out the anus, it is clasped between the anal forceps. With

these the larvae pack the frass tightly into the gallery behind them (Heering,

lord et al. (1965) said that during the first stadium the larvae feed in the cortex, but

this is the position of the gallery one year after it is formed.

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1956). It would seem necessary that the frass be packed at least enough to

make its density as great as that of the tissues on which the larvae feed.

The Bronze Birch and Bronze Poplar Borers. Barter (1957, 1965) says

that after they. bore out of the egg, the larvae move directly through the bark

to the cambial'’ region, but Anderson (1944) found that some larvae bore as

much as 10 inches in the bark while passing obliquely to the cambial region.

These species mine chiefly in the phloem, but the xylem is also scored. An-

derson (1944) found that after reaching the cambial region, the larvae feed for

an average of 1.3, 3.9, 7.1, and 13.0 inches in each of the four larval stadia

preceding the molt to the fifth instar, after which the pupal chamber is formed.

This indicates that there is a correlation between larval size and the amount of

feeding done in any stadium. In the trees from which Anderson accumulated

these data the points at which molting occurred were marked by departures of

the gallery into the xylem. In hosts of a very decadent nature the larvae usu-

ally do not bore into the xylem before molting. On the other hand, in the more

vigorous hosts which can be successfully infested, there are likely to be more

xylem departures than molts. Apparently, these xylem departures are elic-

ited by the unfavorable conditions occurring when host vigor is comparatively

high.

Host condition also has a bearing on other aspects of gallery formation.

In severely weakened or very decadent hosts larval galleries usually show no

distinct pattern. Under these conditions, the larvae follow a course suggesting

that they feed on the freshest phloem they encounter (Barter, 1957). These

galleries can be fairly straight, but they usually meander without any pattern

in these kinds of hosts.

In more vigorous hosts a zig-zag or sinuate gallery pattern is the rule.

Under these conditions anxius makes a gallery which progresses in the direc-

tion tended by the phloem sieve elements or the xylem vessels, but weaves

back and forth across their grain forming a gallery with continually expanding

hyberbolic links (figs. 11, 16). Under similar conditions the successive links

Fig. 11. Larval ely of Agrilus anxius (in Betula papyrifera)

that has healed over, indicating that it was made under conditions

of high host resistance (from Anderson, 1944).

eine authors suggest that these insects bore in the cambium. The cambium is extreme-

ly thin (strictly defined, a single cell thick; cf Esau, 1953) and, therefore, it is inaccur-

ate to say that these insects bore in the cambium. Although the cambium may be con-

sumed as an insignificant part of the nutriment, food value is more likely to be derived

from its derivatives, particularly the phloem and perhaps the newly-formed xylem.

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of the g. liragus gallery are much closer together, often lying adjacent to each

other (fig. 12). The attempt to explain these gallery patterns will be deferred

to the part of this section which deals with host resistance.

The Alder-Birch Borer. The larvae of A. pensus boring in the stems of

Alnus r rugosa iosa often form galleries without any regular pattern. Sometimes,

however, the gallery is sinuate like those of anxius, particularly those parts

of the pensus gallery which do not lie deeply in the wood. Xylem departures

are more frequent with pensus larvae, and sometimes they bore through the

wood from one Side of the stem to the other, a behavioral trait noted by Bar-

ter (1957) for anxius when it bores in branches.

According to Larsen (1901) anxius larvae make spiral galleries in branch-

es. This has never been reported for g. liragus, and pensus does not form

Spiral galleries, even when it bores in alder branches only about an inch in

diameter.

Only one case was encountered in which several pensus larvae had com-

pletely girdled the phloem! , and this was only during the latter stages of lar-

val development. Very little is known about the larval behavior of this spec-

ies, but it seems clear that if the host dies during the earlier stages of lar-

val development, they would be unable to complete their development (cf page

16). Perhaps for this reason, mass attack is not the habit of this insect.

The Aspen Root Girdler. Some aspects of A. horni development seem to

differ radically from what is characteristic of anxius, pensus, and g. liragus.

In horni and often in the others, eclosion from ‘the eg egg is followed by direct

entry into the phloem, but the first instar gallery is otherwise quite different

in horni. The mechanism triggering the first molt of horni larvae appears to

Fig. 12. Larval galleries of Agrilus granulatus (from area of in-

tergradation ofthe nominate subspecies with g. liragus [see p. 85],

but typical for the latter, at least). Some had healed over, indicat-

ing high host resistance (courtesy of R. E. Stevenson, Forest Biol-

ogist, Canada Dept. For. & Rural Dev. , Calgary, Alberta).

OP on ieke girdling may be more prevalent under some conditions than others. At Mall-

ard Creek in Iron Co., Michigan, a moderately large pensus population build-up occurred

one or two years after a stand of alders had been flooded by a beaver dam. In this area,

alders that had been completely girdled by pensus were not rare (personal communication,

1968; R. P. Engel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).

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be different, because the first instar galleries of this species are comparative-

ly long. Prior to molting the first instar larvae of anxius and g. liragus bore

an average of 1.3 inches after entering the phloem, although the gallery some-

times extends as much as 10 inches in the bark before it reaches the phloem

(Anderson, 1944). In suckers recently killed by horni what appears to be the

first instar gallery may extend out into a root for as much as 42 inches, and

the total length of the first instar gallery usually is greater than 12 inches.

Whether or not the first molt of the horni larvae occurs during the first sea-

son of development is unknown. No larvae have been found at this stage during

the winter or spring. Presumably, they have been overlooked because of their

small size (about 2 mm long in the first stadium).

Brooks (1914), presents an excellent discussion of the larval behavior of

Agrilus vittaticollis Randall, which probably is a distant relative of horni

(see fig. 44). He says that upon leaving the egg, the vittaticollis larva bores

in the ‘‘cambium’’ (meaning cambial region) progressing down the trunk and

into the root for a distance of 6 to 12 inches before boring into solid wood.

For most of its length the gallery in the phloem is straight, generally following

the grain of the wood. However, it sometimes zig-zags across the grain af-

ter leaving the egg, and invariably spirals once or twice in the phloem of the

root before entering the xylem.

The larvae of horni behave similarly, but proceed with the grain until they

enter the root. Just after reaching the root they are apt to make one or two

Spirals in the phloem, and often make others before they begin boring princi-

pally in the xylem. This behavior varies and may be dependent upon the size

of the root and the condition of the host.

Sometimes the horni larvae do not bore in the xylem until they turn back

toward the stem. In other instances they spiral in the xylem while still pro-

gressing away from the stem. Root diameter seems to be the factor deter-

mining where the larvae change the feeding direction. The turn is apparently

elicited when the larvae reach a point where the diameter of the root they oc-

cupy is so small that they completely destroy the xylem. In aspens this is apt

to occur where the root diameter is about 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch in diameter.

The larvae may derive the stimulus eliciting the turn toward the stem when

severing of the xylem results in different pressures on each side of the breach.

While transpiration should make the pressure on the proximal side negative,

any pressure in the distal part should be positive.

The turning point may be as much as 42 inches or more from the stem, but

if the roots are short the larva may reverse its feeding direction only 6 inches

from the stem. Instances in which the turning point is close to the stem are

rare because the roots of aspen suckers are usually rather long.

The phloem in the roots of young aspen suckers is much thinner than that

in aspen or birch stems suitable for infestation by g. liragus and anxius, re-

spectively. The difference relates to the age-dependent accruement of inac-

tive phloem. Although horni galleries lie principally within the xylem, it

could hardly be otherwise. It appears that they consume the phloem too, and

of all they ingest, the phloem probably provides most of what is assimilated.

After horni larvae re-enter the stem they sometimes bore a rather loose-

ly spiralled or almost straight gallery which departs from the cambial region.

Nord (1962), however, notes that the larvae always tunnel in the cambial re-

gion long enough to girdle the phloem. The root damage inflicted by horni

larvae rarely seems to cause the death of suckers, because foliar discolora-

tion occurs after the larvae return to the stem. Zahner and Debyle (1962)

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 21

found that pruning only one half of the parent root of aspen suckers causes lit-

tle mortality, even after two years. Consequently, horni-induced sucker mor-

tality must be considered to result mostly from girdling of the stem.

The extent to which horni larvae feed in the cambial region after returning

to the stem may be related to sucker vigor (Nord, 1962). Stager (1923) found

that Agrilus aurichalceus Redtenbacher (= rubicola communis Obenberger)

boring in bramble (Rubus spp.) stems increases or decreases the distance be-

tween spirals such that the stem does not die until the period of pupal maturity.

Apparently, the death of the stem is a crucial factor, because Stager says the

pupae require a dry chamber. This seems to be true for species in the anxius

group, as well. One might, therefore, expect variations in the position of

horni pupal chambers to be at least partially related to moisture conditions in

the stem at the time of its construction. Their pupal chambers are located an

average of 4.8 inches above ground, but the position varies from a height of

2 inches to 14 inches. (Nord et al., 1965).

POST-FEEDING LARVAL PERIOD

Formation of the Pupal Chamber. Brooks (1914) made a detailed analysis

of pupal chamber formation by A. vittaticollis. The vittaticollis larvae ex-

tend a burrow of the usual dimensions through to the bark at the upper end of

the gallery. They then recede about 1/4 inch and begin eating wood from the

sides of the gallery. As this proceeds, their feeding is directed backward

along the ventral side of the body, thereby doubling the gallery diameter. The

two ends of the body are, as a consequence, appressed closely together, and

the head and anus soon lie side by side at the bottom of the pupal chamber.

The chamber is then complete, but the larvae continue to move forward until

the head and anus are at its upper end.

The larvae of all Agrilus spp. probably construct the pupal chamber sim-

ilarly. However, when the layers of birch bark are gradually peeled off over

anxius pupal chambers, a small loop in the gallery is found at the upper end of

the chamber (exit point for imago). The loop apparently marks the point at

which the larva turned in the bark and re-entered the xylem. It appears to be

peculiar to anxius, and may somehow relate to the peculiarities of birch bark.

The loop is not evident at the exit points constructed by g. liragus larvae, and

horni and pensus, at least, must double back in the manner Brooks (1914) has

observed for vittaticollis.

Shortening of the larva may be initiated earlier in most of the other spec-

ies of the anxius group than it is in vittaticollis. Whereas vittaticollis initially

settles in the pupal chamber with the body folded in half, the larvae of other

species assume a position in which the body is folded between the second and

third abdominal segments. While vittaticollis has both head and anus at the

upper end of the chamber, the other species have the folded portion of the body

at the upper end, the anus at the lower end, and the head pointed downward ad-

jacent to the abdomen (in standing trees). This would indicate that instead of

stopping where vittaticollis does, with head and anus at the upper end of the

gallery, they move around farther. An alternative possibility is that after

boring to the outer layers of bark, they merely turn back and feed along the

ventral side of the body until the gallery width is doubled, then gradually re-

cede or shrink to the overwintering position. This seems unlikely, however,

as the exit point is plugged with frass. Unless these Agrilus have acquired

the ability to pack frass with the mouth parts and head, it must be assumed

that the anus, at some time, is at the upper end of the pupal chamber. Brooks

22 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

(1914) implies that it is the fourth instar vittaticollis larva which constructs

the pupal chamber, which may explain the difference in the folding position for

the abdomen in this species. The molt to the fifth instar occurs before forma-

tion of the pupal chamber in pensus, anxius, horni, and g. liragus, and the

fifth instar larvae are noticeably shorter and more stout than fourth instar lar-

vae.

Diapause. Barter (1947) has shown that it is necessary for anxius larvae

to reach the fifth instar before overwintering in order for pupation to occur the

following spring. He says that subjection of fifth instar larva in the pupal cham-

ber to subfreezing temperatures is necessary for the continuation of develop-

ment.

In early October 1966, some sections of a small birch tree infested with

anxius were collected near Manistee, Michigan, and stored indoors with the

intention of removing the larvae from them at leisure. In November part of

them were debarked, and none of the larvae had shrunk to the prepupal form.

In early December, however, adults emerged from these logs, and a few more

issued in late December. Some larvae, on the other hand, did not enter the

prepupal stage, suggesting that only some of them had been exposed to low

temperatures in the proper stage and for a sufficient duration before they were

brought indoors. This is in agreement with recent theories which, according

to Wigglesworth (1964), suggest that diapause involves some phase of develop-

ment that can proceed only at low temperatures.

While the transition from the overwintering stage to the prepupal stage may

be possible only after some exposure to low temperatures, the transition it-

self appears to occur only when temperatures are above Rie and probably

considerably higher. In Michigan the transition of anxius, g. liragus, and hor-

ni larvae to the prepupal stage occurs during the spring. In Benzie Co. the”

transition of liragus larvae, in some cases, occurs before late April, but usu-

ally is later. In Iron Co. some horni larvae do not go into the prepupal stage

until early June.

PUPAL TRANSITION. In Iron Co. the transition from the prepupa to the

pupa usually occurs in May and early June for anxius, g. liragus, and horni.

There is no delay in development when the pupal stage is reached, and soon

after the all-white pupa forms it begins to take on some of the adult coloration.

The eyes are the first parts to darken, and the mandibles darken next (Barter,

1957). The elytra remain white until most of the other parts of the body have

darkened, and do not come to rest in the adult position until rather late in pu-

pal development. Very likely, this is the reason that the wings are deformed

more frequently than other parts in rearing these beetles. When drying of the

wood around the pupal chamber is too rapid, the elytra may not take shape

properly, after uncurling from the sides of the abdomen. This usually results

in a poor fit of the elytra along the suture, causing a gap which exposes the

membraneous wings. Sometimes the deformities are more extreme.

ADULT EMERGENCE

Study Procedure. Eclosion of the adults from the pupal chamber was fol-

lowed in several ways. Unfortunately, no good field emergence data were ob-

tained for g. liragus, and no attempts were made to get records of field emer-

gence for pens

In 1964 g. liragus emergence began about May 30, which was considerably

earlier than was expected. Consequently, there was not sufficient time to lo-

cate enough pupal chambers for checking field emergence adequately. Some

data were obtained by placing small triangular screen cages (fig. 13) over the

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 23

exit points that were exposed by cutting away the outer bark layers. The same

method was employed in 1965, but because emergence was considerably delayed

the results were extremely poor. Dessication of the exposed bark layers and

wood prior to the beginning of the emergence period caused high mortality of

the pupae and young adults.

The same type of cage worked well for analyzing field emergence of anxius.

To expose the exit points for anxius adults, only a few outer layers of birch

bark had to be removed. Consequently, the rate of dessication of inner bark

and wood probably differed insignificantly from that of infested trees not trea-

ted in this way. A. anxius emerged normally from caged trees in 1964 and

1965. In 1964 the cages were checked intermittently, only often enough to

roughly establish the beginning, end and peak period of emergence. In 1965

they were checked daily, except on days when emergence was unlikely.

In 1964 the emergence of horni adults was followed in the field by examin-

ing some infested suckers marked with flagging. Although the plot was checked

only every other day, this method proved to be rather inefficient. Hence, dif-

ferent methods were used in 1965. The basal portions (sticks) of 123 infested

P. tremuloides stems were placed in a clearing at the University of Michigan

Forestry Camp near Beechwood, where they received full sunlight during the

middle of the day. The ends of the sticks were waxed, and the pupal chambers

were then located by comparing the sticks with their X-ray! negatives. Tubes

of plastic screening were positioned over the segments of the sticks harboring

the pupal chambers, and the ends of the tubes were constricted by stapling or

taping. The sticks were held in an upright position near the ground by cords

strung between stakes (fig. 14). They were checked daily.

It is probably safe to say that in most parts of their ranges, peak emer-

gence for anxius, g. liragus, and horni occurs during June, but even within

a given region there can be significant year-to-year variations in the emer-

gence pattern. The variations in emergence periods relate to weather varia-

tions. Davis and Raghuvir (1964) compared deviations from long term mean

air temperatures with emergence data for A. aurichalceus. The temperature

data used were those for the month of March, April, and May. Walton (1951)

Fig. 13. Small emergence cages stapled over exit

points for Agrilus anxius adults.

The X-ray machine and techniques used are discussed by Knight and Albertin (1966).

24 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

Fig. 14. Plot at Camp Filibert Roth near Beechwood,

Michigan, where the emergence of Agrilus horni was

studied under semi-natural conditions by stringing the

infested sticks between stakes to hold them vertically.

employed the same technique for studying the emergence of A. ruficollis Fabri-

cius for successive years. Emergence appears to be sufficiently well corre-

lated with monthly temperature data to make the technique useful.

Results and Discussion. Table 1 shows the deviations from long term

monthly means for Stambaugh, Michigan for March, April and May in 1964

and 1965 (U. S. Weather Bureau, 1964).. The average deviation for 1964 was

+0.97 degrees, while that for 1965 was -1.23 degrees. Emergence data for

these two years reflect the differences.

In 1964 anxius emergence began in the Stambaugh vicinity about June 4 but

not until June 14 in 1965. The difference between peak emergence times was

even greater, being about June 7 or 9 in 1964, and between June 20 and 23 in

1965. In 1964 horni emergence began about June 7, but was delayed until a-

bout June 20 in 1965. Peak emergence was between June 9 and June 15 in

1964, while it occurred between June 21 and June 28 in 1965 (fig. 15).

The 1964 emergence periods of horni and anxius did not extend past the

end of June, but in 1965 both species continued emerging into July. Surpris-

ingly, one anxius adult was found alive in an emergence cage on August 4,

but with this unusual exception, emergence of this species ended by July 7.

A. horni emergence ended on July 15, making the duration of the 1965 emer-

gence period about equal to that for 1964.

Table 1. Average deviation from long-term mean

air temperature (F) for Stambaugh, Michigan.

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April +13 “2. b

May ab ih +4.0

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Barter (1949) found that the mean emergence dates for g. liragus preced-

ed those for anxius by an average of 12.7 days. Although data obtained for

g. liragus inour study were rather poor, it is evident that the differences in

time of emergence are not as great in Michigan. A. g. liragus began emerg-

ing about 7 or 8 days before anxius in 1964, but the peak emergence periods

were not as far apart.

Anderson (1944) reared both anxius and g. liragus from caged aspen and

birch logs in Minnesota. He considered the possibility that he was working

with two ‘‘host races, ’’ so one might assume that he would have noticed any

significant difference in emergence times. In combining the emergence data

for both anxius and g. liragus, Anderson found that emergence began on May

29 and ended on July 2, the peak occurring on June 10.

A difference in peak emergence times for g. liragus and anxius would ap-

pear to have no more real significance than any other differences between these

species, and may be subject to the same kinds of geographic variation. These

beetles are, in any case, actively mating and laying eggs during time spans

which are nearly coextensive.

Population Regulating Factors

The factors which are usually considered important in the regulation of

insect populations are parasites, predators, and weather conditions. There

have been many semantic arguments devoted to the question of whether or not

factors which cannot take an increasing toll on an organism as its density in-

creases can be as important as factors that can increase their toll with density.

Because factors like weather conditions have no way of responding to density,

it is usually assumed that they fall in the former category. More often than

not, though, weather conditions are clearly a part of the climatic scheme to

which a species becomes adapted. There may be some variations of weather

which occur so infrequently that they are not likely to bring about genetic adapt-

ation in the species affected. Such catastrophic factors are here considered

to be of secondary importance as population regulating factors; a species must,

in the long run, be part of a density dependent controlling system. The factors

likely to be of major importance in controlling the Agrilus being considered

here, are parasites, predators, and host resistance.

HOST CONDITION. Host resistance can be regarded as an indirect effect

of weather conditions, but it is probably more valid to consider it to bea

manifestation of the more or less balanced relationship between the host and |

its phytophagous parasite, and a manifestation of the physiological condition

of the host. The physiological condition of trees is most directly related to

their age and site quality. By loosely applying these two variables one could

explain most of the interactions which occur between Agrilus spp. and their

hosts but the balance of the interrelationship is also influenced by parasites

and predators, both phytophagous and entomophagous.

The Bronze Birch and Bronze Poplar Borers. Anderson (1944) says the

larvae of anxius or g. liragus require living ‘‘cambium’’ if they are to com-

plete their development successfully. Inner bark tissues which have died and

turned brown are unsuitable for larval development. Barter (1957) found that

some first instar anxius larvae may bore 13 to 18 inches without molting in

moribund phloem. Those that are able to molt bore about twice as far (6 inch-

es) as larvae feeding in phloem which has not turned brown. The evidence

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 27

seems to indicate that these larvae require nutrients associated with living

phloem and that these essential nutrients decompose when the phloem cells

die. |

| Swaine (1918) and Balch and Prebble (1940) reported finding anxius attack-

ing and killing many healthy, mature birches in Canadian forests. Nash et al.

(1951) reported that during times of high bronze birch borer population levels,

healthy trees are attacked and killed. Different opinions were held by Spauld-

ing and MacAloney (1931) and Hall (1933), who believed that the borer attacks

birches because they are ‘‘dying.’’Barter (1957) suggests that the borer may

appear to be more aggressive under outbreak conditions, but that it otherwise

plays only a secondary role. He and Anderson (1944) present evidence show-

ing that the beetles are usually unable to successfully attack healthy trees un-

less they are exposed to repeated unsuccessful borer attacks in successive

years. Of course, after such repeated attacks, the trees could not be con-

sidered healthy, and persistent attacks of this sort could only occur during

extended outbreaks. Perhaps unsuccessful attacks indicate that the number of

susceptible trees is limited, or that ‘‘spill-over’’ occurs from highly attractive

trees onto less attractive ones adjacent.

It is apparently only when many trees are simultaneously predisposed to

infestation that the bronze birch borer becomes epidemic. A. granulatus

liragus apparently does not often reach the outbreak state, but Barter (1965)

and Barter and Cameron (1955) found that following repeated defoliation by

the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hber., aspens are predisposed

to g. liragus infestation. Under such conditions g. liragus can cause deterior-

ation and death of hosts it attacks either on branches or the main stem. Arru

(1962) discusses the factors which predispose newly transplanted poplars in

northern Italy to attacks of Agrilus suvorovi Obenberger (=viridis populnea

Schaeffer). Problems with this insect arose only after poplars were planted

on soils which were not as well suited to them as the deep friable soils to

which poplar cultures were formerly confined. Arru believes that the factors

which make the transplants susceptible to infestation by the beetle are those

preventing resumption of growth following planting. The most important of

them is moisture stress, which is likely to occur when poplars are transplanted

on sandy or pebbly soils, on embankments, or in compact, poorly aerated soil.

Anderson (1944) treated aspens and birches in a number of ways to deter-

mine the severity of injury, if any, necessary to predispose them to the attacks

of g. liragus and anxius'. He made some interesting observations on brood

development in 6 aspens and 6 birches which were girdled in September, 1940.

All of these trees, except one of the aspens, remained alive throughout the

summer of 1941, when they became infested with g. liragus and anxius. Brood

density below the girdles in the aspens averaged 1.2 per sq ft (52 sq ft exam-

ined), while above the girdles there were only 0.1 larvae per sq ft (88 sq ft

examined). Similar results were obtained for the birches. Below the girdles

all the living borers were either pupae or adults, but only larvae were found

above the girdles during the spring of 1942.

All of the trees produced a small annual ring above the girdle during the

summer that they were attacked by Agrilus. No growth rings were produced

below the girdles in any of these trees, however.

When Anderson (1944) debarked the girdled trees he found that the bark

Both taxa were still lumped under the name anxius at that time.

28 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no.3, 1969

moisture content below the girdles was nearly 2 times that above. He assumed

this to be a reflection of conditions that had existed during the previous summer.

This assumption is incorrect because girdling trees by cutting through the

phloem causes starvation and death of the roots. After the roots of a girdled

tree die, water absorption ceases and the rest of the tree probably dies slow-

ly from dessication (Kramer and Kozlowski, 1960). Because the phloem above

the girdle continues to receive small amounts of carbohydrates, while that be-

low gets none, the former should maintain a higher moisture content. It is

the presence of solutes (sugars, etc.) in the phloem which allows its turgidity

to be maintained. The diffusion pressure deficit of phloem sap offsets the

effects of negative pressure or tension in the xylem. Therefore, the high

bark moisture contents Anderson found below the girdles in the spring of 1942

were possible only because the bark had absorbed moisture during the winter.

Hence, he has used a false premise in asserting that the larval mortality in

trees with a proliferating cambium is not related to bark moisture content.

Heering (1956) found a relationship between bark moisture content and the

susceptibility of beeches (Fagus sylvatica) to attack by Agrilus viridis.

However, he claims that in some cases callose formation becomes the impor-

tant host resistance factor, especially in trees so extensively dessicated that

defensive sap flow is impossible. Because callose is a polysaccharide con-

sisting of linked glucose units (Kessler, 1958), its formation involves a proc-

ess much like normal growth. The growth of trees is probably controlled

more by water availability than by any other environmental factor (Kozlowski,

1964), and deficits in water availability can cause physiological conditions

which override growth regulatory processes (Zahner and Donnelly, 1967). It

is, therefore, difficult tosee how severely dessicated trees could form callose

fast enough to pinch off continuously feeding larvae. The most logical explana-

tion is that when Heering thought larval mortality was attributable to callose

formation, the larvae had, infact, been overwhelmed by phloem exudates, and

were afterward being overgrown by callose. Even his own observations sup-

port this contention. He found that in very moist, vigorous bark, the virdis

larvae construct vent holes (‘‘Rindensaft-Abflusskanalen’’) which prevent sap

from accumulating in the gallery by allowing it to drain off to the outside. The

very fact that the larvae have time enough to cease forward movement and

push the anterior part of the body through the bark, suggests that wound cal-

lose formation could not be rapid enough to kill them.

Heering (1956) found that the moisture content of bark infested with first

instar larvae is almost as high as that of sound bark. This could indicate

that bark which appears to be sound may really have low vigor, or instead,

that his technique is too crude for measuring the essential differences between

susceptible bark and bark resistant to infestation. He removed his bark sam-

ples from the trees, placed them in glasers’ putty, and analyzed their mois-

ture content in the laboratory. His index of tree resistance was bark mois-

ture content expressed as a percentage of its total dry weight. This measure

of host resistance is not precise because the active phloem constitutes a very

small fraction of the total bark mass. Critical differences in its turgidity

would be masked by variations in other bark factors, such as the amount of

accumulated cork or innactive phloem. Perhaps a refinement of the technique,

such as that used by Bier (1964) would give better results.

However, phloem pressure would probably be a better measure of active

phloem borer resistance for the majority of woody angiosperms. Some of the

angiosperms have gum ducts and may have resistance mechanisms analogous

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 29

to those of conifers. For some conifers a close relationship between oleo-

resin exudation pressure and tree resistance to scolytid attack has been demon-

strated (see for example, Vité, 1961). While the nature of conifer oleoresin

ducts and their products makes pressure measurements relatively easy, host

resistance could not be studied as readily for species whose chief resistance

mechanism is the exudation of phloem sap. Piercing the phloem causes an

injury which interferes with its normal activity. However, the observations

of Heering (1956) suggest that useful pressure measurements might be ob-

tained without tapping the active phloem itself. He says that even before the

heads of newly-hatched Agrilus viridis larvae have completely entered the

bark, they are often repelled by exuding sap which detaches the egg shell from

the bark. Without the shell to push against the larvae are helpless.

If, as it appears, phloem pressure is actually the most important host

resistance factor encountered by phloem feeding Agrilus it should follow that

the serpentine galleries, like those often produced by g. liragus and anxius

are an adaptation giving them some advantage for withstanding the copious

flow of sap. In starting a zig-zag or sinuate gallery pattern, a larva makes

an initial cross-grain segment, then turns abruptly and reverses its direction.

When it begins to bore past the lateral extent of the gallery segment to which

it is adjacent, the larva usually reverses its direction.

Heering (1956) believed that the sinuate galleries produced by Agrilus vir-

idis larvae are the consequence of a fixed pattern of behavior, although they do

not follow a sinuate course in very decadent hosts. Barter (1965), on the

other hand, found that g. liragus makes galleries with very close transverse

segments in relatively vigorous hosts, while in more decadent ones the gallery

becomes more sinuous resembling those of anxius. Like xylem departures,

which for anxius or g. liragus increase in number with increasing host vigor,

the zig-zag or sinuate gallery pattern may be elicited as a sort of avoidance

reaction.

There seems to be little reason for assuming that the effect of phloem sap

on the larvae could be anything other than simple suffocation. Presumably,

when the larvae make departures into the xylem, the plug of frass behind

them protects them from the copious influx of phloem sap. The advantages

which might be derived from a serpentine gallery pattern are more nebulous,

however.

Barter (1957) suggested that by staying beneath the previously formed parts

of the gallery, the larvae are protected from the downward, translocation of

sap. However, downward progressing galleries do not seem to prevail over

those progressing upward in standing trees. Barter (1957) knew that galler-

ies can proceed in either direction, and his hypothesis is, therefore, inade-

quate, even for explaining the facts as he knew them.

Moreover, there seems to be good reason for believing that movement of

sap in the phloem of even the most vigorous of trees which Agrilus can infest

is, at most, very slight. Trees susceptible to Agrilus infestation are not

healthy and, without exception, must be subject to high internal moisture

stress. According to the mass-flow theory, phloem transport occurs from

areas of higher osmotic sap concentration to regions of lower concentration.

During the growing season, the direction of transport would normally be from

the crown toward the roots. However, when trees are under severe moisture

stress, the rate of respiration in the crown may equal or exceed that of gross

photosynthesis. Under such conditions there may be no transport of carbohy-

drates in the phloem, and its turgidity must become significantly lower than

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in trees not under moisture stress.

Furthermore, serpentine or zig-zag galleries are produced even in logs,

if they are infested rather soon after being cut. This is strong evidence sug-

gesting that they are produced in response to local turgidity rather than to the

mass flow accompanying the translocation of carbohydrates. It seems fairly

apparent that even when moisture stress is too great for the translocation of

carbohydrates to occur, the phloem is still sufficiently turgid for sap to in-

fuse into sieve elements that have been severed. When Agrilus larvae cut

through the sieve tubes, part of the exuding sap is probably absorbed by the

inactive phloem and the xylem. Consequently, the pressure of sap in gallery

should be lower than that in the surrounding phloem. In spite of the fact that

successful infestation must invariably be attended by low turgidity in the

phloem, sap should pass slowly from it until it loses its turgidity entirely or

until its pressure comes into equilibrium with that in the gallery.

If the foregoing premises are valid, the function of the sinuate or zig-zag

gallery pattern may be unrelated to phloem transport or to minimizing the a-

mount of sap that enters the gallery. It seems possible that they minimize

only the detrimental effects of sap oozing from newly-severed sieve elements,

as is illustrated in figure 16. When a larva turns back adjacent to the prior-

formed gallery link, the phloem inside the turn is cut off between the links

forming a peninsula. These peninsulas should not exude as much sap as the

phloem outside the turn. The minimization of sap influx from the peninsula

might make it possible for the larvae to minimize its suffocating effects by

opening the spiracles on the side of the body adjacent to the peninsula. With

each successive link, then, the larvae could open the spiracles on alternate

Fig. 16. Sinuate gallery pattern similar to that of Agrilus anxius.

The vertical arrows indicate the hypothesized direction of sap infus-

ion into the gallery after severing of the phloem sieve elements (no

active transport is occurring). Because the body of the larva is a-

pressed very tightly to the walls of the gallery, alternately opening

the spiracles on the side of the body exposed to the smallest amount

of sap infusion, might allow continual respiration.

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sides of the body.

The differences in the pattern of the g. liragus and anxius galleries may

be partially related to differences in the phloem structure of birches and pop-

lars. It is not sound evolutionary thinking to assert that the gallery differences

are attributable either to genetic differences in the insect species or purely to

differences in the hosts. In other words, it is pointless to try to separate the

combined phenotypic effects of environment and genotype.

A. anxius or g. liragus larvae in relatively vigorous hosts construct longer

galleries than those living in weaker hosts. Barter (1957) found that anxius

which matured in one season in rapidly dying birches, made galleries of only

15 to 20 inches, while those in more vigorous trees matured in two years, af-

ter boring 20 to 52 inches. Anderson (1944) gives similar data for g. liragus

development. The reason for the vigor-related variations in gallery length

are apparently unknown, but two possibilities are evident: (1) larvae feeding

in relatively vigorous tissues perhaps must expend more energy in attaining

the nutrients necessary for complete development, or (2) molting of late lar-

val stadia may occur only under certain conditions, such as those relating to

host physiology, time of year, or both. There are no published data from

which it is possible to ascertain if the gallery segments for all larval stadia

are longer in more vigorous hosts or if the increase in gallery length is built

up during a particular portion of larval development.

The Alder-Birch Borer. Very little is known about the relationship be-

tween Agrilus pensus and its hosts, Alnus spp. and Betula nigra. Because

it is often difficult to distinguish pensus-infested speckled alders (Alnus rug-

osa) from uninfested ones, it seem likely that pensus plays a more primary

role in causing the death of these shrubs than do g. liragus and anxius in in-

festing their respective hosts.

It is very difficult to trace out complete pensus galleries because they

meander extensively through the xylem and a number of galleries may inter-

sect. Consequently, no attempts were made to accumulate data on total gal-

lery length. It seems likely, though, that the average length of pensus gal-

leries will approach the maximum length for anxius or g. liragus galleries.

Because dying speckled alders are probably not suitable hosts for pensus,

these insects are always contending with a level of host resistance which is

found only in the more vigorous of the hosts suitable for anxius or g. liragus.

Moreover, many speckled alders show signs of unsuccessful attacks, and suc-

cessful ones do not seem to occur very frequently. Much of the earlier por-

tion of larval life is spent in the xylem, and the mortality rate of young larvae

seems to be very high.

Blanchard (1889) records one location in Massachusetts where he found

pensus (under the name granulatus) in rather large numbers. Barter and

Brown (1949) collected a large series of pensus on Alnus crispa var. mollis

and suggest that it is particularly well-adapted to this alder, which

is confined to the Atlantic seaboard. However, A. c. var. mollis does not

appear to differ greatly inform or in habitat from A. rugosa. Furthermore,

in June, 1968 an area in which pensus adults were moderately abundant was

encountered at Mallard Creek in Iron Co., Michigan. The creek bottom was

flooded by beavers during the previous summer and possibly also in the sum-

mer of 1966. It, therefore, appears that, at least throughout most of its

range, pensus becomes numerous only infrequently, particularly because of

the host resistance controlling factor.

The Aspen Root Girdler. Agrilus horni has different means for coping

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with host resistance than have anxius, liragus, or pensus. First of all, rather

than attacking dead or dying hosts, it limits its attacks to those poplar suckers

small enough to be overwhelmed, and those on which eggs are deposited appear

to be of normal vigor. The vigor of aspen suckers must be affected by the

root girdling of horni larvae. Zahner and Debyle (1965) found that pruning ei-

ther of the parental roots of Populus grandidentata suckers about 4 or 5 years

old usually causes a significant reduction in the growth of the suckers over a

span of two growing seasons following treatment. Usually, horni larvae com-

pletely masticate the xylem in one of the roots in which they bore. This occurs

at a point where the diameter of the root is about 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch in di-

ameter, and its chief function may be to elicit the turn of the larva back toward

_the stem of the host (see page 20). However, because water absorption occurs

mainly in a zone 1 to 10 cm from the apex of a root (Kozlowski, 1964), the xy-

lem girdling may induce moisture stress or increase it in the stem of the host

and in the part of the root proximal to the girdle. If the xylem girdle occurs

in a branch of a main (or parental) root, or if it sometimes does not occur at

all, the survival of larvae may depend upon their ability to effectively girdle

the phloem, thereby causing starvation in the distal part of the root or pre-

venting food from reaching the stem and proximal part of the root from the

parent tree (ortet). There are probably definite size limits on roots which

can be effectively girdled in either manner.

In 1960 Nord (1962) measured the diameters of 150 horni-killed suckers.

He found that 84 percent of these had diameters of 0.5 inches or less. He was,

however, unable to demonstrate that horni shows a preference for small suck-

ers because a similar percentage of the suckers in the stand he sampled had

diameters below 0.5 inches. Studying the same area in 1962, Fowler (1963)

found that 71 percent of the infested suckers had diameters below 0.5 inches,

while about 76 percent of the healthy ones were below that size. Using regres-

sion and variance analysis, he compared the relationship of sucker height to

diameter for infested suckers with that for uninfested ones, and found no dif-

ference. His illustrations show the two sets of height-diameter data to be

strikingly congruent.

Fowler (1963) lists the numbers of infested and uninfested suckers in each

of the age classes from 1 to 6 years, and his data are presented in table 2.

Table 2. Age-class frequency distribution of healthy

and Agrilus-killed Populus tremuloides suckers:

Number of Suckers

“ee Healthy horni-Killed

1 0 1

2 3 13

3 19 58

4 BOs 51

5) 93 293

6 20 4

Total 150 150

“Modified from Fowler (1963).

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When the two distributions are made comparable by subtracting one year from

the age of the healthy suckers, it can be seen that the age-class frequencies

of infested and uninfested ones are very similar. It must be remembered that

suckers which died at age X were actually selected by females at age X-1.

Hence, the suckers available to horni females in this area were from 1 to 4

years old. The maximum height of suckers in the area would have been about

6.5 feet. This is near the maximum size of suckers on which horni eggs have

been found.

The data of Nord (1962) and Fowler (1963) seem to indicate that the horni

females were ovipositing randomly with respect to sucker size. It appears

that when the eggs were laid, few of the suckers were too large to elicit ovi-

position, or that too few were sufficiently above the optimum size for survival

of larvae to make it apparent in the statistics.

A small experiment was initiated in 1964 to examine the effects of host re-

sistance on horni larvae. Four groups of 15 Populus tremuloides suckers

were chosen with the intention of introducing first instar horni larvae at their

bases. Two groups were composed of suckers beginning their second year of

growth, and the other two groups of suckers were starting their fourth grow-

ing season. They will be referred to as 2-year-old and 4-year-old suckers.

An area was picked in which the likelihood of having the experiment con-

founded by natural infestation was low, although this approach, admittedly,

has undesirabilities. A random sample of the heights of 2 and 4-year old

suckers was taken. Heights were measured with a leveling rod and were re-

corded to within the nearest one-tenth foot of the point where the previous

season’s growth terminated.

The mean heights were calculated for each age class. Within each age

group, height classes of +1 standard deviation from the mean were set as the

sizes for suckers to be chosen for the experiment. The resultant height val-

ues for 2-year suckers were 1.3 and 3.2 feet, while those for 4-year-old

suckers were 3.7 and 7.4 feet. These treatments will be referred to as

2-year-, 2-year+, 4-year-, and 4-year+, respectively. On selecting the suck-

ers for the experiment a +0. 2 foot leeway from the treatment value was al-

lowed.

Eggs for rearing the horni larvae were procured from 10 cheesecloth cages

which were placed over individual aspen suckers (fig. 17 and 18). A pair of

beetles was introduced into each of the cages, and the eggs were collected

periodically. The eggs were removed in groups by cutting away a portion of

the bark on which they had been deposited. After the eggs were removed ad-

ditional soil was placed in the can which enclosed the base of the suckers so

that subsequent oviposition would occur on smooth, uninjured bark.

The eggs and bark to which they adhered were placed in small incubators,

which consisted of 1 by 3 inch white pine blocks with five shallow depressions

made with a 1/4 inch drill (fig. 19). The eggs were placed in the depressions

and a microscope slide was fastened over the tops of the blocks with masking

tape. To keep the incubators moist, dampened paper toweling stapled to wood

strips was held in contact with the ends of the wood blocks by rubber bands.

The pan in which the incubators were placed was covered to prevent dessica-

tion.

A camel hair brush was used for transferring larvae. They were placed

in small petri dishes lined with moistened blotting paper and transferred to

the test suckers as soon as possible. The larvae were placed in small cavi-

ties cut in the bark about one inch above the sucker bases. The cavities were

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Fig. 17.

Unassembled cheesecloth cage for Agrilus horni oviposition.

Fig. 18. Assembled cheesecloth cage for Agri-

lus horni oviposition.

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 35

Fig. 19. Wooden incubators for Agrilus eggs. Standard

microscope slides (1 X 3 inches) are taped over the tops to

cover the small depressions holding the eggs.

prepared with a sharp scalpel by making two horizontal incisions about one

eighth inch apart through the bark to the surface of the xylem. The incisions

were cut obliquely downward so that when the strip of bark between them was

pried out, the cavity formed would keep the wriggling larvae from falling out.

After the larvae were placed in the cavities, they were covered over with

tape. Test suckers were subsequently revisited for checking on the survival

of the larvae. Those which had died before boring into the exposed phloem

region were replaced. All dead larvae were replaced until all suckers har-

bored larvae which had started into the phloem. It was necessary to replace

seventeen larvae before all suckers were infested, although it was apparent

when the suckers were examined in 1966 that some of the larvae probably died

after boring a very short distance. Introductions were begun on July 25 and

completed on July 31, 1964. A few days following completion of the introduc-

tions, the cavities in the bark were filled with grafting compound to prevent

fungal infection or dessication at these points.

Evaluations were made by digging up the suckers and their roots on May 4

and 5, 1966. The larval galleries were traced by cutting into the stems and

roots with a sharp knife. The results are tabulated in table 3. It can be seen

that only one larva matured in a 2 year- sucker, and none completed develop-

ment in the 4 year+ suckers. Six of the larvae which eventually formed pupal

chambers were in the 2 year+ (2) and 4 year- (4) suckers.

The data are, of course, rather meager, but it is likely that survival in

the 2 year- and 4 year+ treatment was poor primarily because of the unfavor-

able conditions for the larvae in the roots. In 6 of the 2 year- suckers the

larvae had to bore in roots that were, perhaps, too small to allow successful

development. Larvae are known to have successfully matured after spiraling

over a span of only about 6 inches in small roots, but this is probably not al-

ways possible. Survival of horni larvae was probably impossible in three of

the suckers having roots of adequate size, because the roots were diseased

and decomposing at various points.

One of the 2 year- suckers had a very large root, about 1 1/2 inches in

diameter. Such large roots probably are not suitable for horni larvae either,

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Table 3. Development of Agrilus horni larvae in

selected Populus tremuloides root suckers.

Number of Larvae

Ny a

A cee Boring at Least| Boring More Completing

Short Gallery | Than 10 Inches| Development

ayr- 14 8 1

2yrt+ 14 8 2

4yr- 11 5) a

4yr+ 11 4 0

All 50 25 ti

“Suckers were in their second (2yr) and fourth (4yr) growing sea-

sons when larvae were introduced and had heights (+0. 2 ft; see p.

33) of 1.3 ft (2yr-), 3.2 ft (2yr+), 3.7 ft (4yr-), and 7.4 ft (4yr+).

probably because they cannot be girdled readily. Large root size was undoubt-

edly an important factor contributing to mortality in 4 year+ suckers too, but

some of the larvae in these suckers seem to have perished even before reach-

ing the roots.

All the information so far assembled indicates that horni can kill healthy

aspen suckers. However, there is an upper limit to the size of hosts it can

subdue. It also seems likely that, if other factors are equivalent, the suckers

on areas of good site quality are able to resist infestation better than those on

poor sites. The areas in which horni is likely to establish persistent popula-

tions are ones where suckers spring up in fields at the edges of stands of lar-

ger aspens or in areas where the aspen clones do not expand rapidly to fill the

intervening spaces. The site quality in such locations is usually low even in |

the former case, but is invariably poor in the latter. A. horni is usually not

found in areas of high site quality, and never becomes abundant on such sites.

Nevertheless, one should not assume that their scarcity in areas of high site

quality is directly related to the poor survival of larvae in these areas. The

horni adults seem to orient to open areas, and good sites usually produce

dense, closed stands. Moreover, the adults may have evolved this affinity for

open areas at least partly through the effects of genetic selection channelled

via differential survival of the larvae.

Poor aspen sites which are left rather denuded after fire, like the main

study area of Nord (1962) and Fowler (1963) are likely to be good horni habitats

after the aspens have suckered. The numbers of horni in such places should

decrease rapidly over a period of 6 to 8 years, however, Infact, in 1964,

approximately four years following the year of peak abundance, there were on-

ly a few horni-infested suckers to be found on the plot where Nord and Fowler

had worked. The largest infested suckers listed in their data had diameters of

1.0 inches (6 inches above base). A. horni eggs were not found on suckers

larger than 0.9 inches at the base. It appears as though host selection may be

the factor limiting the sizes of suckers which are actually infested. Again, the

crucial survival factor would appear to be root size, and this certainly corre-

lates rather well with stem size. Although host resistance may not directly

limit the upper size of suckers in which horni larvae can live (i.e., by simply

causing the mortality of those above the upper limit) one must presume that

adult host selection behavior is evolutionarily directed by the ultimate results

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles Je

OL it,

PREDATORS. Woodpeckers are the only predators known to exert any pop-

ulation limiting effect on anxius and g. liragus. Their predation ong. liragus

is confined to standing trees (Barter, 1965), and the same is probably true for

woodpecker predation on anxius. Knight (1958) found that the feeding of wood-

peckers on bark beetles has the greatest effect when the beetle infestations are

heavy and infested trees are concentrated. Similarly, Barter (1957) found that

their predation an anxius appears to be more prevalent in heavily infested

trees. One might then expect that the effectiveness of this predation would be

rather variable depending upon the size and concentration of populations, al-

though other factors are probably also important. Nash et al. (1951) found

that the toll of woodpeckers on anxius varied from very slight in some areas

to as high as 30 percent in others. Barter (1957, 1965), however, found that

woodpeckers consumed as much as 50 percent of anxius brood, and removed

up to 40 percent of the g. liragus brood from their pupal cells. Anderson

(1944) says that about 10 percent of anxius and g. liragus prepupae were con-

sumed by woodpeckers.

Woodpecker predation is confined to the spring, apparently occurring only

after the larvae begin the transition to the prepupal stage. Barter (1957) be-

lieved that woodpeckers fed on anxius at that time only, but later (1965) he

found that the pupae of g. liragus were consumed and presumed that adults

were also eaten.

Woodpeckers are also an important population limiting factor for pensus.

It appears that the predation on pensus occurs during the winter. Large num-

bers of pensus brood are never found in a single Alnus rugosa stem, but the

extent of concentration of infested alders may affect woodpecker activity. It

seems that once a woodpecker finds the first pensus pupal chamber in a stem

he is likely to find them all, although there usually are not more than 7 or 8

in a single stem. | :

We have seen spiders and ants attacking the adults of g. liragus and anxius,

but they probably cause little mortality. These beetles usually apress the legs

to the thorax and fall free of the host in time to avoid being caught. In one in-

stance, however, an ant had grasped its falling prey and both predator and

prey fell to the ground where they couldn’t be found. The quickness with which

these beetles take flight or drop to the ground, especially on hot days, is ap-

parently reflected in Gory’s name anxius (nomen nudum of Dejean), and it

seems rather unique that torpidus Leconte has been placed as a synonym of the

former.

Nord et al. (1965) observed ants mouthing the eggs of horni on caged aspen

suckers. Since ants frequently pass up and down the stems of suckers, often

in visits to sources of aphid honey dew, they may encounter the horni eggs

which are placed above ground level. Because many eggs survive to hatch,

they do not appear to be particularly attractive to ants, however.

PARASITES. Nash et al. (1951) listed eight parasite species which were

reared in cages containing logs infested with anxius. It is certain that some of

the Ichneumonidae they list as anxius parasites were instead reared from other

insects’. Glypta sp. and Pimplopterus sp. are parasites of Lepidoptera, while

Identifications made for Nash et al. were undoubtedly reliable as they say these were

made by Townes and Muesebeck, both prominent specialists.

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Olesicampe sp. is a sawfly parasite. None of these could have been reared

from anxius.

The parasite Barter (1957) reared from birches was identified for him as

Ephialtes sp., but as more recently been identified as Dolichomitus messor

perlongus s Cresson'. The Ephialtes species reared from Populus by | Populus by Barter

(1965) is probably the same species. The parasite identified for Nash et al.

(1951) as Ichneumon sp. is probably Dolichomitus sp., perhaps D. messor

perlongus. Nomenclatural corrections in the usage of Ephialtes Schrank and

Ichneumon L. have reinstated their application to groups parasitic on Lepi-

doptera?.

Townes and Townes (1960) record D. messor perlongus as being reared

from Saperda calcarata Say, and S. concolor Leconte, and it also parasitizes

Oberea shaumii Leconte. Townes? expresses doubt that females of messor

perlongus could develop on Agrilus spp.

The records of several braconids reared by Nash et al. (1951) from anxius

are probably legitimate. The species are Atanycolus charus Riley, Spathius

simillimus Ashmead, and Doryctes atripes Provancher. They also reared

the chalcid, Phasgonophora sulcata Westwood.

Barter (1957) reared an additional braconid from anxius, Helconidea liga-

tor Say, but did not rear Doryctes. However, he records Doryctes sp. para-

sitizing g. liragus (Barter, 1965). Besides the Ephialtes sp. already discussed,

other parasites Barter reared from g. liragus were Atanycolus charus, Phas-

gonophora sulcata sulcata, and the eulophid, Tetrastichus sp., listed as probably be-

ing near rugglesi ieglesi Rowher.

Barter (1957) says that Atanycolus and Phasgonophora were the most im-

portant larval parasites of anxius, parasitizing 1 to 52 percent (average 14

percent) and 1 to 8 percent (average 4 percent) of the larvae, respectively.

Other parasites were recovered only occassionally. He recovered parasites

from only 9 percent of all larvae in his samples. Therefore it appears that

total parasitism was not usually as great as is indicated by the percentages

listed above, which were calculated for a sample of 600 larvae.

The only parasites which was consistently reared from g. liragus larvae

by Barter (1965) is Phasgonophora sulcata, which parasitized from 2 to 20

percent of the larvae. Other parasites were reared less frequently.

Parasitism on larvae of anxius and g. liragus may amount to a rather in-

significant portion of the total mortality factors which regulate their popula-_

tions. The same cannot be said for egg parasitism, however. Barter (1957,

1965) and Nash et al. (1951) found that parasitism was consistently high on

eggs of anxius and g. liragus, usually being near 50 percent for both species.

Apparently, two chalcidoids were about equally important, even though in in-

The specimens reared from Betula were lent to us by Mr. Barter for identification, but

those he reared from Populus has been accidentally destroyed.

The revision of the Ephialtinae by Townes and Townes (1960) had led to the change for

Ephialtes, and Ichneumon, sensu Townes (1944), included Dolichomitus, sensu Townes

(1960).

Personal communication, 1966; H. K. Townes, American Entomological Institute, Ann

Arbor, Michigan.

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 39

dividual cases the species were alternately dominant. One was identified as

Thysanus sp. (Thysanidae) and the other is an encyrtid near Coccidencyrtus.

While the egg parasites of anxius and g. liragus must be more important

in population regulation than the parasites of the larvae and pupae, the reverse

seems to hold for horni. Only four eggs in a sample of 147 (about 3 percent)

taken in 1965 were found to be parasitized. The parasite was identified as

Oobius sp.

Although they are exposed to parasites for a shorter time than the larvae

of g. liragus or anxius, horni larvae are parasitized much more heavily. A.

horni pupae are also parasitized rather frequently. Total parasitism of lar-

vae and pupae was about 42 percent in 847 rearings, with Tetrastichus nordi

Burks being reared most often. This eulophid is quite small and probably

lays its eggs on the larvae when they spiral just beneath the bark in the stem,

between the time of their emergence from the root and formation of the pupal

chamber. This was deduced from observing the behavior of a few T. nordi

females in the laboratory and from X-ray pictures of T. nordi larvae develop-

ing just beneath the bark on larvae that never formed a pupal chamber. Usually,

however, the horni larvae are not killed by Tetrastichus until after the pupal

chamber is formed.

Emergence of T. nordi adults corresponds with the time when horni larvae

are re-entering the sucker stems (August and early September). An average

of 49.14 17.1 adults emerged in a sample of 49 broods. The size of the adults

and their sex ratio is quite variable.

Three ichneumonids were found with about equal frequency in horni pupal

chambers. They parasitized a combined average of approximately 13 percent

of the horni collected. These parasites have longer ovipositors, enabling

them to place eggs on the larvae and pupae within their pupal chambers. Xylo-

phrurus agrili Viereck has been reared from horni larvae and pupae in both

spring and fall. Brooks (1914) says this species has two generations per year.

He found it to be an important parasite of A. vittaticollis, which bores in the

roots of various trees and shrubs of the family Roseaceae. In the fall it lays

its eggs on the vitaticollis larvae at about the time they are forming the pupal

chamber. The spring brood attacks pupae or larvae just prior to pupation.

A. vittaticollis may be the primary host for X. agrili, as Brooks found it to

destroy from 25 to 40 percent of the larvae and pupae of this beetle.

Xylophrurus bicolor maurus Townes emerged from horni pupal cells only

during the spring, and all of the collecting and rearing records which Townes

and Townes (1962) list for X. bicolor indicate that the adults fly only during

the spring. X. bicolor seems to have a diapause similar to that of many Agri-

lus spp., requiring an extended period of cold for development to be completed.

It is perhaps for this reason that efforts to rear the adults from suckers col-

lected during the initial stages of larval development are not very successful.

No rearing records were previously available for X. bicolor maurus. How-

ever, the western subspecies, X. bicolor bicolor has been reared from an in-

sect in Salix sp. and from Saperda moesta Leconte infesting Populus balsami-

fera ssp. trichocarpa (Townes and Townes, 1960).

The third ichneumonid, Mastrus smithii Packard, was incapable of emerg-

ing from horni pupal cells. The only adults obtained were removed from the

infested suckers where they died, often after boring only part of an exit hole.

potdrniined by B. D. Burks, U. S. Dept. Agr., A.R.S., Entomology Res. Div., Wash-

ington, D. C.

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The mandibular teeth of these specimens are usually worn considerably. This

species is known to be a secondary parasite on the ichneumon fly Gambrus

extrematus Cresson and has been reared from the coccoons of two sawfly

species (Townes, 1951). It seems likely that it is poorly adapted for emerg-

ing from Agrilus pupal cells, and probably parasitizes ichneumonid parasites

of other insects with greater success, particularly those in the coccoons of

cecropia moths..

Besides Tetrastichus nordi, several other Chalcidoidea' were reared from

horni pupal chambers. They caused about 6 percent mortality of the horni

reared in this study, and this was attributed principally to Lampoterma sp? |

a pteromalid. This parasite emerges about mid-May, and therefore, oviposits

chiefly on prepupae or pupae of horni. From 3 to 10 adults develop in each

horni pupal chamber. This Lampoterma sp. appears to be limited to one

generation per year by an obligatory pupal diapause.

Eurytoma magdalidus Ashmead (Eurytomidae) was reared from several

horni pupal cells, but this species may be a secondary parasite. In two in-

stances it is known to have emerged from pupal chambers which harbored two

different types of parasite larvae.

Some of the larvae and pupae which died for unknown reasons (17.7 percent)

may have been killed by parasite stings. Consequently, the impact of parasi-

tism may be underestimated.

ADULT BEHAVIOR

Feeding and Maturation

Barter (1957) found that Agrilus anxius females, maintained in the labora-

tory, fed about 6 days before showing any tendency to lay eggs. Adults of

anxius and g. liragus are not found mating or ovipositing in the field until about

2 weeks following emergence. There is no reason to suspect that the same is

not true for horni and pensus.

Oghushi (1963) found that under laboratory conditions Agrilus auriventris

auriventris Saunders females formed ova 5 to 6 days after emergence, but full

grown ova were not present until 8 to 10 days after emergence. Oviposition be-

gan on or after the eleventh day following adult eclosion. Ogushi found no full-

grown ovaries in females which had not fed. Their development was very slow

in unfed beetles, many of which did not live long enough to reach the oviposi-

tion stage.

Similar developmental requirements are probably common to most, if not

all, Agrilus. Some unfed anxius females dissected quite soon after emergence

had partially developed ova. Without food, however, these females are prob-

ably unable to form fully-developed eggs, and usually die after a rather short

time.

A. anxius adults were maintained successfully during the winter on pieces

Ata nne by B. D. Burks, U. S. Dept. Agr., A.R.S., Entomology Res. Div., Wash-

ington, D. C.

Nord et al. (1965) list this species as Metastenus sp., but the application of Metastenus

has recently been changed (cf Burks, 1967).

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 41

of apple, but in nature their feeding is, no doubt, restricted to leaves. Hutch-

ings (1923a) says the bronze birch borer feeds more readily on the foliage of

poplars and willows than on birch. Barter (1957) found that anxius adults con-

sume the leaves of poplars, particularly those of Populus tremuloides, more

readily than those of Betula papyrifera. The findings of Nash et al. (1951)

differ slightly; in their laboratory studies anxius showed the greatest prefer-

ence for P. grandidentata foliage. They rate the species used in their tests

in the following order of decreasing preference: P. grandidentata, P. tremu-

loides, Salix spp., Betula lutea (= alleghaniensis), B. papyrifera, P. balsam-

ifera, and Alnus spp.

Very little is known about the feeding habits of anxius adults, but they were

occasionally observed feeding on B. papyrifera leaves by Barter (1957). Brit-

ton (1922) says bronze birch borer adults (those attacking birches) fly about

and feed to some extent on the foliage of willow, poplar, and probably birch.

We have not tried feeding horni adults anything besides P. tremuloides

leaves in the laboratory, and horni was found in the field on no plant other

than tremuloides. Aspen leaves undoubtedly comprise the major portion of the

adult horni diet, which is probably true for g. liragus also.

A. pensus, on the other hand, did not readily consume the foliage of as-

pens. Because they have been collected on the foliage of alders, but not on

other plants, one would expect them to show some specificity for alder leaves.

However, the only foliage which they seemed to eat readily in the laboratory

was that of Salix spp. Very little testing with alder was possible, however,

as the beetles were maintained in Ann Arbor, where alders are not readily

available. Usually, pensus adults did not survive for more than a few days,

no matter what kind of foliage they were provided. Adults of other species

kept in the same controlled environment chambers survived exceptionally well

(at 70 percent relative humidity; day temp 75°, night temp 60° F). The poor

Survival of pensus adults may have resulted because of a failure to provide

the proper temperature and humidity for pupal development.

Dispersal

Nothing has been written about the dispersal capacities of g. liragus or

anxius, and little is known about the dispersal of any Agrilus, including the

ones that are naturalized pests in the United States. Heering (1956) has ap-

parently made the only attempts at release and recapture studies with marked

Agrilus. However, as only 200 A. viridis adults were released he was unable

to recapture enought to give a reliable result.

Although Agrilus beetles may be capable of flying considerable distances,

they probably do so only rarely. In rearing and maintaining these beetles in

the laboratory we have seen nothing which would indicate the existence of any

sort of antagonistic mechanism by which ‘‘flight exercise’’ acts as a releaser

for feeding or reproductive activity as has been demonstrated for some aphids

(Kennedy and Booth, 1963) and scolytid beetles (Graham, 1959, 1961). If they

flew only far enough to encounter suitable hosts, they would usually be staying

quite near the places where they emerged.

Host Selection

Following the period of reproductive maturation the adults are attracted

42 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

to the hosts which have the particular attributes making them suitable for mat-

ing and oviposition. Many Agrilus and other Buprestidae seem to show a strong

tendency to select hosts which are well exposed to sunlight. Consequently,

those which live on trees are most active at forest edges or in park-like stands.

ANXIUS AND G. LIRAGUS . Generally, anxius females are said to oviposit on

the sunny sides of trees and on those most exposed to sunlight. However, Bar-

ter (1957) found that the photopositive tendencies of anxius can be overridden,

to some extent, by other stimuli, presumably olfactory ones. Barter says that

when the shady sides of trees are wounded, females oviposit there rather than

on the unshaded side. He concluded that the olfactory response is often strong-

er than the photopositive response.

Anderson (1944) came to similar conclusions. During the first season of

his two-year study he found no deviation from the commonly accepted idea that

trees exposed to full sunlight attract significantly greater numbers of anxius

and g. liragus than shaded ones. Using a 30 second counting interval Ander-

son found an average of 2.6 beetles per unshaded tree, while only 1.8 were

found on shaded trees. When the experiment was repeated the following year,

however, he found that the count for unshaded trees did not differ significantly

from that for shaded trees. During the first season, trees with the tops bro-

ken off by winter damage were abundant, but such damage did not occur during

the second year. Anderson thinks that greater numbers of weakened hosts

were available during the first season, allowing g. liragus to make a selection

for those more exposed to sunlight. His conclusion is that the physiological

condition of the host is more important than its degree of exposure to sunlight.

There may be sexual differences in the photopositive response, but little

has been done so far to account for the possibility. Males and virgin females

may be more photopositive than ovipositing females. Females ovipositing on

fallen trees are apt to work along the sides of stems on days when males orient

more towards the upper surface.

One is prone to confuse the effects of light and temperature. It seems quite

likely that these beetles will appear to be more photopositive on relatively cool

days (but still above 70° F) than on hot days. An observation made in 1964,

during studies of anxius behavior, illustrates this point. In order to concen-

trate the beetles on bolts cut from freshly-felled birches, the tops and other

unused parts of the birches were pulled well into the shade. This slash, never-

theless, attracted some of the beetles, and the bolts under observation, which

were in full sunlight, attracted only moderate numbers of them. That day the

temperature maximum was 85° F (U.S. Weather Bureau, 1964; Stambaugh,

15 July) and the sky was clear, so that temperatures may actually have been

too high for the insects to remain for extended periods in the direct sunlight.

In another of Anderson’s (1944) experiments, the attractiveness of 7 types

of host material was evaluated by tallying the numbers of adult g. liragus on

each aspen test tree during a 30 second counting interval. Observations were

made between 10 AM and 3 PM on sunny days when the shade temperature was

between 75° and 90° F. His results are presented in table 4, and it is quite

evident that injured trees are more likely to be attacked than uninjured ones.

Barter (1957) found this to be true for anxius also. From Anderson’s data

(table 4) one may also surmise that standing trees are more attractive to g.

liragus than similarly treated trees which are felled. Both the topped trees

and topped and girdled trees attracted significantly greater numbers of beetles

than trees which were felled. Perhaps this occurred because the standing trees

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 43

Table 4. Attractiveness of various types of Populus tremuloides

host material to Agrilus granulatus liragus.

Condition of Average Number of Beetles | Number of

Host Trees per Tree per Observatior “| Observations

1. Vigorous 0

2. Suppressed 0 21

3. Girdled 9 sl. 54

4. Topped | Lied 54

5. Topped and girdled 2.8 27

6. Felled and lopped 1.0

7. Felled, not lopped £3

“Modified from Anderson (1944). :

’The values are corrected so that each represents the number of bee-

tles observed per 17 ft of bark area, the average for all test trees.

“The only statistically significant differences are those between num-

bers not included within the span of a single vertical line.

were more fully exposed to sunlight than felled ones. In any case, these re-

sults could be misleading because standing trees rarely are as decisively in-

jured by natural factors as are trees which are artificially topped or topped and

girdled. The only natural injury which is really comparable occurs when trees

are blown over. Less decisive natural injuries occur to standing trees when

the tops are broken by winter ice damage or when the tops of already decrepit

trees break where the wood exposed by repeated insect attack and disease be-

comes dry and brittle. Aspens are frequently victims of this type of injury,

since the wood of these species is not particularly tough, and because they are

often severely attacked by wood borers like Saperda calcarata and fungal para-

sites like Hypoxylon pruinatum for a period of years before they finally

succumb.

One might also conclude from the data of table 4 that both suppressed and

vigorous trees are unattractive to g. liragus. In testing this more thoroughly,

Anderson used an extended observation period of 14 days, to detect occasional

beetles that might be attracted to the trees. This was facilitated by placing

sheets of fly paper on the trunks of 10 paired aspens, each pair composed of

a vigorous and a suppressed tree. During the 14 day observation period 18

beetles were caught by the fly paper on suppressed trees, but none were caught

on vigorous trees. It is apparent that g. liragus is able to detect trees which

are in poor condition, whether or not they have been wounded. The stimulus is

undoubtedly olfactory, and is presumed to arise from the decomposition of sub-

stances in the bark or phloem. The attractiveness of the host may, in turn,

depend upon the rate of decomposition, which is no doubt enhanced by injury.

HORNI. Theoretically, the kind of host selection exhibited by anxius and

g. liragus should allow adult feeding to be separated from the activities involved

in host selection. If this is true, then there might not be any highly developed

specificity shown by feeding adults. In the late 1800’s, buprestid collectors

clearly recognized that the identity of an Agrilus larval host was not necessarily

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indicated by the kind of foliage the adults are taken on. Perhaps this point is

over-emphasized, because the adults of some kinds of species, like horni,

may show more specificity in feeding, because feeding may be involved in the

host selection process. Agrilus horni does not fly directly to the stems of as-

pen suckers, but instead lands on the foliage. The adults of this species usu-

ally feed before moving onto the stem where mating and oviposition occur.

Whether or not they always feed before crawling from the foliage to the stem

is not known. Nord et al. (1965) found that after caged horni females oviposit

they move up to the foliage of suckers, resting and feeding for about 10 minutes

before decending to lay another egg. Under natural conditions the females may

usually ascend the stem following oviposition and fly to another sucker before

feeding.

A. horni can maneuver with agility in flight, and can hover before landing.

Their flight behavior indicates that they probably recognize aspen foliage be-

fore landing on it. If so, olfaction is clearly part of the recognition process.

If the odors which direct them to the host do not, at least in part, emanate

from the foliage, one would expect them to land frequently on the foliage of

plants other than Populus spp. This was observed only once, when a male

which had just mated flew from P. tremuloides sucker to a fern next to it,

staying briefly before he flew back to the same aspen sucker and began feeding.

To go no farther than suggesting that horni recognizes its host by some

characteristics of the foliage would be forming a hypothesis of very little

value. Obviously, other factors must strongly influence the host selection of

these beetles, as they do not live on just any species of Populus, or just any

P. tremuloides sucker. |

Previous Studies. Fowler (1963) studied the relationship of height, age,

and stand density of aspen suckers to infestation by horni. He counted the num-

ber of infested and uninfested suckers on systematically located millacre quad-

rats. A graph of Fowler’s data (fig. 20) appears to indicate that the unit-area

density of horni-infested suckers is rather directly related to the unit-area

density of all suckers. However, it is not necessarily true that unit-area

densities per se of the aspen suckers were the important variables affecting

the infestation levels throughout Fowler’s study area. It seems likely that some

of the lower stand density values can be attributed to parts of it where the ini-

tial establishment of suckers was poor because of severe competition with

other plants which dominated. Besides patches of sweet fern (Myrica asplen-

ifolia [=Comptonia peregrina]), leather leaf (Chamaedaphne calycultata), and blue-

berry (Vaccinium spp.), there were young red pines (Pinus resinosa) scattered

about. Quadrats with high sucker counts, on the other hand, may simply have

occurred in places where some of the suckers were not shaded by other plants.

In fact, high-count quadrats probably fell where suckers were clumped (fig. 21),

and sucker clumps probably had originated in spots that were left denuded af-

ter the 1957 fire. Fowler (1963) notes that when infested suckers were associ-

ated with clumps, they were usually at the outer edges of them. A majority

of the infested suckers in this may have occurred at the outer edges of clumps.

Therefore, the contagion evident in the distribution of infested suckers may

have resulted from strong contagion in the distribution of suckers suitable for

Oviposition.

_ much more detailed analysis of the data is presented by Carlson (1968).

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 45

Infested Suckers per Millacre Quadrat

aR ae a a ia ie Ce LE age oe ae? ae

Total Suckers per Millacre Quadrat

Fig. 20. Unit area density of horni-infested Populus trem-

uloides suckers as a function of stand density of all tremuloid-

es suckers in the area sampled by Fowler (1963).

New Studies

Methods. The possibility that some contagion in egg distribution could

occur independently of the distribution of suitable hosts has not been over-

looked. In the spring of 1964 an area with an evenaged stand of aspen suckers

was selected for studying this problem. It is an area near Beechwood, Michi-

gan, where furrowing for the planting of pines had caused prolific root sucker-

ing by scattered, mature Populus tremuloides, some of which were still stand-

ing, while others had been pushed over (fig. 22).

Because the problem involved determining the spatial distribution of in-

fested or egg-bearing suckers in relation to each other, there was little need

for using standard sampling methods for estimating density (i.e. stems/unit

area). Instead, it was decided that the problem could be best approached by

using distance measurements as indicators of spatial relationships. The two

variables measured were: (1) the distance from predetermined sampling points

to the nearest infested or egg-bearing sucker (DNS) and (2) distance between

each infested or egg-bearing sucker and the nearest neighboring infested or

egg-bearing one (DNN). Sampling points were located systematically. Five

plot centers were established, four at the corners of a 400 foot square and one

in its center and also approximately centered within the study area.

Around each of the plot centers, 8 sampling points were established ona

_ circle with a 50 foot radius. Sampling point number 1 was always located due

north of the plot center, and the others were located at subsequent azimuthal

intervals of 45 degrees. Sample distances were measured with a 100 foot tape.

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Fig. 21. A spot in the study area of Nord (1962) and Fowler (1963), showing

the clumped distribution of Populus tremuloides suckers and abundance of com-

peting vegetation (from Nord, 1962). The aspen suckers occurred under similar

conditions throughout much of the area.

Fig. 22. Agrilus horni study area near Beechwood, Michigan. The stand of

Populus tremuloides suckers, which is relatively uniform in distribution,devel-

oped following furrowing for the planting of pines. Equipment used in the furr-

owing operation pushed over many of the mature aspens.

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 47

The Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test (Siegel, 1956) was used for ana-

lyzing the data. Discussion of the results is deferred until later, where the

results of a number of analyses are discussed together.

While evenaged sucker stands are best for studying the distribution of eggs

by females, independent of sucker distribution, they are not well suited to

studying the sucker size selection of hornifemales. For this, unevenaged

areas are more appropriate. Unevenaged sucker areas occur in the ecotones

between aspen forests and open fields or in park-like stands where clones or

multiclone groups are apt to stand isolated, annually producing some suckers

at their edges. Such areas are also of particular interest because they har-

bor more perpetual infestations than do evenaged stands. Devising sampling

techniques for unevenaged areas was problematical, however. The most per-

plexing difficulty is that in these areas the zone in which the horni infestation

occurs represents a rather small proportion of the ecotone area. Hence, it

is difficult, if not impossible, to devise a random sampling scheme that is

efficient. Even a systematic approach is difficult to contrive because the habi-

tat of interest is usually distributed in a rather irregular manner. Therefore,

the usual kinds of systematic procedures are not applicable.

The compromise devised cannot be considered ideally objective, but that

does not seem to greatly impair its value. The sampling was carried out by

proceeding along the edges of the clumps or closed stands of larger aspens

and selecting the first 6 ft sucker encountered as a plot center. In turn, the,

Tit, 5 ft, 4 ft, 3 ft, 2 ft, and 1 ft suckers nearest the 6 ft one were selected.

The distance between the 6 ft sucker and each of the others (D,) was meas-

ured. Before the suckers were chopped free at their roots and examined for

eggs, the distance to the nearest neighboring sucker in the same height cate-

gory (DNN) was measured and recorded. Only the first set of suckers selected

was examined for horni eggs. Besides tallying the numbers of eggs and noting

their positions, we also recorded the basal diameters of the suckers (DAB).

Successive plots were always separated by at least 3 times the maximum

D,. Six foot suckers were chosen for the sampling centers because they were

near the upper size limit for suckers which would bear horni eggs. Conse-

quently, choosing a 6 ft sucker would insure that sampling would include areas

where suckers above the upper size limit occurred, while still keeping it with-

in areas that were likely to be horni habitat.

This sampling method was employed in one area near Kenton, Michigan

and in another near Phelps, Wisconsin. Analyses of the data chiefly involved

the use of chi-square comparisons and graphic procedures. Expected values

(E,) for the chi-square analyses were derived from expectancy factors (E,),

which are weighting factors based upon D, and DNN (collectively, D values)

measurements. The basis for the Seen ent ion of expected values is the as-

sumption that the abundance of suckers ina particular size class is inversely

related to the area of a circle which has a radius equal to the average D value

for the class. Hence, density is proportional to 1/ D7. In deriving the E, val-

ues it was anticipated that DNN measurements should account for any clumping

tendency among suckers of the same age. On the other hand, the D, measure-

ments should account for any stratification that existed, such as gradients in

the positions of suckers relative ,t0 those of other sizes. E, values are com-

puted simply by dividing the 1/ D? value for each size class be the total for all

Each height class had a+0.5 ft interval.

48 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

classes (giving each E, relativity to all others). The expected numbers of egg-

bearing suckers are derived by multiplying the total observed number of egg-

bearing suckers by each E, value.

One set of chi-square comparisons was made for height classes, and in

another set the numbers of egg-bearing suckers were apportioned into DAB

classes (table 6). Diameter class (DAB) values for the latter comparisons

were computed from regressions of DAB over sucker height by substituting the

values for the height class limits into the equation and solving for DAB.

To compare height and DAB as indicators of the suitability of suckers for

horni oviposition, ratios of observed to expected values are used. This re-

quired the computation of additional expected values for a set of DAB classes

with uniform limits. It was necessary to derive expected values for these

uniform DAB classes indirectly, because there was no direct (significant) sta-

tistical relationship between DAB and D values.

In order that all ratios of observed to expected values have positive signs,

it is necessary to adjust all expected values (E,) upward so that none is ex-

ceeded by the observed (O,) value for the same class. What was done, in

effect, was to multiply all E, values by the greatest O,/E, ratio occurring

among all sucker classes (yielding E,.). The subsequently derived O, /B,:

ratios can be used for making between-area data comparisons as well as for

the height-DAB comparison mentioned above. Factors with similar uses are

derived by dividing the total number of eggs (S) occurring on the suckers of each

size class by the corresponding E,, values.

Discussion. There were no significant differences between DNS (dis-

tance to nearest sucker) and DNN (distance to nearest neighbor) measurements

for either the infested or the egg-bearing suckers at the Beechwood, Michigan

evenaged sucker stand. Therefore, there is no marked tendency toward con-

tagion in the distribution of either infested or egg-bearing suckers. Two ob-

vious explanations are possible. (1) A. horni females may make a post-ovi-

position flight, before they re-alight and lay another egg. This sort of behavior

should lead to a rather random distribution of eggs. (2) On the other hand,

suckers which were suitable for oviposition and subsequent infestation may

have been rather randomly distributed throughout the area.

The latter explanation seems to be the most logical. The few direct field

observations made on horni females would indicate that they really do not fly

very far before landing on another sucker. Nor is there any indication that

a post-ovipoisition flight is an unvarying occurrence in a fixed behaviorial pat-

tern. Nord et al. (1965) found that after ovipositing, caged horni females im-

mediately crawled up the sucker stem and out onto a leaf. After spending about

10 minutes feeding and ‘‘resting,’’ they might descend to lay another egg, and

SO on. :

Under natural conditions horni females may usually fly to another sucker

after each egg is laid. It may be uncommon for them to feed on a sucker just

after ovipositing on it, particularly if feeding is an integral part of the host

selection process. In the Beechwood area only a few suckers were found with

two horni eggs, and only one had three. When more than one egg had been

placed on a given sucker, there was usually no way of knowing from their ap-

pearance if they had been deposited at about the same time or at different times.

Unlike the Beechwood area, the egg-bearing suckers in the Phelps and Kenton

areas usually had more than one egg (average 2.5) and one had a surprising

total of 15 (table 5). When the difference between the latter areas and the

Beechwood area are considered, it is only reasonable to conclude that the oc-

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 49

Table 5. The occurrence of Agrilus horni eggs in the Kenton and Phelps areas

on Populus tremuloides root suckers in height classes of 1 to 7 ft.

Number of Eggs

Average per

Suckers Bearing Eggs

Class

(feet) Total | Total | Egg-Bearing

Sucker

1 1 1.0

2 12 Lea

3 41 4.5

4 30 ag |

5 28 ve

6 14 Lye

7 8 LA

All oe Os

currence of more than one egg on a single sucker is usually not an indication

that they were laid in sequence by the same female. Instead, what seems to

be indicated is that some suckers were far more suitable for horni oviposition

than others, even of the same size. Moreover, in the Phelps and Kenton areas

the horni habitat was restricted to a very narrow zone, and movement along it

probably resulted in these beetles contacting suckers in particular locations

more frequently than others. The most reasonable conclusion seems to be

that when suckers in these particular locations were otherwise favorable for

oviposition there were a number of eggs laid on them.

Sucker size should be an important factor affecting the distribution of eggs

by horni females and/or the survival of the larvae. In both height and DAB

chi-square comparisons the difference between the observed and expected dis-

tribution of eggs is highly significant (table 6). The relationship of egg occur-

rence to DAB is more sensitive than that with sucker height (figs. 23-26).

The Kenton trend line of O,/E,, over DAB (fig. 24) shows a double peak,

but the second peak is reduced in the graph of S/E,, over DAB (fig. 26). This

suggests that in the Phelps area the suckers most likely to elicit horni ovi-

position had somewhat larger diameters than those in the Kenton area. This

appears to be true despite the fact that the abundance of small suckers rela-

tive to those of larger sizes was greater in the Phelps area. Examination of

the data on egg placement for the two areas yields the most likely reason for

this difference. In the Phelps area more eggs were located in association with

moss than on other kinds of deposition sites. Most of those Phelps area eggs

deposited in association with moss occurred on the 0.6 and 0.7 inch suckers

(all but 2 out of 21), and these two DAB classes were the source of the great-

est difference between the areas. Therefore, it seems very likely that the

occurrence of mosses on these suckers in the Phelps area is responsible for

the positive skewing of the trend lines (figs. 24, 26) as compared to the more

negatively skewed ones for the Kenton area.

Inasmuch as factors independent of sucker size, such as the occurrence of

mosses, affect horni oviposition, even two areas with nearly identical arrays

of sucker sizes will not necessarily have similar frequency distributions for

those bearing eggs. In general, however, the data do strongly indicate this

much: suckers between 0.3 and 0.9 inches DAB are most likely to elicit ovi-

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Without data on the DAB frequency distribution of a stand to compare with

that of its egg-bearing suckers, one probably would not come to the same con-

clusion. In other words, the information obtainable by sampling at random in

respect to sucker size and tallying only data pertinent to egg-bearing suckers

would be quite different from that presented above. Hypothetical numbers of

egg bearing suckers for Phelps and Kenton are plotted in figure 27a, and

represent what might have been expected from a random sample of 1000 suck-

ers in each area, as calculated by Carlson (1968). Figure 27b shows that 2/3

of the egg-bearing suckers in the Phelps area would probably have been below

0.4 inches DAB, while a like proportion for the Kenton area should have been

below 0.5 inches. Figure 27a agrees with a priori expectation for a random

sample in that the curves are negatively skewed and have less pronounced

maxima than those in figure 25. The negative skewedness of the former is

due to the preponderance of suckers of smaller sizes (the ‘‘j’’ age-frequency

distribution). A possible explantion for the disparity between the two curves

is that horni tends to oviposit on suckers that may be somewhat above optimum

size for survival of larvae as a natural compensation for the preponderance of

suckers which possibly are below optimum size. A study of the relationship

between sucker DAB, root size, and survival of horni larvae would, of course,

be necessary for proving this hypothesis.

The mechanism which restricts horni egg placement to suckers within

moderately narrow diameter limits is unknown, but it may be proprioceptive.

Proprioceptors that could operate in measuring suckers could be located in

the legs, antennae, or even the ovipositor. There are no obvious morpholo-

gical features differing from those of either anxius or g. liragus that-could be

singled out as possible sites for the supposed proprioceptors. However, hor-

ni varies much less in size than either anxius or g. liragus, and the genetic

basis for this lower variability may not be unrelated to horni host selection

behavior.

In reference to horni, Graham et al. (1963) say that ‘‘the root-girdling

Agrilus deposits its eggs on the bark either near the ground or sometimes a

foot higher.’’ Three inches above ground line is the maximum height at

which we have found horni eggs under natural conditions. Infact, we found

150 eggs below the 1 inch level, while encountering only 34 above it, a highly

significant statistical difference from the expected (table 7). All but 2 of the

latter (table 8) were below the 2 inch level. Therefore, Graham et al. (1963)

were probably mistaken in identifying anything at the 1 foot level as horni

eggs.

The horni eggs were commonly deposited on rough bark (lenticels, cracks,

flakes, etc.) against adventitious buds, against or beneath the leaves and stems

of mosses which sometimes grow on the bases of the suckers (table 8). Oc-

Table 7. Chi-square comparison of the number of

Agrilus horni eggs above and below the 1 inch level

on the bases of Populus tremuloides root suckers.

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Ground

(inches)

Number of Eggs

Observed Expected

** Statistically significant at the 0.01 probability

level.

Egg-Bearing Suckers

Cumulative Number of Egg-Bearing Suckers

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ber of egg-bearing suckers (a) and cumulative number (b) expected for

random samples of 1000 Populus tremuloides suckers for areas near

Kenton, Michigan (dashed line) and Phelps, Wisconsin (solid line).

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Table 8. Position and situation of Agrilus horni eggs on Populus tremuloides:

pool of data for 1964 (Beechwood area) and 1965 (Kenton and Phelps areas).

Eggs Situated on or Against:

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(flakes, etc.) | Buds Moss

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Ground

(inches)

casionally, they were also found on smooth bark, but most of those eggs were

located at ground line where they had probably been partially supported by or-

ganic debri of some sort. A chi-square comparison between the height distri-

bution of eggs laid on smooth bark and that for all other eggs shows them to

differ significantly (table 9). While the number of eggs laid on smooth bark

above ground line is less than the expected value, the reverse is true for the

number observed at ground line.

Table 9. Chi-square comparison of positions of Agrilus horni eggs on smooth bark

with positions of other eggs (pooled data from Beechwood, Kenton, and Phelps areas).

Number of Eggs

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Mating Behavior

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY

Aedeagus. Before entering the discourse on the behavior of individuals

during courtship and mating, it will be necessary to describe some anatomical

structures important in mating. Basing the interpretation on Lindroth and

Palmén (1956), the aedeagus (fig. 28) of buprestid males is composed of an

eversible penis (pe), which is sheathed by the tegmen. The tegmen is com-

posed of the paired parameres (pa) and an unpaired basal piece (bp). The

junction between the basal piece and the parameres is not evident in Bupresti-

dae. Hence, the term parameres will be used to denote the part of the tegmen

which is divided, the part often called the lateral lobes in buprestid taxonomic

discourse. The latter, and the associated designation of the penis as the medi-

56 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

Fig. 28. Dorsal side of the aedeagus of Agrilus granula-

tus liragus; pe = penis, pa = parameres, and bp = basal piece.

an lobe, are not useful terms for functional descriptions.

On the ventral’ side of the tegmen (figs. 5-8) of species in the anxius group,

there is a trough or groove which extends from near its base to the tips of the

parameres. It is very narrow at the base of the tegmen and gradually increases

in breadth toward the apex, broadening most in anxius, but much less in horni.

During coitus this groove receives the pygidial spine of the female, which serves

to guide the aedeagus into position. The groove also appears to have functions

connected with sexual recognition which are discussed later.

There is also a groove on the dorsal side of the aedeagus (fig. 28), although

it is rather shallow in comparison to that on the ventral side. The penis is

only slightly recessed below the dorsal surface of the parameres, which are

rather flattened, and the groove extends basad of the parameres, sometimes

nearly to the base of the tegmen.

Movements of the heavily sclerotized aedeagus appear to be controlled

mostly by the large muscles that are directly attached to it. The ovipositors of

buprestids, on the other hand, are not heavily sclerotized. As there are no

muscles directly attached to them, they are principally hydrostatic organs.

Female Organs of Reproduction. The only interpretation of the morphology

of a buprestid ovipositor known to us is that of Tanner (1927). Because the ovi-

positors of Buprestidae appear to differ from those of other Coleoptera, it seems

best to employ his interpretation. After the homologies are worked out, it may

be possible to use less burdensome terminology.

The ovipositor of species in the Agrilus anxius group (fig. 29) differs from

the configuration shown by Tanner (1927) for Chrysobothris debilis Leconte in

a single important way. The C. debilis ovipositor, which is similar to that of

a Buprestis sp., has the bacula of the proctiger and coxite separated by the

entire length of the valvifer baculum. Species in the A. anxius group have the

bacula of the proctiger and coxite separated only by the thickness of the valvi-

fer baculum. The valvifer baculum lies beside that of the coxite, and the two

are nearly parallel, except at their bases, where the valvifer baculum inter-

venes between the bacula of the coxite and proctiger.

Figure 29 shows the Agrilus anxius ovipositor in its various attitudes. A

comparison between fig. 29, c and d shows how the ovipositor can be likened

to a tube within a mostly membraneous sac. The part of the ovipositor bear-

in the coxites will be referred to as the ovipositor tube. It appears that only

this part of the ovipositor is actually extended from the abdominal cavity dur-

ing oviposition.

During copulation the male aedeagus is inserted to the point where the tip

Sreuia in the retracted position, as is traditional; not ventral sensu Lindroth and

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of the female’s pygidial spine rests in the basal end of the ventral groove on

the tegmen. When the aedeagus is in this external position, its probable in-

ternal position in relation to the various bacula of the ovipositor tube is as

shown in fig. 30. It is assumed that after this position is attained, the male

everts the penis into the vagina (Va, fig. 31). The tip of the penis probably

fits into the receptacle (Rp, fig. 31). The wall of the vagina has a complex,

thickened structure which gives it great elasticity. It is therefore assumed

that after the penis apex enters the receptacle, eversion of the penis contin-

ues until it is fully extended. It appears that the elasticity of the vagina may

allow successful interbreeding between even the individuals at opposite size

extremes in populations with extensive size variation.

After the penis is fully extended, the internal sac is evidently everted up-

ward into the bursa copulatrix (Bc, fig. 31). The minute spinules surround-

ing the opening to the bursa apparently guide the sac into place. They probably

also serve to hold the sac in place as insemination occurs.

BEHAVIOR OF MALES

Sexual Recognition. When a male (A)' mounts another individual (B), he

almost immediately exserts his aedeagus, which at first projects backward,

but then rotates downward and forward such that its apex contacts the tip of

the abdomen of individual B. After the abdomen of B is contacted, the subse-

Fig. 30. Probable position of the dorsal side of the aed-

eagus (solid line) relative to the bacula of the ovipositor

(dotted line) during copulation in Agrilus granulatus liragus

(cf figs. 28 & 29).

Fig. 31. Lateral view of the Agrilus anxius ? internal organs of reproduction (less

ovaries) and ovipositor (retracted position); Sp = spermatheca, Rp = receptacle for

penis apex, Be = bursa copulatrix, Sa = spiculate area of vagina, Co = common ovi-

duct, Va = vagina, Ty = tergite 8, Sg = sternite 8, and Vu = vulva. Drawn without

the aid of a camera lucida.

biienenthen courting males are referred to as ‘‘A’’ and the individual being courted as “‘B.’’

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 29

quent behavior of the courting male (A) depends upon the position of the hind

sternite of individual B. If the sternite is in lowered position, insertion and

copulation ensue, provided Bis afemale. If Bis a male, the tips of the aedea-

gi of both come into contact and male A dismounts quickly.

When the aedeagus dissected from a male was placed into the abdominal

opening of virgin females, courting males responded to them just as they did

to males, provided the aedeagus artificially implanted in the females had not

moved to the side of the abdominal opening. Therefore, it appears that the

responses of courting males are elicited by what they touch with the aedeagus.

The observations were few, however, and only one observation was made on

a male courting another whose aedeagus was removed. In this case insertion

of the aedeagus occurred, and when the behavior of male A indicated that he

was everting the internal sac, he was removed, whereupon the sac was re-

vealed protruding from the tip of the penis.

When a courting male probes an individual not having the hind sternite in

lowered position, the process of sexual recognition is somewhat more intri-

cate. Before the behavior of courting males in this situation can be described,

some sexually dimorphic structures of the last abdominal segment must be

discussed. The role played by the female pygidial spine during insertion of

the aedeagus has already been partially considered. Were this the only function

of the spine, it would be difficult to explain its presence in males. Moreover,

male pygidial spines are often somewhat longer (relative to body length) than

those of females. The significance of this dimorphism seems to relate to

the function of other sexually dimorphic structures of the hind segment. In

both sexes the marginal sclerite of this segment is smooth and flattened, and

a groove separates it from the sternite. The apex of the hind marginal scler-

ite of females is angled slightly upward, or beveled, with respect to the ster-

nite (fig. 32). In males, however, its apex lies in almost the same structural

plane to which the sternite conforms (fig. 33). The groove between the mar-

ginal sclerite and the apical part of the hind sternite seems to be somewhat

larger in females than males, but this appears to be partly due to the differ-

ences in the angulation of the marginal sclerite.

Fig. 32. Abdominal apex of Agrilus Fig. 33. Abdominal apex of Agrilus

eranulatus liragus ; arrow points to the granulatus liragus ©; arrow points to the

groove between the marginal sclerite groove between the marginal sclerite

and sternite of the last segment. and sternite of the last segment.

60 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

Let us return to the situation in which a male probes an individual whose

hind sternite is in the closed position. The tip of the aedeagus of A first touches

the marginal sclerite of B at or near the point where it closes against the py-

gidium. After this point is contacted, A draws the proximal portion of the

aedeagus upward. This causes its tip to move ventrally, since the pygidial

spine of B acts as a fulcrum, fitting in the ventral trough of the tegmen about

midway along the parameres. When the tip of the aedeagus moves downward

and forward it comes into contact with B’s sternite. When B is female, the

sternite resists the downward movement of the aedeagus, as the latter catches

in the groove between the marginal sclerite and sternite. On the other hand,

if B is male, the groove fails to catch the tip of the aedeagus, which slips

freely past. This appears to be due to the combined features of the apical

marginal sclerite and the pygidial spine of male B.

When males are probed, dismounting is the only outcome. This is elicited

either when a probing male’s aedeagus slides past the groove between male

B’s marginal sclerite and sternite or when its aedeagus contacts that of B.

The probing of females, on the other hand, has several possible outcomes, de-

pending upon her receptivity. Immediate insertion of the aedeagus occurs when

B has her hind sternite already lowered prior to probing, but when it is not,

the prying movement of A’s aedeagus may lower it, provided B is a receptive

female. If she is not, a male may be unable to insert its genitalia, and will

persist in probing until (1) coitus is achieved, (2) he is knocked free of B as

a result of her ‘‘frenzied’’ scurrying, or (3) until he fatigues (or appears to

fatigue).

The hypothesis that sexual recognition by males is chiefly a physical pro-

cess was tested in the laboratory by altering the structure of the last seg-

ment in both sexes with glue. Some evidence was obtained in support of the

hypothesis, as the attempt to create a female-like male was partially success-

ful. Males behaved quite differently after mounting and probing altered males

than they did when courting normal males. All of the results obtained at first

did not seem consistent with the hypothesis, but it was discovered subsequent-

ly that consistent results cannot be expected unless the last segment of an al-

tered male is held tightly closed. After this was taken into account, the re-

sults were less variable. Some males then mounted and probed altered ones

several times in succession before dismounting. Others continued probing

for up to 5 minutes.

Physical contact definitely plays an integral part in sexual recognition by

males. The important question that remains unanswered seems to be this:

when a female holds the hind sternite in closed position as she is mounted and

probed by a male, is the response of the male dependent entirely upon physi-

cal contact or does he receive some additional stimuli (e.g. chemical) which

work in combination with the physical ones? If attempts to modify the struc-

ture of the hind sternite of females had not failed completely, a more definite

answer to this question might have been possible. Unfortunately, the minute

size of the crucial structures makes it impossible to smooth them over with

glue or similar substances, like those used to modify the structure of the hind

sternite in males. The mass of the applied material inevitably produces a

bump which is more of an obstruction to the aedeagus than the groove between

a female’s hind marginal sclerite and sternite. Other means must be found to

smooth over this groove and there must be more tests carried out with females

that have an excised male aedeagus implanted in the opening to the abdominal

cavity. The small amount of evidence obtained by the latter technique seems

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 61

to indicate that males may not recognize females by means alternative or ad-

ditional to the physical ones.

Insertion of Aedeagus and Insemination. After insertion of the aedeagus

is initiated the female pygidial spine apparently continues to play a significant

role for successful coition. It continues to act as a fulcrum while the male

alternately lifts the proximal part of the tegmen and then pushes the aedeagus

into the ovipositor tube (fig. 34, 39c). These movements by the male seem to

assist insertion by putting pressure against the female’s hind sternite to push

it downward, and the sheath-like lower part of the ovipositor tube is probably

simultaneously pulled away from the fleshy upper portion.

When full insertion of the aedeagus is achieved (fig. 39d), the male’s hind

sternite is nested in the notch between the tips of the female’s elytra, while

her pygidial spine rests in the proximal part of the ventral trough of the aedea-

Fig. 34. Mating of an A. anxius & and an A. granulatus liragus &.

The aedeagus is being pushed into the ovipositor tube (not visible) foll-

owing the prying of the last sternite away from the pygidium. This

downward prying occurs when the male raises the abdomen, which

brings the median part of the aedeagus into contact with the pygidial

spine of the female, which acts as a fulcrum.

gus (which faces dorsally in the inserted position). After several minutes the

male begins a series of vibrant movements, at which time the middle and hind

legs are usually extended laterally. Eversion of the internal sac probably

starts with commencement of these movements, because males removed from

females during this phase of coition had the internal sac partly everted, pro-

truding from the gonopore. Males removed somewhat later lose the internal

sac which is apparently restrained by the spinules around the opening to the

bursa.

Behavior of Males Under Natural Conditions. Information about Agrilus spp.

suggests that they depend upon host selection, at least in part, to bring about

the meeting of the sexes. In other words, the kind of site utilized for mating

by a particular species depends on many of the same factors which govern the

selection of sites for oviposition. Therefore, these are also the factors which

62 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

prevent interspecific matings from occurring, while making it quite likely that

intraspecific pairings do occur.

Bronze Birch and Bronze Poplar Borers. Excepting the

host specificity factors, the mating behavior of anxius and g. liragus is simi-

lar. For efficiency in making observations, most field work on the mating

behavior of these species involved watching individuals which were on wind-

falls (fig. 35), logs, or logging slash (fig.36). It is fairly safe to assume that

they do not behave very differently on these hosts than on upright ones.

The males of g. liragus and anxius move along the stems of their hosts,

usually remaining still for only brief but frequent interludes. On very warm

days, the movements of these beetles are rather rapid and the hesitations are

very brief, so that they move rather continuously with a jerky motion. On

cooler days they remain stationary for rather long periods, and are not con-

spicuous. These insects are not active at temperatures below 70° F (Barter

1957, 1965).

When any arthropod passes within a foot or so of these Agrilus males, the

males approach the former. [If the other animal, in turn, approaches them

aggressively, such as was observed with ants and males of a larger buprestid,

Chrysobothris sp., the Agrilus male responds by releasing its grip on the host

and falling free of it. However, if the other arthropod is moving away from

the Agrilus, the latter pursues. In one instance a g. liragus male was seen

following a Dicerca (another buprestid), and upon overtaking the latter, the

g. liragus male actually scurried part way up onto the elytra of this much lar-

ger insect.

When two anxius or g. liragus males approach each other, they usually do

so more gradually, at least if each has detected the other, which usually is the

case. After the males stand facing each other from a distance of one to several

inches, one of them quickly approaches and mounts the other. Such homosexual

encounters occur very frequently in nature, much more frequently than hetero-

sexual ones. They may have a special significance, particularly for anxius

and g. liragus.

Homosexual encounters seem to have a survival value that is real. A. anx-

ius and g. liragus males exhibit a sort of quasi-territorialism on their hosts.

After a male mounts and probes another, he usually flies or walks to a different

part of the host. These encounters between males seem to have an interesting

uniqueness in that it is the aggressive male that is usually repelled. There is

nothing to indicate that the aggressor can be repelled by anything short of

mounting and probing. The seemingly inefficient means by which the males of

these Agrilus recognize each other may be important in keeping them spatially

separated. This quasi-territorialism among males may serve to increase the

probability of occurrence of heterosexual encounters.

The beneficial effects of homosexual encounters may not be derived with-

out some cost to the sexual responsiveness of the aggressive male. During

laboratory studies of behavior it was discovered that if males are removed

from females just after completing the sexual recognition phase of courtship

and are immediately released again, they often mount the next individual they

encounter (either sex). The sexuality of males is definitely enhanced when they

mount and probe females, and it is apparently not greatly diminished by arti-

ficial termination of courtship. However, males whose sexual responsiveness

has been enhanced in this way, seem to lose it after a short sequence of homo-

sexual encounters. Perhaps the decrease in sexual aggressiveness occurs as

an integral part of the reaction which causes an aggressive male to move away

from the one he has mounted.

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Fig. 35. Populus tremuloides windfall, typical of those where

the adult behavior of Agrilus granulatus liragus was observed.

Fig. 36. Betula papyrifera logging slash, a typical observation site for the

studies of the adult behavior of Agrilus anxius.

64 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

Apparently, there is some sort of threshold which must be reached be-

fore courtship is elicited in males, and when that threshold has been |

reached or exceeded, males court immediately upon encountering other indi-

viduals. All males on their hosts under natural conditions seem to have high |

sexual responsiveness. This indicates that factors associated with their attrac- ©

tion to mating sites and their pre-courtship behavior may induce this responsive-

ness.

During their vigil on the host, anxius and g. liragus males are often ob-

served repeatedly exserting the aedeagus. This behavior is also exhibited in

the laboratory by males not on their hosts, and it seems to occur well in ad-

vance of the attainment of the mating threshold. It could be a protagonistic

aspect in a part of the male behavioral repertoire that is somewhat self-regu-

lated as a balance between protagonistic and antagonistic aspects. The exist-

ence of this kind of behavioral balance has been demonstrated in other groups

of insects (see Kennedy and Booth, 1963; Graham, 1959, 1961).

Little has been established concerning the extent to which the energy of

females, once they have reached the host, is spent in activities which lead to

encounters with males. Most field observations seem to indicate that they are

rather passive. On the other hand, laboratory studies of mating indicate that

females may court males. Ona number of occasions, virgin g. liragus fe-

males mounted males and displayed many of the actions typically manifest by

males in courtship. In some cases the ovipositor was even exserted. Virgin

anxius females never showed such a striking ‘‘maleness’’, but occasionally

they moved part way up onto the elytra of males and flailed the antennae in the

manner of courting males. Whether or not virgin females would show the same

sort of response to other females is not known. No such behavior was ever

observed in the field, and must happen only rarely, if at all. Moreover, un-

der natural conditions, males seem to most readily mount individuals which

turn away from them. It is difficult to reconcile this with active courtship by

females, unless it is natural for the sexual aggressiveness of females to be )

subordinated by that of advancing males, with females terminating their court- _

ship by turning away from males. |

According to Barter (1965) g. liragus males ‘‘actively seek or ambush non-

ovipositing females.’’ He says that ovipositing females are unattractive to

males, but this does not appear to be an entirely accurate statement. Barter

observed mating less frequently between 1:00 and 4:00 PM, the peak hours of

oviposition. This alone does not show that ovipositing females are unattractive —

to males, however. Males simply do not encounter ovipositing females fre-

quently. Females ovipositing on logs are found along the sides of the logs on

days when the males orient more to the upper surface. Ovipositing females are,

therefore, usually not within the line of sight of males.

Because females are motionless while eggs are being deposited, males are

not likely to detect them then. However, ovipositing females are approached

by males which detect them moving between egg deposition sites. One ovi-

positing g. liragus female under observation was approached by two males.

After moving away from the first male, she was encountered by the second.

Although she also moved away from the latter, he overtook her and mounted.

The female stopped moving only after the male had inserted the aedeagus, af-

ter which copulation proceeded normally. Therefore, ovipositing females are

not unattractive per se, although they may be rather unreceptive to courting

males.

Laboratory observations indicate that females courted after having recent-

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ly mated are particularly unreceptive. When females are totally unreceptive,

courting males are usually unable to insert the aedeagus. It appears that total

unreceptiveness occurs only after insemination occurs. When males are re-

moved from females during the course of mating and prior to insemination,

the females are usually receptive to the next male to court them.

The Aspen Root Girdler. Although g. liragus and anxius are pro-

vided with a means for meeting of the sexes which apparently depends upon

odors coming from bio-chemical degradation of the host, horni mating is

brought about through more subtle means. A. horni males are apparently able

to select hosts of a favorable physiognomy and in such ecological situations

that the chances for encounters with females are enhanced, but it hardly seems

as certain a means as that common to anxius and g. liragus. There is a pos-

sibility that horni males or females emit air-borne sex attractants. There is

no evidence to suggest that this is the case, however. A. horni males merely

seem to orient to poplar suckers which females are likely to land upon. They

sit on the sucker stems, facing upward, and their position usually ranges from

near the ground to near the point where the sucker’s lowest side branches are

produced, a height of about one to three feet. The males stay in nearly the

same position for periods averaging about 15 minutes, during that spell usu-

ally moving only when another arthropod moves near it on the stem. After

such a period, they move upward and out onto the leaves to feed for one to

several minutes before resuming their vigil on the stem. One male remained

on the same sucker for more than 2 1/2 hours, but this may be an exception-

ally long stay.

The entire horni courtship and copulation was observed only once in the

field. In that case, as the female came down the sucker stem and neared the

stationary male, he, in turn, approached her. The female then flew, but

landed again on the foliage of the same sucker, while the male moved rapidly

to the base of the sucker and turned upward. The female came down the stem

again, and when she was approached by the male she turned upward. The male

moved up quickly from below and mounted. After they had been in copulo for

about 15 minutes, the female crawled up the stem and onto a leaf where the

male dismounted. In one other instance in the field, the last part of horni

copulation was seen, and it terminated just as in the preceding one. In each

case, the female flew to another sucker as soon as the male dismounted.

There is an interesting parallel between these field observations and

laboratory observations on horni copulation. In the laboratory, too, the males

remained mounted after the females began moving around. In one instance a

copulating female which had remained still for 10 minutes, ran about in the

petri dish for 24 minutes with the male remaining mounted. In another case,

the female remained placid for 17 minutes, but ran about for the remainder

of the mating period, which totalled 21 minutes. In a field cage (fig 37), a

copulating female which fell from an aspen sucker with the male still mounted,

ran about on the ground for 40 minutes before the male was dislodged. The

tegmen was partially to fully inserted during the entire 40 minutes. Several

times the female seemed to orient towards debris which she could pass be-

neath, but which would not allow the male to pass freely. It is difficult to

believe that the behavioral repertoire of horni females could include sucha

specialized facet for dislodging males. After it had occurred several times,

however, the possibility seemed less remote.

The males of anxius and g. liragus do not usually remain mounted long

after the females begin moving about. Barter (1957, 1965) found that the av-

66 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

Fig. 37. One of the field cages where some observations

on Agrilus horni adults were made. Note that these obser-

vations are not those designated in the text as field obser-

vations; the latter, comprising the majority discussed, re-

fer to observations on beetles not in captivity.

erage time elapsed in copulo was 7 minutes for anxius and 5 minutes for g.

liragus. He says the maximum observed for anxius was 23 minutes.

FEMALE ACCEPTANCE OF MALES. Other species differences in mating be-

havior were discovered primarily through attempts to obtain interspecific

crosses in the laboratory. These Sl ane showed that the females of

Agrilus horni will not mate with g. liragus males. In 43 recorded attempts to

obtain this cross, none was successful, as the g. liragus males could not in-

sert their genitalia. Often, these males would remain mounted for extended

periods, up to 5 minutes or more, continually probing the hind segment of the

horni female.

~ In 29 recorded attempts to cross anxius females with g. liragus males, on-

ly 4 led to qimove A. pensus s females, on the other hand, appear to be re-

ceptive to g. liragus s males. They are also receptive to anxius males, but

may not be receptive to horni males. Ina number of attempts to pair ‘horni

males and pensus s females, the latter usually did not seem to be receptive, and

copulation resulted only twice. In one of those cases the pensus female did

not seem entirely receptive. The difficulties encountered with the survival of

pensus adults abbreviated the testing of this interspecific pairing, and left us

with inconclusive results. A. granulatus liragus females are promiscuous,

accepting males of any of the four species involved in these tests.

When a male mounts a female, he thrusts his head and prothorax forward

and flutters the antennae over her head and the base of her pronotum (fig. 38)!

and sometimes they are simultaneously drawn back rapidly making a long

stroke over the lateral parts of the pronotum (fig. 39). At the same time males

palpate the female’s pronotum near the depression lying just anterior to the

scutellum. Sometimes, males perform these antennating and palpating move-

The antennal movements during courtship appear to be the same as those occurring later.

Because it is extremely difficult to get the beetles into proper position for photographing

during courtship, I am forced to use photographs taken during copulation.

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 67

Fig. 38. Position of the antennae at one point during ‘*fluttering’’

by an Agrilus anxius “. The antennal fluttering observed during

courtship seems to be the same as that occurring during copulation.

Compare the position of the antennae with the positions shown in

figure 39.

ments(collectively, hereafter antennation) prior to probing with the aedeagus,

and when insertion does not occur quickly, they are repeated during the prob-

ing phase. Antennation also occurs as the aedeagus is being inserted; it is re-

peated occasionally until the male starts the vibrant movements thought to at-

tend insemination, and is performed following insemination as the aedeagus is

being withdrawn.

No incontestable evidence could be found regarding the nature of the inter-

sexual communication which leads to females accepting or rejecting males of

a particular species. However, it does seem to have something to do with an-

tennation by courting males.

If a female begins to move during insertion and the earlier phases of copu-

lation, antennation appears to tranquilize her again. Exceptions occur in some

interspecific pairings, or when females are unreceptive as a result of recent

copulation. In these cases females usually run about despite antennation by

males. Males may have difficulty withdrawing the internal sac and penis while

the female is moving. This may be the reason for the occurrence of antenna-

tion as the aedeagus is withdrawn, and the selective advantage which favored

the development of this behavior may stem from the reduction in incidence of

injury to the male genitalia.

A comparison of the courtship behavior of anxius, g. liragus, and horni

yielded some data concerning the basis for the unreceptivity of horni and anx-

ius females to g. liragus males. During antennation the males of horni and —

anxius usually contact the head and pronotum of the female. A. g. -liragus

males, on the other hand, often do not touch the female with the antennae dur-

ing courtship, and when they do, seem to do so very lightly. However, there

seems to be too much intraspecific variation for this alone to account for the

entire lack of receptivity of horni females for g. liragus males. Even when

horni males seem to antennate very tet they are accepted by conspecific

females, and the few times when g. liragus males appeared to antennate like

horni males they still failed to elicit receptivity in horni females.

~ Examination of the scape and the antennal sockets of these insects at high

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Fig. 39. Positions of the antennae during the stroking movements

of males (here Agrilus granulatus liragus) in copulo or courtship, ar-

ranged sequentially: (A) being moved forward, (B) maximum anterior

extension, (C) beginning of backward stroke, and (D) finish of back-

ward stroke.

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 69

power (90X) indicates a remote possibility for high frequency vibrations or

slight sounds being produced by some of the movements involved in antenna-

tion. The undersides of the scapes (reposed) are flattened and striate. Simi-

lar striations are found on the lateral rim of the antennal sockets and on the

part of the front between the antennal sockets and the eyes (fig. 40). Movement

of the scape over the striations on the antennal socket and front, as occurs

during antennation, must produce some friction and thereby vibrations or

sounds. The question is whether or not such vibrations or sounds could be in-

tense enough to serve in communication. When the head is thrust forward dur-

ing antennation (fig. 39, above), the increase in hydrostatic pressure should

be transmitted to the antennae. This, in turn, may increase the friction be-

tween the scape and the striate surfaces on the antennal sockets and front.

The frontal striations are definitely strongest in horni, weakest in g. lira-

gus, and of intermediate strength in anxius. Consequently, any sound or vibra-

tion produced might be somewhat species specific. In comparing the structures

with other species in the anxius group, we found that some of them, vittaticollis

for example, have even stronger frontal striations than horni. Perhaps these

species should be studied first in an effort to determine the significance of the

striations.

Stridulation

The possibility that other auditory, vibrational, or chemo-tactic communi-

cations might be responsible for species discrimination by females cannot be

discounted. Both sexes do produce stridulatory sounds that have been record-

ed. The method of stridulation is one apparently peculiar to Agrilus, and has

been reported for A. solieri Castelnau & Gory and A. cinctus Olivier (neither

sp. in anxius group) by Schaefer (1949). It involves a rapid rotation of the

head in its prothoracic socket. Males of anxius, pensus, g. liragus,or horni

have not been seen making these movements during courtship. Moreover, the

Fig. 40. Frontal view of Agrilus vittaticollis ¢ (X42); within the

circle are the striate areas between the antennal socket and the eye

and on the underside of the scape. The striations are coarser in

this species than in horni, anxius, pensus, or g. liragus.

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sounds produced by these stridulations seem to have no connection with female

recognition of males in these species. The only time during courtship that the

head is involved in pronounced movements is during antennation, after it has

been thrust out of its prothoracic socket. The only situations in which stridu-

lation has been noticed are ones which would indicate that the noises produced

could be classified as stress sounds.

In stridulating these beetles tilt the head slightly forward at the top. This

apparently brings the genal ridges! (the carinae at the lower edges of the gen-

ae; fig. 41) into position to contact the prosternal lobe. The genal ridges act

as the scrapers, while the fine imbrications on the prosternal lobe serve as

the file (fig. 42). The latitude of the rotational movements of the head during

stridulation is quite small, in the neighborhood of a millimeter. Because of

their rapidity it was difficult to count the movements, but there are approxi-

mately 5 head movements per second to each side of the center position. This

agrees roughly with audiospectrographs (fig. 43) which show that the file is con-

tacted about 10 times per second. The sounds produced are very soft. Con-

sequently, it was rather difficult to record them. !

As one might expect of sounds that are really only stress-induced, there is >

no indication that these Agrilus sounds are species-specific. These beetles

probably do not produce other kinds of sounds with this same stridulatory ap-

paratus. As previously noted, stridulation has not been observed in a situation

that would definitely indicate that it was not stress-induced. There were a few

indications that it may elicit repulsion of individuals that contact stridulating

beetles. Alexander, Moore, and Woodruff(1963) suggest that, inasmuch as the

sounds of Coleoptera are usually too soft to function at long distances, they

may function in several fashions among adults in close proximity. The stridu-

Fig. 41. Postero-ventral view of the head of an Agrilus horni °,

showing the genal ridge (X109). Note the fine striations which are

barely visible at one point near the posterior end of the ridge; they

may be important in stridulation, but the sharp posterior portion of

the ridge’s outer edge may also contact the prosternal lobe (fig. 42).

Ane, G. B. Vogt, U.S. Dept. Agr. , Ac R.S., Entomology Research Division, Washing-

ton, D.C. believes that ‘‘genal ridge’’ is the best possible term for this structure (per -

sonal communication).

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 71

Fig. 42. Finely imbricate interior surface (head is excised) of the

right half of the prosternal lobe of an Agrilus horni ? (X82).

latory apparatus of the species which were examined thoroughly a 2.

liragus, pensus, and horni) was not sexually dimorphic, and recordings indi-

cate that there is no sexual difference in the sounds produced. They do not

appear to be directly associated with courtship. Although unreceptive females

may occasionally stridulate, their stridulation does not seem to have any ef-

fect upon courting males. In homosexual encounters, a sexually aggressive

male is usually repulsed only after he mounts and probes the other, and stri-

dulation does not seem to be involved. Nevertheless, stridulation may function

in some other situations to prevent over-congregation of males or females, or

they may serve to repel individuals of unrelated Agrilus species which may

live on the same host. These stridulations should evolve toward nonspecificity

in the eliciting stimulus (Alexander, et al., 1963). It is, therefore, difficult,

if not downright impossible, to assess their significance by studying them un-

der artificial conditions. On the other hand, as these Agrilus stridulations

cannot be heard, except through amplification or by placing the insects next to

the ear, and because the movements cannot be seen at distances of more than

a foot or So, anyone endeavoring to determine their real function under natural

conditions, will, to say the least, be faced with a real challenge.

EVOLUTION

Phylogeny

When our work on Agrilus was initiated, we had not ils ae seriously e-

nough the possibility that anxius, pensus, horni, and g. liragus are not all

closely related. It seemed that the important q questions to be answered con-

cerned isolating mechanisms and clues to how these species evolved from a

hypothesized common ancestor. Because of this improper assessment, more

species than originally anticipated will be brought into discussions about phylo-

geny.

THEORETIC BASES. It is quite usual to regard some characters as more

reliable than others as indicators of phyletic relationships. Nevertheless, we

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shall set forth the assumptions concerning those we use, and give our reasons

for not considering others to have the value accorded them by other students.

Let it be made clear at the onset, that we do not regard any characters as

being ‘‘nonadaptive.’’ Many systematists have used the term nonadaptive in

reference to stabilized characters, while referring to those subject to much

variation as ‘‘adaptive.’’ The irrationality of the idea of adaptivity and nonadap-

tive is discussed by Dobzhansky (1956), who maintains that all traits, or at

least the vast majority of them, are adaptive or have been adaptive at some

time in the history of their development. To be sure, some traits are more

stable than others, but their stability should relate to the kinds of functions ra-

ther than to the existence of functions versus the lack of them.

In many cases it is difficult to perceive functions for some seemingly trivial

traits, but this is a poor reason for assuming they do not exist. So it is with

the pygidial spine of species in the Agrilus anxius group. Without searching

for its function, one might take what seems to be the prevailing attitude in such

cases--that its stability indicates that there is no selection against it, probably

because it is of no great disadvantage to its possessor. Quite to the contrary,

it seems that the stability of the pygidial spine stems from its importance in

the process of sexual recognition. Any large changes in the form or size of

the pygidial spine calls for corresponding changes in the form of the male aedea-

gus and other structures. In genetic terms, it probably owes its stability to an

association with pleiotropic genes whose total influence on the developmental

system is spared extensive changes through the moderating influences of homeo-

stasis or coadaptation (see Dobzhansky, 1956).

The pygidial spine probably has at least as much stability as characters

ordinarily given tribal or generic value in other insect groups. Perhaps Oben-

berger was the one taxonomist who should have had sufficient worldwide famil-

iarity with Agrilus to recognize this, but he was convinced of the impossibility

of even dividing Agrilus into acceptable subgenera (see Obenberger, 1959).

What Obenberger (1957) implies is that, to be valid, each proposed subgenus

must have as its basis a single character which occurs among no species of

other groups. If any Agrilus character could meet this absurd requirement, it

would probably be the pygidial spine. Obenberger (1957) denies this possibility

because (1) a pygidial spine is found in the Palearctic forms Agrilus guerini

Lacordaire, A. fleischeri Obenberger, and A. ater L., but is absent in an al-

leged intimate ally, A. suensoni Obenberger; (2) its presence among about 30

African species makes it self-evident that it occurs among entirely unrelated

groups.

To counter the first point one need only ask what criteria he uses to ally

suensoni with ater and the rest. He offers none, and almost any should be more

subject to convergence than the pygidial spine is to total disappearance. Oben-

berger’s second point is even more indefensible because the presence of the

spine among African species cannot, in itself, demonstrate that it has arisen

repeatedly. There is no 4 priori reason for believing that even the Ethiopian

species he mentions do not share common ancestry with Palearctic ones. After

all, the Palearctic region does extend into northern Africa.

INTERPRETATION. Fisher (1928) has given the form of the tarsal claws pre-

cedence over the pygidial spine in his classification. Asa result, three spec-

ies which are here placed in the anxius group are classified quite apart from it

by Fisher. These are Agrilus ruficollis, A. champlaini Frost, and A. browni

(= lateralis, sensu Fisher [1928]; see p. 6). The bifid claws of these species

74 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

have the inner lobes bent toward each other. This trait appears to be the only

one which they have in common with the species Fisher places them near. The

pygidial spine, the marginal sclerite of the hind segment, and the general form

of these insects links them with species in the anxius group.

On the other hand, ruficollis, browni, and champlaini have more in common

than just similar tarsal claws. They resemble each other in the structure of

the pronotum, elytra, and male or female genetalia. In addition, ruficollis and

browni are similar in coloration. Their hosts are not closely related, but the

larval habits of all three species are somewhat alike. The larvae of ruficollis

bore in the stems of brambles (Rubus spp.). During the early stages of devel-

opment they often (cf Smith, 1892) form galls by making a tight spiral in the

phloem, while late-instar larvae move rather directly up and down the pith. A.

champlaini forms galls on ironwood (Ostrya virginia) and blue beech (Carpinus

caroliniana), but the late-instar larvae spiral mostly in the wood within the gall

which forms as the result of the phloem blockage caused by the gallery of the

early instars. Fisher (1922) reared browni from bayberry (Myrica pensylvan-

ica), and Knull (1922, 1950) says Myrica asplenifolia is also a host. The browni

larvae make no galls. According to Fisher (1922), after passing the winter in

the roots, the browni larvae spiral upward in the limbs for a considerable dis-

tance before they reach maturity.

The number and variety of similarities between ruficollis, browni, andcham-

plaini makes it unlikely that they could all be convergent. However, these spec-

ies differ in ways that seem to push their divergence to a rather remote era.

For example, it does not seem likely that a species living on Ostrya and Carp-

inus could be intimately allied with species whose hosts are Rubus spp. or Myr-

ica spp. Consequently, in figure 44, champlaini is shown as also having remote

connections with species that live on Fagaceae, which includes Agrilus bilinea-

tus, A. acutipennis Mannerheim, and a number of other forms. While cham-

plaini might instead be related to the line represented by anxius and its allies,

it appears to resemble bilineatus and related species in a greater number of

minor respects. For instance, the latter have the inner lobes of the tarsal

claws turned inward, although to a lesser extent than does champlaini.

Allies of horni. A. browni seems to be more closely related to horni than

to ruficollis (fig. 44). While its tarsal claws are like those of ruficollis, browni

resembles horni in having the vertex less strongly impressed, the front flattened,

and the marginal sclerites of the abdomen clothed with white pubescence. The

browni aedeagus is intermediate in form to those of ruficollis and horni, but

browni has a trace of the prehumeral carinae, which are completely lacking in

ruficollis.

While the eggs of ruficollis are placed at the axils of the branches (Hutch-

ings, 1922b) or leaves (Smith, 1891) of its hosts, those of browni and horni are

placed at the bases of the host plants. The larval habits of browni and horni are

very similar (excluding host differences). In each case the larvae bore into the

roots and over-winter there. The only difference is that horni bores farther out

into the root and spirals back to the stem, while browni spirals mostly in the

branches. The early-instar ruficollis larvae, on the other hand, over-winter

in the stem and probably spiral only during the time prior to this initial over-

wintering period.

Agrilus vittaticollis has the vertex strongly impressed as in ruficollis.

Fisher (1928) says vittaticollis is allied with benjamini Fisher and audax Horn.

The host of benjamini is unknown, but audax infests the upper branches of Ulmus

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juriceki *

fleischeri fleischeri *

fleischeri kurosawai *

opuli

satoi (?) *

anulatus liragus

semiaurovittatus (?) *

pranulatus granulatus

bilineatus

criddlei

tamanukii *

acutipennis

olivaceoniger

& other forms

ruficollis

niveiventris

fulminans

ater ater

vittaticollis

uadriguttatus

amawakii (?) *

tscherepanovi *

ater

subcuneiformis (?) *

ranulatus

| fleischeri coreicus *

fleischeri nipponicola *

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rubra (Knull, 1934). <A. vittaticollis, however, has a root boring habit quite

like that of horni, but in its morphology vittaticollis bears more similarity to

ruficollis. Hence, vittaticollis is shown (fig. 44) as sharing common ancestry

with ruficollis, browni, and horni, but splitting from them before they diverged

from each other.

Without exception, horni has always been classified as a close ally of anx-

ius, on the basis of coloration, the structure of the claws, and the form of the

prehumeral carinae. The superficial resemblance of these species is, in fact,

so close that without a knowledge of their biology this alliance would seem most

probable. It is almost axiomatic that coloration is an unreliable indicator of

phyletic relationships. The amount of variation which the prehumeral carinae

show throughout the genus, and indeed their complete absence in numerous spec-

ies, even within the anxius group, suggests that they are also unreliable and

_ghould be used for classification only with particular caution. The morphology

of the tarsal claws appears to be of a similar nature. Nothing more than wild

speculations could be offered for explaining why these characters should be

variable among species, but relatively constant within. Nevertheless, there

probably are sound and logical reasons for it being so.» 7

Probably the most significant morphological features which appear to link

horni with browni, rather than anxius, are found in the structure of the male

and female genetalia. In browni and horni, the ovipositor is half as long as

that of anxius (relative to total body size). In correspondence with the female

genetalia, the aedeagus in browni and horni is shorter than that of anxius.

There are a number of other minor characters which seem to separate horni

from anxius, g. liragus, or pensus and show its relationship to browni. (1) In

horni and browni the marginal sclerites of all abdominal segments, except the

last, tend to be rather densely pubescent, but in anxius, g. liragus, or pensus

the second marginal sclerite tends to be glabrous. (2) The striations on the an-

tennal scape and on the front, between the antennal socket and eye, are nearly

as strong in horni as in browni, while they are weaker in anxius and, particu-

larly, g. liragus. (3) The elytra of horni and browni tend to be evenly sculp-

tured and rather evenly clothed with pubescence that is uniformly short. Those

of anxius, g. liragus, and pensus are not sculptured as evenly, having a longi-

tudinal costa and a depression mesad of the costa and between the basal third

and apical half of the disc. Frequently in g. liragus, and less often in anxius

and pensus, this depression is pruinose. The hairs on the elytra of the latter

three species are not uniform in length, nor are they evenly distributed. They

are sometimes very closely spaced near the suture, about halfway between the

midpoint and apices, particularly in pensus.

A. horni also resembles browni in a number of non-adult characters, that

are different in anxius and its allies. According to Fisher (1922), the eggs of

browni turn black before hatching as do those of horni. Those of vittaticollis

darken in the same manner (Brooks, 1913). The eggs of anxius and g. liragus

turn yellow or light brown prior to hatching. Barter (1957) says that anxius

eggs are covered with a whitish liquid by the female after a group of them has

been laid. None of the various workers who have observed horni, browni, and

vittaticollis have mentioned that such a substance was applied to the eggs of

those species. However, according to Mundinger (1941), ruficollis sometimes

covers its eggs with such a substance, but often leaves them nearly naked of

the covering.

After the first instar larvae of horni, browni, and vittaticollis bore out

of the egg, they go directly to the roots of their hosts. It appears that the lar-

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vae of these species over-winter in the first instar, and generally bore much

farther than anxius or g. liragus before undergoing the first molt. The latter

species usually molt to the second instar soon after they enter the phloem,

and their pupal chamber is often formed during the same year that the eggs are

laid. Even when first instar horni larvae were introduced into aspen logs,

they bored for long distances without molting before succumbing’. Apparently,

for the larvae of horni, browni, and vittaticollis, the first molt is elicited by a

very different set of conditions than are necessary for its occurrence in anxius

or g. liragus.

soe daapand at least, the most significant way horni differs from anxius

or g. liragus is in its mode of host selection. A. anxius and g. liragus live on

decrepit hosts, and seem to be attracted to them by odors given off as a con-

sequence of the biochemical deterioration associated with decrepitude. On the

other hand, horni seems to depend upon thigmotactic means for distinguishing

poplar suckers of suitable sizes from unsuitable ones which are apparently no

more or less vigorous.

Hybrid crosses between anxius, g. liragus, and horni were made, but do

not seem to substantiate other evidence concerning their phyletic relationships.

The following crosses yielded viable eggs: o horni X anxius 9, and the recipro-

cal; o horni X g. liragus 97; and ig. liragus X anxius 9 (no reciprocal eggs).

First instar larvae of all crosses yielding viable eggs were introduced into

aspen and birch logs. Some larvae of all hybrids developed at least partially.

However, late-instar galleries were formed by & anxius X g. liragus 2, and

one & horni X g. liragus 9 imago emerged. This one hybrid beetle, a female,

has characteristics of both parental species. The ovipositor is of the normal

length for g. liragus, and the elytra bear a pair of faint efflorescent spots. On

the other hand, the marginal sclerites of the abdomen are uniformly pubescent

and the pronotum has a distinct cupreous tinge, which are horni traits. This

hybrid was fully receptive to horni males, but unreceptive to g. liragus males.

The only abnormality noticed was a possible deformity in the articulation of the

tarsal claws. However, it is not absolutely certain that their condition is real-

ly abnormal because the claws were not examined before the hybrid died and

had dried out.

If the conclusions regarding the phyletic positions of horni and g. liragus

-had been drawn before the hybridization tests were performed, inviability of

the eggs would have been expected. The successful rearing of a & horni X g.

liragus ? adult is a rather baffling perplexity. However, the success of this

cross seems no more phenomenal in view of its wideness per se than it is in

light of the known differences in the chromosome numbers of horni and g. lira-

us.

ae It is possible that A. olivaceoniger Fisher is related to browni and horni.

Although olivaceoniger r lacks prehumeral carinae, browni has only a trace of

them. The form of the olivaceoniger tarsal claws is intermediate between the

_browni and horniforms. In most other features, all three are very similar.

Nothing certain is known of the biology of olivaceoniger. Blanchard (1889), call-

ing it the olivaceous variety of acutipennis, said it occurred on poplar sprouts in

f The work of Engel (1968) seems to indicate that the behavior of horni larvae can be sim-

ilar to that of the larvae of g. liragus or anxius, depending upon host condition.

ni reciprocal of this cross could not be assessed because no horni females were recep-

tive to g. liragus males.

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Massachusetts. Frost (1912), on the other hand, claimed to have encountered

it quite often on oak, which would indicate that it may really be related to acu-

tipennis.

Fisher (1928) places olivaceoniger near criddlei and acutipennis. While

acutipennis appears to be related to bilineatus and allies (fig. 44) and lives on

Quercus spp., criddlei lives on willows and is related to the Salix borer group.

However, criddlei is not placed in the latter group because it has traits which

also indicate a relationship to horni and its allies.

Because criddlei is a gall-former, its mode of host selection may be simi-

lar to that of horni. The habits of the larvae are more like those of horni than

those of species in the Salix borer group. During the earlier stages of devel-

opment, the criddlei larvae spiral in the phloem, but they later feed mostly

within the xylem (cf Wong and McCleod, 1965).

A. criddlei resembles horni in having a deep, smooth eset groove on

the first and second abdominal sternites of males. Of the forms in the Salix

borer group, quadriguttatus quadriguttatus has the strongest abdominal groove,

but it is not as well-developed as in criddlei. This groove is weakly developed

in males of q. niveiventris and q. fulminans, but absent in A. guerini Lacor-

daire, a Eurasian species (see Stepanov, 1954).

The male and female genitalia of criddlei are very similar to those of horni,

although the apex of the criddlei penis is acuminate (fig. 45) instead of rounded

as inhorni. The penis apex of quadriguttatus and subspecies is acuminate like

that of criddlei. The elytra of criddlei and those of species in the Salix borer

group are also very similar. In addition to having the tendency for the forma-

tion of discal spots of pubescence, the elytra of all of these species are angu-

late at the apex (fig. 46a, b). This latter feature of the elytra appears to have

reached its maximum development in guerini, which has greatly prolonged ely-

tral apices with a very deep notch between them (fig. 46b).

The Nearctic Salix borers have well-developed prehumeral carinae. These

carinae are not strongly developed in criddlei and are only rudimentary in guer-

ini. The evidence suggests that criddlei may be a rather direct descendent of

the form ancestral to the triad of groups composed of the Salix borers, Populus

borers, and Alnus-Betula borers.

The Salix Borers. Of this latter triad, the Salix borers seem to be the least

specialized. According to several accounts of its larval habits, guerini usually

bores in the upper branches of willows (Gaudin, 1921, Lecomte, 1925; Horion,

1955; Lundberg, 1962), and its larval habits are quite analogous to those of

pensus. The larval habits of the other species of Salix borers are essentially

unknown. The size of the willows which serve as hosts of q. niveiventris and

q. fulminans (e.g. Salix lasiandra and S. lasiolepis) suggests that these Agrilus

may have larval habits quite similar to those of guerini. It does not seem likely ~

that the larval habits of nominal quadriguttatus would differ markedly from those |

of its other subspecies, but theformer hasas its host the black willow (S. nigra a)|,

a very large tree at maturity. Therefore, q. quadriguttatus could have habits

analogous to those of anxius or g. liragus.

Agrilus yamawakii Kurosawa is a Japanese species (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyu-

shu), which shows some resemblance to the Nearctic Salix borers. The figure

in Kurosawa (1957) shows a rather unusual undulate band subapically on the ely-

on reference to q. quadriguttatus Fisher (1928) said: ‘‘This is probably the species re- |

corded as having been collected on partly dead alders (Alnus sp.), although no specimens |

have been examined which were collected on that plant.’’ This is an obvious reference to :

the statement of Blanchard (1889) regarding the series from which Horn (1891) described

pensus (granulatus, sensu Blanchard [1889] ).

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Fig. 45. Penis apex of Agrilus criddlei.

Fig. 46. Elytra of Agrilus ater (A), A. guerini (B), and A. quadriguttatus

niveiventris (C). Figures of ater and guerini redrawn from Théry (1942).

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tra of yamawakii, and there is no mention in its description of a median basal

groove on the abdomen of males. However, its habitus is otherwise so much

like that of quadriguttatus and subspecies that it is included as a possible mem-

ber of the Salix borer group. :

Agrilus guerini is the only Palearctic species in the anxius group that has

been reared from willows. On the basis of its discontinuous east-west dis-

tribution in Europe, Horion (1950, 1955) considers it to be a postglacial relict

of a tropical group. Théry (1942) comes to similar conclusions because of the

peculiar form of the elytra. To be sure, there are a number of tropical forms

with elytra similar to those of guerini (see Obenberger, 1957), but they do not

appear to be at all related to guerini as they lack the pygidial spine. The type

of A. nevadensis Horn, which is a synonym of q. niveiventris Horn, has elytra

prolonged somewhat like guerini, but those of guerini are longer and more

arcuate on the inner margin.

The Alnus-Betula Borers. The Populus borers and the Alnus- Betula borers

probably arose independently from a Salix boring ancestor. Moreover, it is

highly unlikely that the switch from willows to a host in the birch family could

have been made by a specialized form similar in habits to anxius or g. liragus.

There would, in theory, have been obstacles to its occurrence in this way.

Host selection of anxius and g. liragus seems to be strongly reliant upon air- |

borne by-products of biochemical degradation from hosts that are injured or

under severe physiological stress. Although an attempt will be made later to

discredit the assumption that anxius and g. liragus are closely allied and that |

there are no intermediate species, let it be assumed for now that the assump-

tion is valid. In addition, let it be assumed that anxius was derived from a

Populus borer, although the direction of the change is immaterial to the devel-

opment of the theoretical case'. The foregoing assumptions yield three anom-

alies. (1) The Populus borer ancestral to anxius would have to be preadapted

for detecting those chemical substances of birches that would indicate the equi-

valent of the conditions it was adapted for on Populus. (2) Implicit in the defini-

tion of pre-adaptation is the necessity that the foregoing occurred in the absence

of Betula spp., but the latter presently occur in most of the areas where Popu-

lus spp. are found. (3) The alternative to a hypothesis of preadaptation is for

the capacity to recognize equivalent conditions in Betula to have developed

gradually in the Populus borer. Those accepting this hypothesis are left with

the problem of explaining a sudden discontinuity (sympatric speciation) in the

flow of genes between the Populus borer and the newly-developing population

of the Betula-boring form. Explaining the irreversibility of the Populus-to-

Betula transition is also problematical.

It is much more logical to theorize that the switch was made by a form much

less specific to host conditions, and more specific to certain parts of a host

(e.g. certain sizes of limbs, or limbs versus trunk, etc.). Chemo-sensory

recognition of the host is not as crucial a matter in this case, allowing a little

more opportunity for evolutionary trial and error. Besides one has a possible

transitional form, or a fairly direct descendent of it, in Agrilus pensus.

Barter and Brown (1949) have suggested the pensus is allied with g. populi

Fisher, but their resemblance is merely superficial. The similarity of the

coloration in these two forms may reflect, in part, adaptation to somewhat

similar climatic conditions for their adult life spans, even though they occur

on opposite sides of the continent. The pensus aedeagus is unlike that of g.

Smith (1949a) suggested the reverse (i.e. that g. liragus was derived from anxius.

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populi or g. liragus, contrary to Barter and Brown (1949). Although few g. pop-

uli males with the genetalia extruded were seen, we have examined the genetalia

of many g. liragus males. The aedeagus of pensus is actually more like that of

anxius than that of g- liragus (see figs. 5 & 8, above).

Agrilus pensus is related to anxius and des some subtle traits which also

link it with the Salix borers. The head is often flattened or broadly impressed

on the vertex as inq. niveiventris and the apices of the elytra often resemble

those of the Salix borers. About halfway between the midpoint and apices of

the elytra and near the suture, quadriguttatus and its subspecies often have

an elongated maculation formed by closely spaced pubescence (fig. 46c, above).

A similar maculation occurs in pensus (fig. 4c, above). The ecological! simi-

larities of alders and willows also render strong support to the hypothesis that

the transition from the Salicaceae to the Betulaceae was achieved by a species

from which pensus has descended rather directly. Figure 44 shows a Salix

boring species engendering an Alnus-Betula borer later than the evolution of

a Populus borer from a Salix borer. We postulate this because there are no

records suggesting that the Alnus-Betula borers are not endemic to the Nearc-

tic region.

The Populus Borers. There are, on the other hand, a number of Eurasian

forms in the Populus s borer group. One of them, A. ater L., may be more

closely allied to the Salix borers than any of the other Populus- boring forms.

Nevertheless, the listing of willow as a host for ater by Horion (1955) and

other taxonomists has dubious reliability. We have never seen a reference

which either cites a particular worker as having reared ater from willow or

gives other rearing records. One must be skeptical of these unverified records

for ater, because they may very well be referrable to guerini instead. The

biology of ater is discussed by Krogerus (1922) and Kangas (1942a, b); it ap-

pears to have habits roughly analogous to those of Nearctic Populus borers.

A. ater males do not have a median groove on the basal abdominal ster-

nites. In this respect ater appears to resemble guerini. In species which have

an abdominal groove, it appears to function in properly aligning males during

the act of probing and insertion of the aedeagus. In ater and guerini, the devel-

opment of very sharply pointed elytral apices the enlargement of the notch be-

tween them, may have functionally supplanted the abdominal groove of males.

The pointed elytra and absence of an abdominal groove in both species could

indicate a rather ancient relationship and a rather direct descent from the pair

of allied species proposed as the primordial Populus and Salix borers. How-

ever, the elytra of ater are shaped much like those of other Populus borers,

while those of guerini appear to be an elaboration of the usual Salix borer type.

Therefore, the extreme acuteness of the elytral tips and the associated loss

of the male abdominal groove may be convergent developments in these two

Species. It is unlikely that the shape of the elytral apices bears any functional

relationship to physical characteristics of the host. Hence, the consistent

difference in the elytra of Salix and Populus borers should accurately reflect

phyletic relationships.

Stepanov (1954) names poplars as hosts for A. fleischeri Obenberger, A.

ater juriceki Obenberger, and A. tamanukii Stepanov. He says that A. tschere-

panovi Stepanov lives on Populus s laurifolia, which is grouped with the balsam _

poplars. If A. fleischeri coreicus Kurosawa, A. fleischeri nipponicola Kuro-

sawa, and A. fleischeri kurosawai Obenberger have been properly classified

as subspecies of fleischeri, they are also Populus borers.

A. tamanukii probably relates more closely to Nearctic Populus borers

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than other Eurasianforms. Like the Nearctic forms it has a median groove

on the basal abdominal sternites of males’. It was described from southern

- Sakkhalin, which, according to Tatewaki (1963), has a mixture of temperate

east Asiatic and subarctic phytogeographic elements. Therefore, this spec-

ies is an ecological counterpart of the Nearctic g. liragus and it is entirely

possible that tamanukii should also be ranked as a subspecies of granulatus.

Three Taiwanese species, which also have a male abdominal groove, are

put in the Populus borer group only on the basis of their descriptions. They

are A. subcuneiformis Kurosawa, A. satoi Kurosawa, and A. semiaurovitta-

tus Kurosawa. These species could be ecologic analogs or homologs of ce

granulatus and g. populi.

Obenberger (1958) believed that more aberration and subspeciation has oc-~-

curred among Paleartic buprestids than in those of the Nearctic region. Never-

theless, it seems unlikely that the number of Eurasian species and subspecies

of Populus borers could be as great as the number of available names. The

number of names needed for them will probably be reduced by synonomy in the

future.

Zoogeography

ASSUMPTIONS

Effect of Climatic Change. The climates to which each of these Agrilus

taxa are now adapted are probably similar to those in which they diverged

from their closest allies. Climatic change undoubtedly led to much of the geo-

graphic fragmentation precursory to their speciation and subspeciation. The

necessity of geographic isolation for speciation is generally acknowledged; mod-

els for sympatric speciation, except in a few special cases, appear unsupporta-

ble (Mayr, 1963).

Deevey (1949) says ‘‘the occurrence of closely related species in the same

area implies their differentiation in previous isolation; this isolation must have

lasted long enough, first to produce the reproductive divergence necessary to

avoid swamping of one by the other, and second to produce the ecologic differ-

entiation (differences in food habits, temperature preferenda, etc.) necessary

to avoid too stringent competition. Nearly all well studied cases of subspecia-

tion and speciation point to the Pleistocene as the time of previous isolation,

and the occurrence of closely related forms in the same area is therefore at-

tributed to post-Pleistocene alterations in geography and in biogeography. ’’

One must certainly expect exceptions to such a sweeping generalization as

this. However, the pitfalls to be encountered in its application are fewer than

are met with in trying to decide which pairs of species are really siblings and

which are not. Indeed, the important factors contributing to recent speciation

and subspeciation among Nearctic forms in the Agrilus anxius group seem to

have been the changing positions of glaciers, deserts, and prairies in relation

to forested areas and mountain ranges.

Pigmentation. Coloration, for the Agrilus in question, appears to be most-

ly a matter of climatic adaptation as opposed to being cryptic. The results of

studies among other groups of insects have interesting parallels which are

Neither Stepanov (1954) nor Kurosawa (1954) seem to have recognized this as a male

character, and may, consequently, have described males and females of the same

species under different names.

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 83

probably meaningful. Dobzhansky (1933) found that in certain Coccinellidae

there is a marked concentration of scarcely pigmented varieties in Turkestan,

Iran, California, and Mexico. The further a region is removed from these

centers, the darker is the average type of population found therein. The dark

est forms were found in eastern Siberia. Dobzhansky acknowledges a general

agreement of his findings with Allen’s rule, which according to him is more

properly called Gloger’s rule. This rule relates depigmentation of animals

to arid regions, and pigment accumulation to humid regions.

Netolitzky (1931) derived similar kinds of rules from studies of Carabidae.

He relates variations in pigmentation more to differences in altitude and lati-

tude than to humidity. According to his findings, pigmentation of European

carabid beetles increases with increasing altitude and latitude.

Kalmus (1941) gives some working hypotheses (he calls them laws) regard-

ing pigmentation that are more elaborate and combine some of the features of

Gloger’s rule with those of Netolitzky’s rules. He starts from a set of theoret-

ical premises which are based upon the structure of insect cuticle and the at-

tributes associated with the nature of its pigmentation. Kalmus says, ‘‘darken-

ing and hardening of the cuticle are one in the same process.’’ Whether or not

this is entirely true is still a controversial matter (Cottrell, 1964). Kalmus

(1941) attributes several different functions to hardening and darkening. He

maintains that the functional attributes of the cuticle which are enhanced with

increasing hardening and darkening are (1) heat absorption, (2) protection from

high frequency radiations (i.e. ultraviolet), and (3) moisture retention.

There seems to be no logical reason for contesting the validity of the as-

sumption that dark cuticles are more heat-absorbent than pale ones, and it

is supported, in a small way, by the experiments of Buxton (1924). Kalmus

(1941) generalizes that if the mode of life of an insect makes heat absorption

advantageous, its coloration will be dark; if heat absorption is irrelevant or

disadvantageous it may be pale. He also maintains that melanic forms are

found at high altitudes because their dark cuticles give them greater protection

from high frequency radiations. This may be true, but the effects of increas-

ing high frequency radiation and those of decreasing temperature with increas-

ing altitude cannot be mutually exclusive. His suggestion that insects exposed

to drought are dark seems to be antithetic to Gloger’s rule. Moreover, it might

be contradictory to relate hardening and darkening to aridity were it not for the

fact that iridescence is often associated with aridity. Many arid regions are

also hot, but iridescence would seem to be compensatory; according to Kalmus

(1941) it is associated with darkened cuticles, and gives them the heat absorb-

ing qualities of pale coloration in combination with the moisture retaining capa-

bilities accompanying heavy sclerotization.

Fisher (1928) was not cognizant of the close alliance between q. quadrigut-

tatus and q. niveiventris, but thought that each of these Salix borers was re-

lated to its sympatric Populus-boring counterpart, g. granulatus and g. populi,

respectively. The color resemblance of each Salix borer to the Populus borer

living with it is close enough so that they were usually lumped as single western

and eastern species prior to Fisher’s revision. While granulatus populi and

quadriguttatus niveiventris are iridescent reddish-cupreous above (the latter

sometimes very dark), the nominate subspecies are duller, being more or less

dusky olivaceous to reddish-fuscous. These pairs of Populus and Salix borers

seem to be the most austral and least alpine of the forms in the triad composed

of the Salix, Populus, and Alnus-Betula boring species.

The climatic affinities of anxius and g. liragus are quite boreal and alpine

84 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 3, 1969

by comparison. They are darkly pigmented, usually almost black, although

the pronotum and vertex of anxius are apt to be cupreous, particularly in spec-

imens from the northeastern U.S.A. and southeastern Canada. Fisher (1928)

failed to distinguish anxius from g. liragus because they are very similar.

The similarities within any of the sympatric pairs, anxius and granulatus

liragus, quadriguttatus niveiventris and granulatus populi, or nominate quadri-

guttatus and granulatus, are homoplastic', not homologous. They appear to be

due to adaptation to similar or equivalent climatic conditions. |

DISCUSSION

Faunal Connections. The gradual cooling of climate that occurred at the

close of the Tertiary, particularly at higher latitudes, brought southward re-

traction of the Arcto-Tertiary flora and largely eliminated it from Europe

(Spurr, 1964). Remnants of this forest persist in eastern Asia (Japano-Man-

churian), Pacific coastal North American (Vancouveran), and eastern North

America. North of these Arcto-Tertiary remnants, particularly in the more

continental regions, the modern boreal forest associations were formed (Lin-

sley, 1963). Logically, then, one looks to the Japano-Manchurian region for

faunal connections with the Vancouveran and Alleghenian regions. Linsley

(1963) shows that the cerambycid faunas of the latter two regions have separate

connections with the former. Species bridging the gap between browni and

horni or between the latter and criddlei may occur in the Japano- Manchurian

region. In this same region one might also find pre-Quaternary connections

with the non-boreal Salix and Populus borers of North America (cf p. 82).

These non-boreal forms may be rather direct descendents of the pre-Quater-

nary forms which presumably gave rise to the boreal ones, such as the Popu-

lus borers, tamanukii of eastern Asia, and g. liragus of North America. Each

of these boreal Populus borers could have had an independent origin but there

is no necessity for assuming that it was so.

Linsley (1963) says that Holarctic cerambycid species dominate in the

forests of such boreal derivatives of the Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora as the

northern and high elevation Pinaceae, and the northern deciduous trees, es-

pecially Salix and Populus. There is a definite likelihood that tamanukii is

conspecific with granulatus. In fact, tamanukii and g. liragus may represent

derivatives of a single boreal form which might have persisted at the southern

edge of the Bering Arc during late-Pleistocene glacial maxima.

Subspeciation. It is clear that g. liragus must have been isolated from g.

granulatus and g. populi (or the g. granulatus-g. populi ancestor) in an area of

colder climate, where it derived a more cold-adapted type of pigmentation and

its affinity for a boreal climate. There is no logical explanation for isolation

north of the g. granulatus-g. populi range unless it occurred as a result of

glaciation or unless g. liragus was absent from North America and derived its

boreal affinities in Asia, later migrating to North America through Beringia.

In the latter case, the problem of isolation from Japano- Manchurian forms is

raised.

According to Heusser (1965), macro-fossils, dated 35,000 B.P., from the

unglaciated Alaskan interior, show that a forest of aspen, birch, and spruce

persisted there throughout the Wisconsin glacial interval. This refugium seems

to be the only northern Nearctic one (other than Vancouver Island) for which

‘*Homoplasy is resemblance not due to inheritance from a common ancestry (Simpson,

1956).""

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there is good evidence of the survival of forests during the Wisconsin glacial

maxima. This seems to be as likely a place as any for the derivation or re-

inforcement of the boreal affinities of g. liragus. As suggested above, another

possible refugium is the southern edge of the Bering-Chukchi platform which

was emergent during glacial maxima. Although most paleobotanists who have

studied the problem suggest that forests never existed on the Bering land

bridge, their views do not seem to be supported by the frequency of Holartic

distributions among boreal forest insects.

A. granulatus liragus occurs at the same latitudes with g. granulatus or

g. populi in mountainous regions, and in these areas the former seems to be

confined to higher altitudes, while g. granulatus or g. populi occur mostly in

river bottoms at lower altitudes. Their coloration appears to be a genuine in-

dication of their climatic affinities. Intergradation between g. liragus and

the other subspecies should occur at intermediate altitudes where cottonwood

(P. deltoides) or black cottonwood (P. balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa) occurs

together with aspen (P. tremuloides).!

One specimen from Crow Agency, Montana (July, 1916; R. K. Kellog),

recorded under Agrilus granulatus by Fisher (1928), appears to represent an

intergrade between g. granulatus and g. liragus, as its color is rather dark

and the spots on the elytra are not as distinct as cane of g. granulatus speci-

mens from farther south. The Agrilus granulatus ” discussed by Brown and

Stevenson (1963) are very similar to the foregoing. It is interesting that the

species of the various sections of the genus Populus hybridize in southern Al-

berta, where their habitats intergrade (Brayshaw, 1965). For g. granulatus

and g. liragus this area seems to represent a natural counterpart of the “‘hy-

bridized habitat’’ of Anderson (1948).

During the Pleistocene pluvials--the cool, moist periods when glaciation

occurred--the ranges of willows and cottonwoods must have expanded from

both east and west out into the southern Great Plains so that there was even

less disjunction than occurs presently. Although they do not show Salix and

Populus, the pollen analyses of Martin and Mehringer (1965) for the south-

western U. S., indicate that this is more than just a likelihood. Thus, the

stage would have been set for movement of eastern Salix and Populus borers

into the West and vice versa. Following continent-wide dispersal of these forms,

there may have been a sequence of hypsithermal divergences followed by broad

intergradations between eastern and western forms during pluvial periods. It

is very likely that this occurred several times, as Deevey (1949) says that in

the history of Lake Bonneville there have been two, perhaps three, major late-

Pleistocene pluvials.

At the present time the ranges of g. populi and g. granulatus do not appear

to interdigitate extensively. That of g. populi is western, extending from south-

ern California toBritish Columbia and as far east as Missoula, Montana. The

range of g. granulatus extends from the Great Plains eastward; although its

limits are not well-known, Fisher recorded it from as far north as Nassau,

New York, and as far west as Crow Agency, Montana, and south to Illinois and

wen Populus sp. or cultivar appears suitable for all of the subspecies of granulatus, pro-

vided that the former occur in habitats of the latter.

5 nena from these rearings are deposited in the Canadian National Collection, Ottawa,

Ontario.

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Missouri, and there is one specimen from North Carolina in the Horn collec-

tion’. In Colorado only g. granulatus is known, but some of the specimens?

examined from that area show indications that the two probably meet and inter-

grade there in places.

The Salix borers q. quadriguttatus and q. niveiventris are known from far-

ther south than their Populus-boring counterparts. The range of q. quadrigut-

tatus extends roughly from Georgia® to Texas, north to Colorado and east to

Pennsylvania and Washington, D. C. The northern range limit of q. niveiven-

tris lies just south of Placerville, California (see below) and, according to

Van Dyke (1942), this subspecies ranges south into Baja California: and east

into Arizona and New Mexico. Although we have seen no definite q. niveiven-

tris-q. quadriguttatus intergrades, some q. quadriguttatus specimens are dis-

tinctly tinged with red, probably indicating recent genetic exchange with q.

niveiventris. The divergence between these Salix borers was probably con-

current with that occurring between g. granulatus and g. populi.

Because of their color similarities, it appears that quadriguttatus niveiven-

tris and granulatus populi were confined to regions with similar climates during

their period of divergence (hypsithermal) from eastern allies. Their ranges

at that time may have been more nearly coextensive than at present. Although

q. niveiventris occurs in Baja California, Arizona, and New Mexico, g. populi

has never been collected in these areas, in spite of the occurrence of Free-

mont cottonwood (Populus freemontii) in their stream bottoms. On the

other hand, g. populi occurs undifferentiated well north of q. niveiventris,

where quadriguttatus is represented by the more northern subspecies, q. ful-

minans.

According to Van Dyke (1942) some records for q. niveiventris from British

Columbia may refer to q. fulminans, but this is not altogether certain because

g. populi was not distinguished from q. niveiventris any sooner than q. fulmin-

ans. We are not aware of any reliable records for q. fulminans outside of those

for Oregon and Northern California, and do not know how well-differentiated

q. niveiventris and q. fulminans are. Unfortunately, Fisher (1928) described

q. fulminans from a series of specimens which seem to represent intergrades*

between q. niveiventris and Salix borer populations north of the q. fulminans

type locality. This series (q. ful fulminans type and paratypes) was taken at Pia-

cerville, California, and Some specimens are iridescent reddish cupreous a-

bove, which seems fairly typical for q. niveiventris, while others are greenish.

Fisher (1928) had specimens from Biggs and Castle Crags in California which

were strikingly different from those collected farther south at Placerville. He

*Philadelphin Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

pe esonal collection S. G. Wellso, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University,

East Lansing.

*Record in Franklin and Lund (1956).

4 pisher based his distinction at q. fulminans upon the efflorescent spots on the sides of

the abdominal sternites, but this character does not seem to merit the value he has given

it and may be more characteristic of the population at the type locality than than of those

elsewhere.

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says, ‘‘the specimens from Biggs have the elytra dark green and the pronotum

more bronzy green, and two specimens from Castle Crags te ites , which I

have placed under this species, have the pronotum greenish blue and the elytra

a beautiful violaceous blue. ’’ Specimens were seen from Crescent

Mills, California, in the northeastern part of the Sierra Nevada, that are

bright apple-green. Barr’ said he had examined relatively few specimens of

this Pacific Northwest form, but those he had seen are green. Beer? said q.

fulminans specimens from northern California and Oregon are blue. A

Some sort of past range disjunction must account for the color differences

of q. niveiventris and q. fulminans. It may have occurred during a hypsither-

mal period, when the ancestral populations in the Cascades or northwestern

coast ranges may have been isolated from those in the southern coast ranges

or the Sierras. An alternative possibility is that the population that gave rise

to q. fulminans may have been isolated in a Pacific Northwest glacial refugium,

such as the one which, according to Heusser (1960), existed on Vancouver Is-

land. The nature of the climatic affinities of q. fulminans may become clearer

as more collections are made. :

The Multiplication of Species

Speciation in the anxius Group. The only cases of complete

speciation among the triad of the Populus, Salix, and Alnus-Betula borers that

can, with reliability, be designated as Nearctic, Pleistocene events are those

which led to the derivation of the ancestor of the latter and the subsequent form-

ation of two siblings from it. Previously (page 80) we discussed the possible

derivation of the ancestral form from a willow feeder. This may have occurred

very early in the Pleistocene, and the point of origin may have been eastern

North America. No species in the anxius group, other than its namesake, is

known to live on a species of Betulaceae in the western part of the continent.

However, Chamberlin (1924) says he collected a specimen of q. nhiveiventris

on Oregon alder (Alnus rubra) near La Grande, Oregon, and that a series was

collected on black cottonwood and Oregon alder at Oakridge, Oregon.

Following his description of g. populi, Fisher (1928) lists 4 of the paratypes

as having been taken on Oregon alder by Chamberlin at Oak Ridge, Oregon‘.

The only one of these paratypes remaining in the collection of the U. S. National

Museum has no host label. One in the Chamberlin collection at the California

Academy of Sciences, was labeled ‘‘Oakridge VI-29 Ore. /Populus trichocarpa/

W. J. Chamberlin Collector?.’’ Chamberlin (1929) described trichocarpae, a

synonym of g. populi from the same series of Oak Ridge specimens, but he did

Emendation of his ‘‘Castle Crag.’’

Personal communication, 1967; W. F. Barr, Dept. of Entomology, University of Idaho,

Moscow.

pansaual communication, 1967; F. M. Beer, Dept. of Biology, School of Science, Oregon

State University, Corvallis.

Emendation of Fisher (1928) who cites Oak Ridge as a California locality.

Personal communication, 1967; H. B. Leech, California Academy of Sciences, San Fran-

ciso.

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not say any of these were collected on alder (cf above citation, Chamberlin,

1924). Beer and Hatch (1941) cite lombardy poplar, black cottonwood, and

Oregon alder as g. populi hosts, but are, no doubt, following Fisher (1928).

Beer! doubts the existence of a western form resembling g. populi that

infests Oregon alder. He has collected g. populi in places where alders and

black cottonwoods had been felled simultaneously, but saw none on the alders.

Moreover, he says, ‘‘Knowing Chamberlin’s inaccuracies on host plants--in

fact his general failure to mention this feature would prompt me to discount

completely occurrence on this plant [alder]. ”’

Evidently anxius has a greater specificity than pensus for hosts in a severe-

ly weakened condition, but anxius hosts are usually also larger and more likely

to occur on xeric sites. A. pensus, then, appears to be more ‘‘primary’’ in

its attacks on alders and young river birches than anxius is in attacking its

hosts. There is no 4 priori reason for assuming that anxius would not be at-

tracted to large felled or injured river birches, provided they were located

in the right places. A number of birches appear to be satisfactory for anxius,

and the alleged olfactory attractants, therefore, appear not to be so host-spec-

ies-specific as they are specific to certain conditions of the host. On the other

hand, there is no evidence to show that pensus is not attracted to such large

felled or injured river birches, but without such evidence one must assume that

it is not. It seems very necessary to hypothesize this and the other anxius-

pensus differences proposed above, if one is to explain their discreteness in

sympatry.

The distribution of Agrilus pensus suggests that it was confined to the At-

lantic seaboard during the primordial stage of its evolution. The divergence

of anxius and pensus may have occurred while the latter was confined to the

glacial refugium known to have existed in the southeastern U. S. There is

evidence showing that about 15 to 16 thousand years ago forests of birch and

alder mixed with pine, spruce and fir, existed in the Dismal Swamp region of

southeastern Virginia (Whitehead, 1965). Similar ecological conditions may

have existed there during glacial ages prior to the Wisconsin so that the com-

mon ancestor of anxius and pensus may have diverged from a Salix-boring

ancestor in the same refugium.

The ranges of pensus and anxius and also their color differences suggest

that when they were geographically isolated they were exposed to different

climatic conditions. Therefore, anxius may have been confined to a refugium

west of the Appalachians in the south central U. S. Although there has been

a great deal of dispute on this matter, it has become increasingly evident that

during the Wisconsin, at least, boreal tree species occurred as far south.as

Louisiana and Texas (cf Deevey, 1949 and Whitehead, 1965).

Following its continent-wide dispersal, anxius may have had its range

fractured during another glacial stage. Specimens from the East differ from

western ones in having the vertex and pronotum more distinctly cupreous-col-

ored. Specimens from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan may represent inter-

grades, as some are colored more like g. liragus, while the pronotum and

vertex of others are quite distinctly cupreous-tinged. Townes a says it is not

‘Deraannl communication; see footnote 3, page 87.

‘Daracnal communication, 1967; H. K. Townes, American Entomological Institute, Ann

Arbor, Michigan. ,

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unusual for intergrades between eastern and western subspecies of ichneumon-

flies to occur in that area. These east-west differences of anxius adults could

relate to the fact that the only indigenous western birches of tree size are

those of the paper birch group, which are mostly boreal. Because anxius oc-

curs at least as far south as Washington, D. C. inthe East, adults from the

West, generally, may be more cold-adapted.

The Sibling Species Concept. Mayr (1963) defines sibling spec-

ies as ‘‘morphologically similar or identical populations that are reproduc-

tively isolated.’’ Certainly, anxius and g. liragus would be sibling species by

that definition, but it is of little value if it fails to make a distinction between

homoplasy ' and homology. ‘‘The fundamental difference between the method

of morphological and phylogenetic systematics is that the latter breaks up the

simple concept of resemblances (Hennig, 1965). ’’

The archaic level of Agrilus classification is due to the relatively unsophis-

ticated concepts of the classifiers, who usually have not tried to distinguish

between homoplasy and homology. Those unaware of this fact tend to regard

- Agrilus and other large buprestid genera as being more unique than they real-

ly are. Mayr (1963) says:

Among the 25 species of Carabus beetles from central Europe, 80 percent are poly-

typic, while in certain well known genera of buprestid beetles not a single” species is con-

sidered polytypic. There are still large groups of animals in which all species are listed

under binomials. It would be interesting to know to what extent this is due to lack of geo-

graphic variation in the phenotype and to what extent to insufficient taxonomic analysis.

Sibling species, of course, are nearly always monotypic.

Although Obenberger (1957) claimed that the Buprestidae are taxonomically

well-known, they certainly have not been studied nearly as intensively as the

majority of Carabidae. Therefore, Mayr’s comparison of buprestids and car-

abids is invalid. There appears to be no greater lack of geographical varia-

tion in the phenotypes of buprestids than in most other groups (see Obenberger,

1958). Binomial names are still preponderant over trinomials in Agrilus be-

cause much of the taxonomic work on that genus is old or has been done by

species describers instead of classifiers. Some of it has also heen done by

people working on local faunas. The forms they call ‘‘sibling species, of

course, are nearly always monotypic. ”’

Mayr (1963) drew the following ‘‘conclusions concerning sibling species’’:

1. There is no sharp division between ordinary species and sibling species...

2. Sibling species, when subjected to a thorough analysis, usually are shown to differ

in a whole series of minor morphological characters. Like ordinary species they are sep-

arated from each other by distinct gaps.

3. Sibling species are apparently particularly common in those kinds of animals in

which chemical senses (olfactory and so on) are more highly developed than the sense of

Defined in footnote on page 84.

Probably an overstatement of the case, with the possible exception of some smaller gen-

era. However, Mayr (1963) does not appear to be referring to any of the smaller genera

because they are obscure and because he elsewhere refers to Agrilus and Acmaeodera.

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vision... Sibling species are apparently rarest in organisms such as birds that are most

dependent on vision in the recognition of epigamic characters.

4. There is no indication that sibling species arise by a process of speciation differ-

ent from that which gives rise to other species.

o. Degree of morphological similarity in sibling species is an indication not of genet-

ic Similarity, but rather of developmental homeostasis. A reconstruction of the genotype,

resulting in the reproductive isolation of two species, can take place without visible effect

on the morphology of the phenotype [cf number 2!].

6. Evolutionary changes in the genetic constitution seem to occur in groups of sibling

Species at the same rate as in groups of morphologically very distinct species.

The following paragraph from Mayr (1963) is certainly contradictory to num-

bers 4 and 6 of the conclusions listed above. He says:

In many groups of insects there are large genera with many species, each of which

appears to be limited to a single host. Genera with essentially monophagous species have

been described for microlepidoptera, solitary bees, buprestid beetles (Acmaeodera, Agri-

lus), chrysomelid beetles (Calligrapha, Arthrochlamys), and other groups. Two phenom-

ena in particular seem to suggest a mode of speciation in these food specialists that is

different from speciation in most other animals. The first is that monophagous insects

often, if not usually, belong to large genera. It is argued that sympatric speciation per-

mits more rapid and more frequent speciation than geographical speciation. It would seem

even more plausible, however, that the great number of congeneric species is due to the

vastly increased number of available niches and the reduction of competition. Likewise,

high food specificity should greatly enhance the efficiency of eco-geographical barriers.

Mayr seems to make analogies with speciation among insular birds, and in

doing so does not seem to be in complete accord with number 3 of his conclus-

ions about sibling species. He claims that:

As in all speciating animals the crucial events are apt to take place in peripherally

isolated populations and these have not been studied adequately in even a single one of

the groups of monophagous species. As a working hypothesis one might assume that a

subsidiary host may offer more favorable conditions under the changed ecological situa-

tion of the marginal environment (fig. [47]). The shift from one host to another will set

up an increased selection pressure that will result in rapid genetic alteration of the pop-

ulation. The amount of genetic variability appears to be low in a species that has been

adapted for life on a single host. Host specificity is thus an ideal prerequisite for rapid

Speciation.

A narrow-ranged host specificity certainly is low variability per se, but

does not necessarily reflect low genetic variability. There seems to be no rea-

son to assume that host specificity differs basically from other phenotypic as-

pects. Relatively invariable host specificities, therefore, may be a consequence

of homeostasis or coadaptation of the gene pool. ‘‘The real problem in specia-

tion is not how to produce a difference but rather how to escape from the cohe-

Sion of the gene complex. No one will comprehend how formidable a problem

this is who does not understand the power of the cohesive forces that are re-

sponsible for the coadapted harmony of the gene pool [Mayr, 1963].’’ As far

as we know, the problem of breaking away from gene pool coadaptation is great-

est for species with a narrow range of host specificity because the cohesiveness

of their gene pools may be greatest.

It appears that in the anxius group species which have highly epenaNaed re-

lationships to their hosts in a given respect (i.e. to species, size, physiologi-

cal condition, etc.) may usually evolve from less specialized species or from

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Fig. 47. Primary hosts (capital letters) and subsidiary hosts (small letters)

of an essentially host-specific species. The large circle indicates the main range ©

of the species; the outlying small circles, the peripheral isolates. New primary

hosts (B, D) are acquired in some peripheral isolates, facilitating subsequent

speciation. Reinvasion from the isolate that is host specific for B will establish a

new species (hatched area) if reproductive isolation had been acquired during the

geographic isolation (legend as in Mayr, 1963; figure redrawn).

species specialized ina different way. The most recent (mid- to late-Pleisto-

cene) instances of complete speciation which seem to have occurred among the

Populus, Salix, and Alnus-Betula borer groups (fig. 44, above) are those in

which an Alnus-Betula boring species evolved from a Salix borer and subsequent-

ly gave rise to pensus and anxius. While anxius has evolved the greater speci-

ficity to physiological host condition, pensus appears to be more specific to

host size.

One does not need a special working hypothesis for explaining these spec-

lations. It is most plausible to attribute them to the events of the Pleistocene,

in particular glaciation, which undoubtedly gradually severed ancestral stocks

and left the disjunct populations with ranges that probably became separated

farther and farther and increasingly different in climate.

Mayr’s model (fig. 47) does not seem to provide for geographic separation

sufficiently great to result in the climatic differences that seem to have been

precursory to speciation in the anxius group, at least, nor does it seem to al-

low enough time for the occurrence of these climatic differences and for the

reconstruction of the genotype. Perhaps in groups for which rapid speciation

is a credible assumption, this model will prove to be worth considering. Most

of the large groups will require a good deal more study before it will be possi-

ble to assert that conventional hypotheses are not as plausible in specific cases

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as are hypotheses providing for rapid speciation.

Evolutionary Synopsis

_The reader is referred to figure 44 (p. 75 ) for a general summarization of

the relationships between the forms in the Agrilus anxius group. The impor-

tant points are these:

1) There appears to be no direct relationship between horni and anxius;

while horni is probably most directly allied to forms like browni, pensus is

the closest ally of anxius.

2) The major difference between horni and anxius (and allies of the latter)

relates to the distinctness of their modes of (hypothesized) host selection. A.

horni appears to rely upon a stem ‘‘measuring’’ mechanism in limiting the

placement of its eggs to aspen suckers of particular sizes (but apparently with-

out any discrimination in relation to their physiological condition). On the other

hand, anxius oviposits on hosts that are in a decrepit physiological state and is

apparently attracted to them by odiferous by-products of the bio-chemical break-

down associated with their decrepitude.

3) Forms linking these two distinct modes of life are found in pensus or

quadriguttatus (and its subspecies). These species are apparently less speci-

fic to host condition and more specific to host size than anxius, although prob-

ably more reliant upon a subnormal state of host physiology than horni.

4) A. quadriguttatus and guerini probably descended from a single phyletic

line, and the latter seemingly has developed some significant morphological

modifications from the usual Salix borer type. These Salix borers appear to

share common ancestry with: (a) criddlei, a gall-former living on willow,

which may in turn be somewhat related to horni, (b) a line of Populus borers

including the Palearctic ater and Nearctic granulatus, and (c) anxius and pen-

sus, through a later derivation independent of that for the Populus borer group.

5). The sibling species concept has been applied far too indiscriminately

in advance of a thorough assessment of the relationships among species, and

this is certainly pertinent to many groups besides Agrilus. The following pairs

have often been related by homoplasy (similarity) rather than homology: anxius

and g. liragus; g. granulatus and q. quadriguttatus; or granulatus populi and

quadriguttatus niveiventris.

6) The only recent speciations that seem evident for the Populus, Salix

and Alnus-Betula borer groups are the derivation and subsequent splitting of

an anxius-~pensus common ancestor.

7) No special models are needed to explain these speciations or the sub-

speciations that have occurred in quadriguttatus (Nearctic Salix borers) or

granulatus (Nearctic Populus borers). They can logically be related to biogeo-

graphical events of the Pleistocene.

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SUMMARY

The principal objective of this rai was to assess the relationship between

A. anxius, A. pensus, A. granulatus liragus, and A. horni. This was accom-

plished by: (1) studying specimens, (2) assembling y what was known about gen-

eral aspects of their biology, augmenting it in places with new observations,

(3) making behavioral observations on the adults in the field and laboratory,

and (4) analyzing their phylogeny and zoogeography, relying cpinen | on mater-

ial from the preceeding sections.

In the process of studying the taxonomy of the adults, the re for a number

of nomenclatural changes became apparent, Changes which were made very re-

cently (see Carlson, 1969) include lowering four taxa from species to subspecies

status (populi and liragus to ssp. of granulatus, niveiventris and fulminans to

ssp. of quadriguttatus) and the suppression of two names, betulae and nevaden-

sis as synonyms of pensus and q. niveiventris, respectively. Herein lateralis

is suppressed as a synonym of ruficollis, and the species which has been incor-

rectly called lateralis is named browni.

Barter and Brown (1949) distinguished g. liragus from anxius, but thought

horni to be a probable synonym of the latter. After Harrison (1959) had dis-

covered horni boring in the roots of aspen suckers, Nord et al. (1965) estab-

lished its identity and showed that horni was clearly distinct from either anxius

or g. liragus.

A careful comparison of the adults revealed that horni has some previously

unnoticed or unemphasized morphological traits which, although they are sub-

tle, set it apart from anxius or g. liragus. They are discussed at some length

in the taxonomy section and again in the evolution section, where their signifi-

cance is assessed. |

These anomalous morphological characteristics of horni seemed to link it

in some way with species which lack prehumeral carinae. A paper by Fisher

(1922), completely overlooked until late in this study revealed that the habits

of A. browni are remarkably like those of horni. The morphological traits

separating horni and anxius or g. liragus and linking it with other forms, not

closely related to the latter, thus became more meaningful. The important

ways in which the habits of horni differ from those of anxius or g. liragus are

enumerated below. i

1) The eggs of horni are deposited at the bases of young aspen suckers,

while suitable oviposition sites for g. liragus and anxius occur almost any-

where along the stems of larger trees.

2) After hatching the horni larvae bore into the phloem and proceed down-

ward to a root and move rather directly out along it for a distance of up to 3

1/2 feet before the first molt occurs. This primary molt probably does not

occur until the spring following eclosion from the egg, when the larvae may

begin spiraling back toward the sucker stem. The first molt of anxius or g.

liragus larvae occurs soon after the larvae bore into the phloem. Mi

3) In many cases the larvae of anxius and g. liragus complete their devel-

opment and form a pupal chamber during the same year in which eggs are laid.

They thus have a one-year life cycle under some conditions and a two-year

cycle under others. The usual length of life cycle is two years for horni, and

the only exception that seems possible, is an occasional three-year cycle.

4) While anxius and g. liragus infest hosts that are under physiological

stress and seem to be attracted to them by odiferous products of biodegreda-

tion, horni appears to distinguish suitable from unsuitable hosts on the basis

of size rather than their physiological condition. The suckers on which horni

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eggs are found seem to be of normal vigor (i.e., no different than their neigh-

bors). Sucker diameter (as opposed to height) appears to be the most impor-

tant variable correlating with the occurrence of eggs. It is, therefore, sug-

gested that horni restricts its egg deposition to suckers within rather narrow

diameter limits (0.3 to 0.9 inches at base) by thigmotactic means. The dif-

ferences between the two kinds of host selection seem to be so extensive as to

preclude the derivation of one from the other except through a series of inter-

mediate stages.

Agrilus pensus seems to be a direct descendant of an ancestor representing

one of the intermediate stages. A two-year life cycle seems prevalent, and

a one-year cycle is unlikely because of the small size and thin bark of its hosts

(alders and ae river birches). A. pensus is probably more primary than

anxius or g. liragus, although it seems likely that the hosts it attacks are un-

der some physiological stress. Nevertheless, the average level of host resis-

tance which pensus Ss is subjected to should approximate the maximum encountered

by anxius or g. liragus.

“Host resistance is treated here as a population regulating factor, together

with parasites and predators. The sinuate galleries of anxius and zigzag gal-

leries of g. liragus appear to be mechanisms for coping with host resistance, ©

because the galleries of either species follow a more random course in the

phloem of hosts that have succumbed or are near death.

The survival of horni larvae may depend, in part, upon the ability to lower

the vigor of the host through root-girdling. Their ability to significantly lower

the vigor of the host by root-girdling should relate to root diameter. Because

root diameter seems to correlate well with sucker diameter, the restriction of

Oviposition by horni to suckers with basal diameters ordinarily below 0.9 inches

is probably an indirect means for coping with host resistance.

The effects of parasites and predators as population regulating factors is

more obvious, and for this reason, their significance may be overrated in

comparison with that of host resistance. Woodpeckers and egg-parasitizing

chalcidoids account for the greatest percentage of combined parasite and pred-

ator effects upon populations of anxius and g. liragus. The eggs of horni are

parasitized rather infrequently, but larval parasites consume a very high per-

centage (about 42 percent) of horni brood between the late larval and late pupal

stages. Some corrections are made regarding incorrect parasite rearing rec-

ords.

Even though horni and g. liragus live on the same host species here appears

to be no chance for interspecific mating because the males of each orient to

hosts that are likely to be attractive to conspecific females. Moreover, horni

females are completely unreceptive to liragus males, at least in the labora-

tory, and this seems to partially preclude hybridization in chance encounters.

It appears, that g. liragus males have lost some subtle facet from their court-

‘fn behavior repertoire. A. anxius females are occasionally receptive to g.

liragus males, but horni females, nevertheless, seem quite receptive to anxius

~males. This seems to put the male- -to-female communications of anxius some-

where intermediate between those of g. liragus and horni, as horni males are

accepted readily by females of either anxius or g. liragus. A. anxius could

be intermediate in this respect because of the relative propinquity of its ances-

try to species that live on willows as compared to that of g. liragus.

Males show no disinclination to court females of other species in the lab-

oratory. Moreover, males do not even appear to recognize the sex of the in-

dividuals they court until they have made physical contact with them. Sexual

Carlson and Knight: Agrilus beetles 95

recognition by males appears to depend upon the structure of the courted in-

dividual’s last abdominal segment. That segment is sexually dimorphic, and

after a courting male probes it with his aedeagus he leaves males but prolongs

courtship even with unreceptive females. This seemingly inefficient mode of

sexual recognition appears to be homostatically tied to a dispersing function

for homosexual encounters between the quasi-territorial males.

The interpretation presented here concerning evolutionary relationships

within the Agrilus anxius group, contrasts with views held by earlier students.

For example, horni is not considered as being a close ally of anxius or gran-

ulatus liragus. A. horni and browni have very similar habits, and these

Species appear to be more closely related to each other than to other species.

This interpretation leaves a distinct phyletic gap between horni and anxius or

g. liragus. Intermediates which seem to fill this gap are criddlei and a group

of willow boring species that includes quadriguttatus. The ancestors of the

latter group seem to have given rise first to a phyletic line that includes g.

liragus and later to one including both anxius and pensus. The derivation of

the line including anxius and pensus, and its subsequent splitting seem to be

the only recent (mid- to late-Pleistocene) cases of complete speciation for

the part of the anxius group considered in detail.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was supported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, McIntire-

Stennis Forestry Research Fund. We thank Mr. George B. Vogt of the Agri-

culture Research Service, Entomology Research Division, for his kind assist-

ance on a number of matters, including the borrowing of specimens from the

U. S. National Museum and Museum of Comparative Zoology. We also thank

Dr. John F. Lawrence of the latter institution for his cooperation. Persons

whose help on various matters is unacknowledged in the text, but nonetheless

much appreciated, are: Mr. Hideki Hagiwara, Mr. Josef N. Knull, Dr. Rich-

ard R. Mason, Dr. Thomas E. Moore, Dr. John C. Nord, Dr. Daniel Otte,

Dr. Henry K. Townes, Dr. Marjorie C. Townes, and Dr. H. R. Wong. Mrs.

Ann Wolff typed the manuscript for photo-offset printing.

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INDEX

Agrilus, genus, 3-4, 73, 90 nevadensis, 5-7, 80, 93

authorship, 1 niveiventris, see quadriguttatus

subgenera, 4-5, 73 olivaceoniger, 75, 77-78

synonyms otiosus, 4

Epinagrilus, 5 pensus*

Teres ,) populi, see granulatus

Uragrilus, 5 ~ politus, 4

Agrilus anxius group quadriguttatus, 12, 15, 81, 83184, 92-93

chromosome numbers of species, 2-3, 77 fulminans, 5-6, 75, 78, 86-87

definition, 4 hniveiventris, 5, 7, 78-80, 83-84, 86-87,

hybridization of species, 66, 77 92-93

ovipositor length of species 10, 76-77 quadriguttatus, 6, 75, 78, 84, 86-87,

phyletic tree, 75 92-93

Agrilus species, 21 rubicola communis, see aurichalceus

acutipennis, 74-75, 77-78 ruficollis, 6-7, 24, 73-77, 93

anxius* satoi, 75, 82

arcuatus, 4 | Sayi, 6

ater,” 73, °75,81, 92 solieri, 69

juriceki, 75, 81 semiaurovittatus, 75, 82

audax, 74-75 subcuneiformis, 75, 82

aurichalceus, 21 suensoni, 73

- auriventris auriventris, 40 suvorovi, 27

benjamini, 75, 78 tamanukii, 75, 81-82, 84

betulae, 1, 3, 5, 6, 15, 93 torpidus, 7-8, 37 :

bilineatus, 2, 4, 74-75, 78 trichocarpae, 6, 87

blanchardi, 5, 7 tscherepanovi, 75, 81

browni, 5, 7, 73-77, 84, 92, 93, 95 viridis, 1, 3-4, 17, 28-29, 41

champlaini, 73-75 populnea, see suvorovi

cinctus, 69 subspecies, in general, 4

criddlei, 8, 75, 78-79, 84, 92, 95 vittaticollis, 20-22, 36, 69, 74-77

fleischeri, 73, 75 yamawakii, 75, 78, 80

coreicus, 75, 81 Hosts of Agrilus species

kurosawai, 75, 81 alder, black, 16

nipponicola, 75, 81 alders, 81, 88

fulminans, see quadriguttatus Alnus spp., 3, 31, 78

granulatus, 19, 31, 85 crispa, 15, 31

granulatus, 6, 12, 15, 19, 81, 75, 82, rubra, 87-88

85-86 rugosa, 15-16, 19, 31, 37

liragus* angiosperms, 3

populi;, 6,75, 80-88 92 aspens, hybrid, 3, 15

eravis, 5, 8 aspen suckers, 2-3, 15, 17, 30-21, 32-36,

suerini, 73, 75, 79-81, 92 43-55, 92

horni* bayberry, 7; see also Myrica pensylvanica

lateralis, 5-7, 93 Betula spp., 2, 80

liragus, see granulatus alba, 15

*See table of contents, where each of the four principal taxa are sometimes listed by

their common names: the alder-birch borer (pensus), the aspen root girdler (horni),

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alleghaniensis, see lutea

fontinalis, 15

lenta, 15

lutea, 2, 14, 41

nigra, 15, 31

occidentalis, 15

papyrifera, 1-2, 14, 15, 18, 41, 63

var. commutata, 15

populifolia, 15

Betulaceae, 81, 87

birch

cut-leaf, 1

European white, 1, 14

river, 16-17, 88

white, 2

birches, 88

paper, 89

Carpinus caroliniana, 74

Comptonia peregrina, see Myrica asplen-

ifolia

Fagus sylvatica, 28

Myrica spp., 74

asplenifolia, 7

carolinensis, see pensylvanica

pensylvanica, 6, 74

oak, 78

Ostrya virginiana, 15-16, 74

poplar, 2, 15, 65

definition, 1

lombardy, 88

sprouts, 8, 77

Populus spp., 1-2, 44, 80, 85

alba, 2, 15

balsamifera

ssp. balsamifera, 15

ssp. trichocarpa, 15

deltoides, 15, 85

erandidentata, 3, 15, 32, 41

hybridization among, 85

laurifolia, 81

tremula, 15

tremuloides, 2, 15, 32-33, 35-36, 41,

43-46, 49-53, 55, 85

trichocarpa, see balsamifera

Quercus spp., 78

Roseaceae, 39

Rubus spp., 21, 74

Salicaceae, 81

Salix spp., 21, 74

lasiandra, 78

lasiolepis, 78

nigra, 78

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Ulmus rubra, 76

willows, 28

Invertebrates other than Agrilus spp.

Acmaeodera, genus, 90

ants, 37

Arthrochlamys, genus, 90

Atanycolus charus, 38

Buprestis sp., 56

Calligrapha, genus, 90

Carabidae, 83, 89

Carabus, European, 89

Cerambycids, 84

Chrysobothris sp. , 62

debilis, 56

Coccidencyrtus, sp. near, 83

Coccinellidae, 83

Dicerca sp., 62

Dolichomitus sp., 38

messor perlongus, 38

Doryctes atripes, 38

Ephialtes sp., 38

Eupristocerus cogitans, 16

Eurytoma magdalidus, 40

Gambrus extrematus, 40

Glypta sp., 37

Helconidea ligator, 38

Ichneumon sp., 38

Lampoterma sp., 40

Malacossoma disstria, 27

Mastrus smithii, 39

Oberea shaumii, 38

Olesicampe sp. , 38

Oobius sp., 39

Phasgonophora sulcata, 38

Pimplopterus sp., 37

Saperda spp.

calcarata, 38, 43

concolor, 38

moesta, 39

Spathius simillimus, 38

spiders, 37

Tetrastichus spp.

nordi, 39

rugglesi, sp. probably near, 38

Thysanus sp., 39

Xylophrurus spp.

agrili, 39

bicolor

bicolor, 39

maurus, 39

Structures of Agrilus spp.

abdominal groove of males, 4, 78, 81-82

Carlson & Knight: Agrilus beetles 105

aedeagus, 10-12, 55-56, 58-61, 64-65,

67, 80-81

anal forceps of larva, 13, 17

antennae, 66-69

antennal sockets, 67, 69

basal piece, 55

bursa copulatrix, 58

chorion, 13

common oviduct, 58

coxite baculum, 57

cuticle, 83 |

elytra, 11-12, 14, 76-81

elytral suture, 22

eyes, 22

genal ridge, 70

gonopore, 61

internal sac, 58-59, 62, 67

labial palpus of larva, 13, 14

labium of larva, 13, 14

lateral lobes, 55

lateral muscular ridges of larva, 17

mandibles, 22

marginal sclerites, 4, 11, 59-61, 74,

76-77

median lobe, 55

Ovipositor, 10, 56-57, 64, 76-77

Ovipositor tube, 56, 58, 61

parameres, 10-11, 55-56, 60

pedalis structuralis of larva, 13, 14

penis, 55-56, 58, 67, 78-79

prehumeral carinae, 74, 76-68

proctiger, 57

proctiger baculum, 57

prothorax of larva, 13

prosternal lobe, 70-71

pygidium, 9, 60

pygidial carina, 4

pygidial spine, 4, 9-10, 56, 58-61, 73, 76,

80 |

receptacle for penis apex, 58

rectum, 57

scape, 67, 69

scutellum, 66

spermatheca, 58

spiculate area of vagina, 58

spiracles of larva, 13

spiracular valve of larva, 13

stylets, 57

tarsal claws, 8-10, 73-74, 77

tegmen, 55-56, 65

unguifer, 9

vagina, 58

valvifer baculum, 57

vulva, 57-58

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MOSQUITO STUDIES (Diptera, Culicidae)

XIII. PUPAE OF THE GENUS PSOROPHORA IN

NORTH AMERICA AND PUERTO RICO!

A. Ralph Barr?

and |

Sylvia Barr

Fourteen species of Psorophora have been reported from America north of Mexi-

co and Puerto Rico (Carpenter and LaCasse 1955; Stone, Knight and Starcke 1959).

It is not possible at the present time to identify pupae in this genus because none

has been described in detail. Neither is there a published key by which pupae of this

genus may be separated from others occurring in North America. This study con-

tains descriptions of 13 of the 14 species of Psorophora known from North America

and Puerto Rico and discusses their identification. A generic diagnosis and discus-

sion of generic classification is also included.

This study was made possible by the loan or donation of specimens by the fol-

lowing individuals: Harry D. Pratt, Alan Stone, John N. Belkin, James S. Haeger and

Nina Branch, Osmun P. Breland, R.E. Bellamy, W.R. Horsfall, William Wills, and

Harold C. Chapman. To all of these individuals the authors are deeply grateful.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Pupal exuviae were mounted as described by Barr (1958). After the specimen was

dissected and positioned in a small amount of thin Canada balsam, a large coverslip

was placed on the exuviae and gentle but firm pressure applied to flatten the prep-

aration. Specimens were examined with a phase contrast microscope at an appropri-

ate magnification, usually 128 diameters, for counting branches of setae. The num-

bering system used for the abdominal setae was that of Barr and Myers (1962).

Cephalothoracic setae were numbered in the conventional manner as illustrated in

Barr (1963). The ‘‘usual’? number of branches as used in this study is a restricted

range which usually includes 90% or more of the observations; only unusual values

1Contribution from the Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, School of Public Health,

UCLA, and from the project “Mosquitoes of Middle America,” supported by U.S. Public Health

Service Research Grant AI-04379 and U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Research Contract DA-49-193-MD-2478.

2School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024.

2 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 4, 1969

are excluded. The widths of respiratory trumpets as given must be interpreted with

care as they vary with mounting method and are not strictly comparable in various

kinds of mounts.

Genus Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827

PUPA. Very large to small. Cephalothoracic setae more or less normal for the family; 1 long;

2 usually shorter than 3; 4 and 5 well developed and subequal; 7 much longer than 6; 8 and 9

usually well developed and well separated. Respiratory trumpet about 1-1/2 to 4 times as long as

its pinna. Abdomen usually without reticulation between float hairs (1) on I; float hairs usually

with small number of stalks at base; 2 usually medial of 4 on I; I-6 and I-7 subequal in length,

both usually branched; I-9 commonly branched; venter of I commonly with a seta. Seta 5 usually

longer than, and medial of, 3 on II; 6 and 7 usually subequal in length and branched on IJ; venter

of If commonly with a “transitory” seta. Seta 5 usually longer than, and medial of, 3 on III.

Setae 1 and 5 usually well developed and subequal in length on IV and V; 4 usually longer than,

and medial of, 3 on these segments. Seta 3 medial of, and occasionally longer than, 1 on VI; both

usually much shorter than VI-5. Seta 6 usually smaller than, and anterior and medial of, 9 on VII.

Segment VIII usually with conspicuous extensions (lobes) of the sternum and tergum which par-

tially cover the bases of the paddles (fig.1a); seta 9 inserted on the venter slightly before the pos-

terior corner, occasionally on the margin. IX without a seta. Paddles pear-shaped, with conspicu-

ous midrib not reaching margin; usually without strong denticulation; accessory seta present or

absent; paddle seta commonly branched.

There appears to be no single character by which the genus may be defined. The

conspicuous flaps on VIII (fig.la) have not been seen by the writers in pupae of

other genera but, unfortunately, are not well developed in the subgenus Grabhamia

(fig.2a). The position of 6 on VII (anterior of 9) is unusual although not invariable

in the genus. The placement of 3, medial of 1, on VI is unusual but not unique to

the genus. Another difficulty with this character is that 3 and 1 are not always read-

ily distinguishable. If 1 is much larger than, but lateral of 3, as is usually the case,

the reversal is quickly noted. If, on the other hand, 3 is as large as or larger than 1,

the reversal is not apparent. These setae seem always to be reversed in Psorophora

pupae, however, as shown by an examination of the prepupa or larva (Barr and

Myers 1962) in doubtful cases. The reduction in the seta which is apparently VI-1

(actually 1 or 3) as compared with 5 is characteristic of the genus. The reduction in

size of the dorsal setae on VII is also characteristic of, although not unique to, the

genus. 7

Psorophora pupae are most likely to be confused with those of Culiseta or Aedes.

Pupae of Psorophora have either: (1) large spines in the posterior corner of segment

IV (fig.6), (2) an accessory paddle seta, or (3) prominent lobes on the posterior mar-

gins of segment VIII. These characteristics do not occur in Aedes or Culiseta pupae

except that an occasional species, as Culiseta melanura (Coquillett) or Aedes atro-

palpus (Coquillett), may have an accessory paddle seta. The following key will aid

in separating these groups.

KEY FOR SEPARATION OF PUPAE OF

PSOROPHORA, CULISETA, AND AEDES

1. Posterior corner of segment IV with large spines (fig.9).

Barr and Barr: Psorophora Pupae 3

. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) part

Posterior'c corner of segment IV without ine eninge .6. 82 20 Rie

Posterior margin of sternum VIII with conspicuouslobes ....... .3

Posterior margin of sternum VIII without conspicuouslobes . ..... .4

Accessory paddle seta presents). 2. Psorophora (Psorophora)

Accessory paddle seta absent . . . . . . .Psorophora(Janthinosoma) part

Accessory paddle setaprovent a) 2 6.90). ke CE Oe we ee ed

Accesséty paddle seta absent! :0) 2) ye8e ae 2 OF ee a GO ee ee

Either respiratory trumpet split almost completely to base, or paddle margin

with large, needle-like denticles, or paddle deeply incised; 9 anterior of 6 on

WER occ ames . 6

Respiratory trumpet not split almost completely to base: paddle margin with-

out large, needle-like denticles; paddle not deeply incised: 9 usually not an-

benign ot GOON Hes aw PO ee _Psorophora (Grabhamia)

Setae 1 and 5 subequal in length on IV to VI or paddle margin with long,

needle-like denticles; with seta on IX; with prominent spines on hypopygium

. . Culiseta

Seta 5 usually much longer than A on TV to VI: paddle margin usually without

long, needle-like denticles; usually without seta on IX; usually without prom-

inent spines On hypopyeiwm :\°. 6 a ee ee ee ee Aedes

KEY TO NORTH AMERICAN PSOROPHORA PUPAE

Posterior corners of IV with large spines (fig.9); accessory paddle seta usually

absent VJanthinosoma, except cyanescens). . . een

Posterior corners of IV without large spines ventrally; accessory paddle seta

usually present (except cyanescens), sometimes indistinct .

CT-10 usually with 3 or fewer branches; II-5 usually with 4 or fewer branches; |

III-1 usually with 6 or fewer branches; III-5 usually with 4 or fewer branches

.varipes

CT- 10 usually with 5 or more branches: IL 5 usually with 5 or more branches;

III-1 usually with 7 or more branches; III-5 usually with 6 or more branches

Heavily pigmented, grossly appears brown, not yellow; respiratory trumpets less

than 3 times as long as wide; CT-12 usually with 5 or more branches; VII-1

frequently with 3 or more branches . ‘ai 2a pegohnstonii

Lightly pigmented, grossly appears yellow; respiratory trumpet 3 or more times

as long as wide; CT-12 usually with 4 or fewer branches (except horrida);

Vibi sinter gouge 6. ye ee a es eee ie ee

II-1 usually with 5 or fewer branches; I-2 usually single; V-8 usually double or

single; VI-11 usually single; male terminalia asin fig.6. . . . . longipalpus

10.

Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 4, 1969

II-1 usually with 7 or more branches; I-2 usually with 2 or more branches; V-8

usually with 3 or more branches; VI-11 usually branched; male terminalia as

Te as a ee ee a oe ye oS

CT-12 usually with 2 or fewer branches; I-4 usually with 4 or fewer branches;

II-4 usually with 3 or fewer branches . . . . sacs ferox

CT-12 usually with 4 or more branches; I-4 usually with 5 or more branches;

II-4 usually with d-ormore branches... .- g..0b ae, Bok oo eesborrida

Pupa very large; segment III as in fig.1, 4 usually closer to 5 than to 1, usually

anterior of and subequal to 5 in length; II-5 and III-5 usually with 3 or fewer

branches; VIII-9 usually with 5 or fewer principal branches; CT-10 usually

with 4 or fewer branches; CT-8 usually single (Psorophora). . . el:

Pupa usually medium to small: segment III as in fig.2, 4 usually closer to ] than

to 5, usually posterior of and much longer than 5; Tl- 5 and III-5 usually with

4 or more branches; VIII-9 usually with 6 or more principal branches; CT-10

usually with 5 or more branches; CT-8 usually with 2 or more branches. . 8

Segment VIII with dark spots anteriorly and posteriorly on either side of me-

dial line, entire segment usually spotted; without dark medial stripe on abdo-

men; with diagonal stripes enclosing conspicuous light areas laterally on V

to VII (fig.4) . . . «= ROWardE

Segment VIII without such dark spots anteriorly and ‘posteriorly although usu-

ally with darker medial stripe, segment usually rather evenly dark laterally

and on mid-line, with light pigmentation elsewhere; with dark medial stripe

on abdomen; without pattern as described above although with diagonal

stripes laterally on segments V to VII Giz.3) . 6°. SS SD iiata

Accessory paddle seta usually absent; CT-11 usually with 3 or more branches;

I-4 usually with 6 or more branches; II-4 usually with 4 or more branches;

III-4 usually with 4 or more branches . . . . eyanescens

Accessory paddle seta usually present; CT-1 1 ‘usually single, occasionally dou-

ble; I-4 usually with 4 or fewer branches; II-4 usually with 3 or fewer

branches: III-4 usually single or double (Grabhamia) oe ee eee

VII-6 with 4 or fewer branches, usually double or triple; respiratory trumpet

usually 2 or fewer times as long as its pinna; I-3 usually with 10 or fewer

branches; V-3 with 5 or fewer branches .. . . . . insularia

VII-6 with 6 or more branches; respiratory trumpet usually ¢ over twice as long

as its pinna; I-3 usually with more than 10 branches; V-3 usually with 6 or

fidke Bi bies “Oceans oo Sot on eke a eS age

I-5 with 4 or fewer branches; I-7 with 5 or more branches; III-6 with 3 or more

branches; [V-1 with 4 or more branches; IV-6 with 3 or more branches; V-1

usually branched; V-8 with 4 or more branches; VI-6 frequently with 3 or

more branches; VII- 5 with 3 ormore branches . . . . pygmaea

I-5 with 5 or more branches; I-7 usually with 4 or fewer branches: IlI- 6 usually

double or single; IV-1 double or single; IV-6 double or single: V-1 usually

single (except discolor); V-8 usually with 3 or fewer branches; VI-6 single or

double; Vil-S: usuaiy double-or single fat eh eee dey wee 1

Barr and Barr: Psorophora Pupae 5

11. I-4 with 4 or more branches; VII-3 usually with 4 or more branches

Sl a ic tle i a Ae wind a Ar alae dl baa Us ele idl ca ati ag a . signipennis

I-4 single or double; VII-3 usually with 3 or fewer branches. . . ... . 12

12. Paddle seta very long, about 1/4 or more the length of the paddle (fig.8); VII-1

usually placed about midway between lateral edge of segment and mid-line

AN LTRS SES SRY US SENSES TP TIMER ERO EE SAAR Hoe ROR CH ge ee pee got RR aoe. Oe EN

Paddle seta of normal length, usually less than 1/6 the length of the paddle;

VII-1 usually much closer to mid-line than to lateral edge of segment (fig.2)

. confinnis

Subgenus Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827

PUPA. Very large; with conspicuous dark areas, either in lines (ciliata) or spots (howardii), on

various parts of the abdomen; bases of major setae usually surrounded by dark spots; setation

generally short in comparison with that of the other subgenera. CT-8 usually single; CT-10 usually

with 4 or fewer branches; respiratory trumpet usually less than twice as long as its pinna. II-5 usu-

ally with 3 or fewer branches. Seta 4 removed laterally, and similar to 5, on II and III; usually it

is at least as close to 5 as to 1 and only slightly, if at all, posterior of 5. Usually with a “transitory”

seta or at least a conspicuous sensillum on the venter of II. III-1 usually with 4 or fewer branches;

III-5 usually with 3 or fewer branches. VI-3 usually smaller than VI-1 and both conspicuously

smaller than VI-5. Segment VIII with conspicuous lobes on posterior margin of sternum; VIII-9

usually with 5 or fewer branches. Accessory paddle seta present although frequently indistinct;

paddle usually obliquely truncate and about as wide as long.

Pupae of the subgenus Psorophora can usually be easily recognized by their large

size, extensive pigmentation, wide paddles, presence of accessory paddle seta, pres-

ence of lobes on sternum VIII, and pattern of setation on II and III.

Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata (Fabricius, 1794)

PUPA. Not previously described in its entirety. Partial descriptions have been given by Mitchell

(1907), Howard, Dyar, and Knab (1912, 1917), Knight and Chamberlain (1948), and Lane (1953).

Very large; respiratory trumpet 1.8 to 2.1 times as long as its pinna; occasionally with a ventral

seta on I. Venter of II usually with conspicuous sensilla. Paddle about 1.2 to 1.3 times as long as

wide, with few, small, rounded denticles. A summary of the setal branchings is given in Table 1.

This pupa is not likely to be confused with others except howardii. The abdom-

inal markings have been described by Lane (1953) and, although variable, seem in-

variably to be reliable for separating this pupa from that of howardii. The exuviae

of ciliata grossly appear to have three longitudinal, dark lines while those of howardii

have a mottled appearance. CT-6 may also be useful in this separation. P. howardii

also generally has broader paddles with more and longer denticles than does ciliata.

Material examined: 3 specimens from Virginia, 2 from Maryland, and 1 from New

York, all in the U.S. National Museum; 19 specimens from St. Paul, Minnesota in

the collection of the writers.

6 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 4, 1969

Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett, 1901

PUPA. Not previously described in its entirety although partial descriptions are given by Mitch-

ell (1907) and Lane (1953). The abdominal markings have been described by Lane (1953).

Large to very large; abdomen conspicuously spotted; respiratory trumpet 1.7 to 2.0 times as

long as its pinna; usually with a ventral seta on I; usually with a “transitory” seta on the venter of

II; paddle 1.0 to 1.1 times as long as wide, with moderate number of small to medium, rounded

denticles. A summary of the setal branchings is given in Table 1.

Material examined: 5 specimens from Louisiana, 1 each from Arkansas and Mis-

souri, 2 from Mexico, | from Nicaragua, and 1 without data, all in the U.S. National

Museum. Also 16 specimens from Florida in the collection of the writers, supplied

by J.S. Haeger and Nina Branch.

Subgenus Janthinosoma Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891

PUPA. Usually medium or small; CT-8 usually branched; CT-10 usually with 5 or more branches

(except varipes); respiratory trumpet about 2 to 4 times as long as its pinna. II-5 usually with 4

or more branches. Seta 4 closer to 1 than to 5 on III and frequently on II, usually markedly longer

and much posterior of 5. III-1 usually with 5 or more (except cyanescens) and III-5 usually with

4 or more (except varipes) branches. All species except cyanescens have a patch of large, cuticular

spines in the posterior corner of IV. On VI seta 3 may be larger or smaller than 1. Segment VIII

with conspicuous lobes on posterior margin of sternum; VIII-9 usually with 6 or more branches.

Accessory paddle seta absent. Paddle with weak denticulation.

Janthinosoma pupae (except cyanescens) may be easily recognized by the large

spines on IV; these do not occur in other subgenera. The subgenus is also distin-

guished by lacking an accessory paddle seta although it occasionally occurs as an

anomaly in at least johnstonii and varipes.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) cyanescens (Coquillett, 1902)

PUPA. Previously undescribed. Medium to large; respiratory trumpet 1.7 to 2.6 times as long

as its pinna; frequently with a ventral seta on I; occasionally with a “transitory” seta on II. A

summary of the setal branchings is given in Table 1.

The pupa of this species has II-4 more highly branched than in other Psorophora

species. It can be separated from Grabhamia and Psorophora by lacking the acces-

sory paddle seta and from other Janthinosomas by lacking the prominent spines on

IV.

Material examined: 10 specimens from Wilson Dam, Alabama, in the collection of

J.N. Belkin (UCLA); and 11 specimens from Cameron, Louisiana, in the collection

of the writers, supplied by H.C. Chapman.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox (Humboldt, 1819)

PUPA. Partially described by Mitchell (1907), Howard, Dyar, and Knab (as sayi; 1912, 1917)

and Lane (1953).

Barr and Barr: Psorophora Pupae 7

Medium to large; respiratory trumpet 3.0 to 4.3 times as long as its pinna; frequently with a

ventral seta on I; paddle with sparse, weak denticles. A summary of the setal branchings is given

in Table 1.

The presence of large spines on IV marks this species as a typical Janthinosoma,

and allies it with horrida, longipalpus, johnstonii, and varipes. It is generally marked-

ly larger than the other four species; it also has longer respiratory trumpets and less

pigmentation than johnstonii. The key characters given should allow the separation

from varipes without difficulty. The pupa of ferox is most likely to be confused with

those of longipalpus and especially horrida; the key as given serves fairly well for the

specimens at hand but may require modification when additional material is exam-

ined.

Material examined: 2 specimens from Piraja, Brazil in the collection of the US.

National Museum; 1 specimen without data in the collection of R.E. Bellamy; 9

specimens from Wilson Dam, Alabama, in the collection of J.N. Belkin (UCLA); and

4 specimens from Lufkin, Texas, collected by O.P. Breland and 26 specimens from

Florida, collected by J.S. Haeger, in the collection of the writers.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) horrida (Dyar and Knab, 1908)

PUPA. Previously undescribed; small to medium; respiratory trumpet 3.0 to 3.7 times as long

as its pinna; no ventral seta on I or II in the specimens examined. Paddles with sparse, weak den-

ticulation. A summary of the setal branchings is given in Table 1.

This pupa has CT-12, I-9, II-4, III-4, I-10, VI-4 and VI-8 uncommonly highly

branched. The description is based on 15 entire pupae from Illinois reared by W.R.

Horsfall. Additional characteristics may become evident when exuviae are examined.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) longipalpus Randolph and O’Neill, 1944

PUPA. Previously undescribed; small to medium; respiratory trumpet 3.0 to 3.8 times as long

as its pinna; frequently with a ventral seta on I; venter of II usually without a “transitory” seta;

paddle with few, small denticles. A summary of the setal branchings is given in Table 1.

CT-10 and II-1 have fewer branches than in most species. The pupa is most likely

to be confused with those of horrida and ferox. The bulbous terminalia of the male

are evidenced in the pupa by the very wide basimeres.

Material examined: 12 specimens from Douglas County, Kansas, in the collection

of the writers.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) johnstonii (Grabham, 1905)

PUPA. Partially described by Thurman, Haeger, and Mulrennan (1951) and Lane (1953).

Small; with dark, rather uniform pigmentation; respiratory trumpet 2.3 to 2.8 times as long as

its pinna; ventral seta frequently present on I; II frequently with “transitory” seta; paddle with

very few, small denticles; accessory paddle seta occasionally present. A summary of the setal

branchings is given in Table 1.

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The pupa of this species is a small, dark Janthinosoma with short respiratory

trumpets. It has CT-12 uncommonly highly branched for this group.

Material examined: 12 specimens from Florida collected by J.S. Haeger in the

collection of the writers.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) varipes (Coquillett, 1904)

PUPA. Partially described by Mitchell (1907).

Small; respiratory trumpet 2.1 to 3.9 times as long as its pinna; usually with ventral seta on I

and “transitory” seta on II; paddle with medium to large denticles; accessory paddle seta occa-

sionally present. A summary of the setal branchings is shown in Table 1.

This is a small Janthinosoma pupa with generally reduced setal branchings. It can

be distinguished from related forms especially in the reduced branching of CT-10,

I-3, I-4, 1-5, H-5, TI-5, V-7, and VI-6.

Material examined: 16 specimens from Wilson Dam, Alabama, in the collection of

J.N. Belkin (UCLA); 1 specimen from Georgia in the collection of R.E. Bellamy.

Subgenus Grabhamia Theobald, 1903

PUPA. Usually medium to small; CT-8 usually branched; CT-10 usually with 5 or more

branches; respiratory trumpet about 1-1/2 to 3 times as long as its pinna. II-5 usually with 4 or

more branches. Seta 4 usually closer to 1 than to 5 on III and frequently on II, usually markedly

longer and much posterior of 5. III-1 usually with 5 or more and III-5 with 4 or more branches.

Seta 1 is usually larger than 3 on VI. Segment VIII without conspicuous lobes on posterior mar-

gin of sternum; VIII-9 with 6 or more branches. Accessory paddle seta present. Paddle usually

with weak denticulation.

Grabhamia pupae lack the conspicuous lobes on VIII of the other two subgenera,

but possess an accessory paddle seta. They are most likely to be confused with Culi-

seta and Aedes pupae which, however, generally lack an accessory paddle seta. In

addition, Grabhamias lack the seta on IX found in Culiseta and occasionally in Ae-

des. The position of 6 with respect to 9 on VII is also useful in distinguishing Grab-

hamia pupae from those of Aedes and Culiseta. :

Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891)

PUPA. Partially described by Mitchell (1907), Howard, Dyar, and Knab (as columbiae; 1912,

1917), and Lane (1953).

Medium to large; respiratory trumpet 1.9 to 2.8 times as long as its pinna; frequently with ven-

tral seta on I; II occasionally with “transitory”’ seta; paddle with few, small denticles. A summary

of the setal branchings is given in Table 1.

The pupa of this species is characterized by lacking characteristics of other Grab-

hamia pupae. Two specimens from the Virgin Islands were excluded because of the

highly branched nature of CT-4, 10, 11, seta 6 on I to III and VI, IV-1, and VII-5.

It is problematic whether these specimens are conspecific with the others. Three

specimens from Brazil and two from Mexico agreed reasonably well with material

Barr and Barr: Psorophora Pupae 9

from the United States.

Material examined: 3 specimens from Porto Alegre, Brazil; 2 specimens from Sa-

lina Cruz, Mexico; 3 specimens from Arkansas, 2 from Louisiana, 3 from Virginia,

2 from St. Croix, Virgin Islands, and 4 without data, all in the U.S. National Muse-

um. Also 16 specimens from Florida, collected by J.S. Haeger, and 25 from Thermal,

California, collected by William Wills in the collection of the writers.

Psorophora (Grabhamia) discolor (Coquillett, 1930)

PUPA. Partially described by Mitchell (1907).

Medium size; respiratory trumpet about twice as long as its pinna; frequently with ventral seta

on I; occasionally with “transitory” seta on II; paddle with few, small denticles. A summary of the

setal branchings is given in Table 1. |

The pupa of this species may be distinguished from those of all others in the

genus by the extremely long paddle seta which is generally more than 1/4 the length

of the paddle; in related species it is generally less than 1/6 the length of the paddle.

In addition, setae 1 are frequently displaced laterally on V and VII. The exception-

ally long paddle seta was noted by Mitchell (1907).

Material examined: 6 specimens from Eagletown, Oklahoma, and 1 without data

in the collection of the U.S. National Museum; 13 specimens from Wilson Dam, Ala-

bama, and one from Pickwick Lake, Mississippi, in the collection of J.N. Belkin

(UCLA); and 3 specimens from Johnson County, Kansas, in the collection of the

writers.

Psorophora (Grabhamia) signipennis (Coquillett, 1904)

PUPA. Paddle and trumpet figured by Yamaguti and LaCasse (1951).

Medium size; respiratory trumpet 1.5 to 1.7 times as long as its pinna; without a ventral seta

on I or a “transitory” seta on II. Paddle with sparse, small denticles. A summary of the setal

branchings is given in Table 1.

The pupa of this species is similar to most Grabhamia pupae except for I-4 which

is exceptionally highly branched.

Material examined: 24 specimens from Poplar, Montana, in the U.S. National Mu-

seum, and 1 from Johnson County, Kansas, in the collection of the writers.

Psorophora (Grabhamia) insularia (Dyar and Knab, 1906)

PUPA. Previously undescribed; small; respiratory trumpet 1.3 to 1.9 times as long as its pinna;

2 usually lateral of 4 on I; often with a ventral seta on I and occasionally with a “transitory” seta

on II; denticles on paddle medium to large, sparse to abundant. A summary of the setal branchings

is given in Table 1.

This very distinct short-trumpeted pupa is characterized also by usually having 2

lateral of 4 on I, by the denticulation of the paddle, and by the small number of

branches in VII-6 and I-3.

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The description is based on 3 exuviae, all male, from Losey Field, Puerto Rico,

December 1, 1942, in the collection of H.D. Pratt, and 3 pupae, all female, from

Mona Island, Puerto Rico, collected by J. Maldonado, April 16, 1954, in the collec-

tion of the U.S. National Museum. The material from Losey Field had been identi-

fied as pygmaea but differed conspicuously from other material identified as that

species from Catafio (see pygmaea). The identification as insularia was by compari-

son with Maldonado’s material supplied by Alan Stone. The two lots of insularia also

have many differences although both are clearly different from pygmaea; the Mona

Island material has more branching in CT-6 and 9, I-5 and 6, II-4 and 6, III-4 and 8,

IV-3, VII-8 and 11, and VIII-14 than does the Losey Field material. It also has longer

trumpets, much less prominent denticulation and only occasionally has 2 lateral of

4 on I. It remains to be seen whether or not these two types of insularia are conspe-

cific; for the present the similarities of the two justify their being considered con-

specific.

Psorophora (Grabhamia) pygmaea (Theobald, 1903)

PUPA. Previously undescribed; small; respiratory trumpet 2.6 to 3.1 times as long as its pinna;

usually with a ventral seta on I and occasionally with a “transitory” seta on II; paddle with small

denticles laterally. A summary of the setal branchings is given in Table 1.

This pupa can be distinguished from other Grabhamia pupae (except insularia)

by the small number of branches in I-5 and the large number in IV-1.

Material examined: 2 66 and 2 29 from Catafio, Puerto Rico, May 7, 1943, in the

collection of H.D. Pratt.

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Psorophora (P.) ciliata; pigmentation pattern of metanotum and abdomen.

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INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC NAMES

Aedes 2, 3k, 8

atropalpus, 2

ciliata, 4k, 5, 12-14t; fig.3

columbiae, 8 :

confinnis, 5k, 8, 12-14t; fig.2

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discolor, 4k, 5k, 9, 12-14t; fig.8

ferox, 4k, 6, 7, 12-14t

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horrida, 3k, 4k, 7, 12-14t

howardii, 4k, 5, 6, 12-14t; fig.1,4

insularia, 4k, 9, 10, 12-14t; fig.10

Janthinosoma, 3k, 6, 7, 8, 12-14t

johnstonii, 3k, 6, 7, 12-14t

longipalpus, 3k, 7, 12-14t; fig.6,9

melanura, 2

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pygmaea, 4k, 10, 12-14t; fig.11

signipennis, 5k, 9, 12-14t

varipes, 3k, 6, 7, 8, 12-14t

MOSQUITO STUDIES (Diptera, Culicidae)

XIV. REDESCRIPTION OF TOXORHYNCHITES (T.) GIGANTULUS

FROM THE PHILIPPINES

O.G.W. Berlin!

T. gigantulus has been known only by the holotype 6 from Limay, Bataan Prov-

ince, and another 6 from San Andales, Rizal Province, both collected by R.C.

McGregor (USNM). In August 1965 I reared individually 3 larvae and 3 pupae of

this species from material brought to our laboratory from the Philippines by Col.

Kremmers of the 5th Epidemiological Flight (PACAF), U.S. Air Force. It is now

possible to describe all the stages of gigantulus. The terminology used in general fol-

lows Belkin (1962).

Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) gigantulus (Dyar & Shannon)

Figs.1,2

1925 Megarhinus gigantulus Dyar and Shannon, 1925:67-68. TYPE: Holotype 6, Limay, Bataan

Province, Luzon, Philippines, Nov 1924, R.C. McGregor [USNM, 28096].

Toxorhynchites (T.) gigantulus of Stone, Knight and Starcke (1959:63).

Megarhinus gigantulus of Edwards (1932:61); Barraud (1934:22); Bohart (1945 :23-24); Stone and

Knight (1957:200).

FEMALE. Wing: 4.0 mm. Proboscis: 5.0 mm. Forefemur: 3.1 mm. Abdomen:

about 4.0 mm. Moderate in size. Head: Integument uniformly dark. Scaling on ver-

tex metallic to bluish green, appearing whitish along orbital line. Orbital (2 pairs)

and interorbital (1 pair) bristles on dorsal side moderately long. Clypeus dark, with

a fine, whitish pubescence. Labial scales purplish. Palpus apparently 4-segmented,

about 0.2 of proboscis length; scales as on proboscis. Antenna about 0.5 of probos-

cis length; torus dark, with a fine, whitish pubescence; flagellar segment 1 with a few

dark scales dorsally; flagellar whorls with 6 moderately long bristles, progressively

smaller distally. Thorax: Integument uniformly black. Mesonotum covered with me-

tallic green scales. Acrostichal, dorsocentral and prescutellar bristles absent; bristles

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on apn, anterior promontory, antealar and supraalar areas, ppl, upper pra, stp and

upper mep distinct. Scales on apn bluish green; scales on ppn as on mesonotum;

ssp, psp and paratergite bare; ppl with silvery scales; pra, stp and most of mep with

silvery scales. Scutellum with a continuous row of dark marginal bristles; scales as

on mesonotum. Legs: Forefemur predominantly dark anteriorly except for basal

creamy scales, posterior surface mostly creamy with a few dark scales distally; most

of midfemur creamy; hindfemur predominantly creamy on both sides except for

dorsal distal dark patch. Tibiae and tarsi of all legs completely dark. Wing: Vein

scales dark. Haltere: Stem pale, knob with creamy scales. Abdomen: Laterotergite

with median metallic green and lateral creamy scales. Scales on tergites‘metallic

green, to purplish depending on angle of incidence of light. Sternites I-VI completely

creamy; distal sternites with basal creamy and apical dark scales. Distinct lateral tufts

of long bristlelike scales on segments VI-VIII; apicolateral tuft on VI completely taw-

ny; lateral tuft on VII tawny basally and dark distally; tuft of segment VIII dark.

MALE. Wing: 4.0 mm. Proboscis: 5.0 mm. Forefemur: 3.1 mm. Abdomen (in-

cluding genitalia): about 5.0 mm. Generally similar to female in size and coloration.

Palpus subequal to proboscis length; 5-segmented, segments 4 and 5 upturned; scaling

predominantly purplish except for creamy ventral scales on distal 0.5 of segments

2,3 and proximal 0.5 of 4. Antenna about 0.5 of proboscis length; flagellar whorls

with 8-10 moderately long bristles, progressively smaller distad. Legs: Claws of fore-

leg and midleg enlarged, unequal; larger claw with a submedian tooth; hindclaws as

in female. Abdomen: Narrower than in female. Apicolateral tuft on segment VI taw-

ny; lateral tuft on segment VII predominantly tawny with a few dark distal scales;

tuft of segment VIII entirely dark. |

~ MALE GENITALIA (fig.1). Ninth tergite lobe shieldlike, with a shallow emargi-

nation apically and with about 10 to 12 small to moderately long apicolateral bris-

tles; basal part constricted. Sidepiece about 3.5 as long as its greatest width, with

scales ventrally and laterally and bristles on all sides. Clasper (without spiniform)

subequal in length to sidepiece; with a small, distinct apical hair, and 2 rows of small

setae in distal 0.6; spiniform 0.25 of clasper. Basal mesal lobe with a strong apically

curved bristle extending beyond middle of sidepiece and a few smaller subapical bris-

tles of varied length. Aedeagus long, swollen at base and produced distally as a nar-

row process ending in a recurved tooth; without a narrow submedian dorsal bridge.

Paraproct long, slender and strongly sclerotized; cercal setae 3 in number.

PUPA (fig.1). Abdomen: 4.6 mm. Trumpet: 0.7 mm. Index about 3.4-3.7. Pad-

dle: 1.35 mm. Chaetotaxy as figured, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. All

normal hairs present. Cephalothorax: Moderately pigmented. Middorsal ridge mod-

erate. Hair 1-C strongly developed, single; hairs 2,3-C close together; hairs 6,7-C far

forward of 4,5-C; hairs 8,9-C close together and distinctly caudad of trumpet base.

Trumpet: Index about 3.4-3.7; strongly pigmented; pinna moderate. Metanotum:

Moderately pigmented. Hairs 10,11-C removed from 12-C, moderately close to-

gether; an accessory hair caudad of hair 12-C. Abdomen: Integument strongly pig-

mented, progressively lighter on distal segments. Dorsal sensillum on III and IV only.

Hair 1-I dendritic; hair 1-III,VII single to triple, short, usually not reaching apex of

its tergite; hair 5-III-VI strongly developed, single, extending beyond apex of suc-

ceeding segment; hair 6-V,VI strongly developed, single, extending beyond apex of

succeeding segment; hair 6 on other segments short to moderately long, barely

reaching apex of its tergite; hair 8-VI,VII dorsal, cephalad of 6; hair 9-VIII at caudo-

lateral angle, short to moderately long, single. Terminal Segments: Hair 1-IX small,

indistinct; hair 1-X distinct and usually 3 branched (1-5). Paddle: Relatively broad;

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external buttress more or less distinct; margin with distinct hairlike spicules; apex

slightly emarginate at level of midrib. Male genital lobe extending to 0.6 and female

bare to 0.2 of paddle.

LARVA (fig.2). Head: 1.15 mm. Siphon: 0.6 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.4 mm. Chaeto-

taxy as figured, hairs moderately to darkly pigmented. In life larvae appear purplish.

All normal hairs present. Head: Width roughly subequal to length. Mental plate short

and very broad, teeth irregular and strongly developed. Hair 4-C mesad of 1; hairs

5-8-C in a row; hairs 11-13-C in lateral cephalic groups; hairs 14,15-C, single, re-

moved cephalad. Antenna: Length about 0.25 of head; cylindrical and without spic-

ules; hair 1-A inserted beyond 0.75 from base, branched; hairs 2,3-A basad of 1.

Thorax: Hairs 1,2-M on a circular tubercle; hairs 3,4-M on an irregular tubercle, sep-

arate from hair 6; hairs 5,6,7-M on a larger sclerotized plate. Abdomen: Dorsal sen-

silla distinct only on segments III,IV, absent on V. Hairs 1,3-5-I-VII on a common

plate; hair 2-I-VI mesad of 1, on a distinct circular tubercle on segments II-IV; hairs

1,7,11-VII single, spikelike. Segment VIII: Hairs 2-5-VIII arising from a large sclero-

tized plate; hairs 4,5-VIII single, spikelike. Siphon: Short, without acus. Integument

moderately pigmented, smooth. Hair 1-S single, spikelike and within basal 0.3.

Trachea well developed. Anal Segment: Saddle complete, broader than long. Acus

absent. Caudal margin with short to moderately long spicules. Hair 1-X on saddle

margin, single and spikelike; hairs of dorsal brush (2,3-X) branched; ventral brush

with 7 pairs of single, strongly fringed hairs on a boss. Gills short, globose.

SYSTEMATICS. 7. gigantulus is distinguished from other known Philippine Tox-

orhynchites by the following features: (1) in the adults, by the tawny lateral tufts

on abdominal segments VI and VII, (2) in the pupa, by the presence of an accessory

hair on the metanotum caudad of 12-C; hair 3-I long and single; hair 6-VII short and

double and not reaching the apex of its tergite, (3) in the larva, by the single, spike-

like siphonal hair 1-S. As pointed out by Barraud (1934:22), the closest relative of

gigantulus appears to be minimus Theobald, 1905 of Ceylon, India and Sumatra.

The latter differs in the adults in the mainly black tuft of abdominal segment VII

and in the larva in the double or triple hair 1-S.

BIONOMICS. No data are available as to the source of the collections from which

the rearings of this species were made. The breeding sites could have been treeholes,

bamboo or leaf axils. |

DISTRIBUTION. Apparently endemic to the Philippines, where it has been col-

lected only in Central Luzon. Material examined: 15 specimens; 4 6, 2 9, 6 pupae,

3 larvae; 6 individual rearings (3 larval, 3 pupal). |

PHILIPPINES. Luzon: Laguna Province, unspecified locality, 12 Aug 1965, F.E. Baisas et al

(UCLA 249), 2 Ipd (249-22,37), 1 Ip? (249-44), 2 pd (249-103,104), 1 p? (249-101) [UCLA,

USNM]. Limay, Bataan Province, Nov 1924, R.C. McGregor, 6 holotype (Dyar and Shannon 1925:

67, USNM). San Andales, Rizal Province, Dec 1926, R.C. McGregor, 1 6 (Bohart 1945:24, USNM].

REFERENCES CITED

Barraud, P.J.

1934. Family Culicidae. Tribes Megarhinini and Culicini. London, Taylor and

Francis. 463 p. (Fauna of British India, Diptera, v.5)

Belkin, J.N.

1962. The mosquitoes of the South Pacific. v.1. Berkeley, Univ. Calif. Press.

608 p.

24 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 4, 1969

Bohart, R.M.

1945. A synopsis of the Philippine mosquitoes. U.S. Navy, Navmed 580. 88 p.

Dyar, H.G. and R.C. Shannon

1925. The types of Philippine mosquitoes described by Ludlow and other notes

on the fauna. Insecutor Inscitiae Mens. 13:66-89.

Edwards, F.W.

1932. Diptera fam. Culicidae. Jn P. Wytsman, Genera Insectorum, Brussells, Des-

met-Verteneuil, Fasc. 194. 258 p.

Stone, A. and K.L. Knight

1957. Type specimens of mosquitoes in the United States National Museum: VI,

Miscellaneous genera, addenda and summary. Wash. Acad. Sci., J. 47:196-202.

Stone, A., K.L. Knight and H. Starcke

1959. A synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the World (Diptera, Culicidae).

Wash., Entomol. Soc. Amer. (Thomas Say Found. Publication 6). 358 p.

FIGURES

Fig.1. TYoxorhynchites (T.) gigantulus; male genitalia and pupa.

Fig.2. Toxorhynchites (T.) gigantulus; larva.

TOXORHYNCHITES

))

TFOXORHYNCHITES

Fig2

gigantulus

UCLA 249-37

Laguna Province

Luzon

Philippines

MOSQUITO STUDIES (Diptera, Culicidae)

XV. A NEW SPECIES OF TREEHOLE BREEDING ANOPHELES

FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES!

Thomas J. Zavortink?

During the past 3 years a large number of specimens of the Anopheles commonly

found breeding in treeholes in southern Arizona has been acquired by the project

““Mosquitoes of Middle America.’’ Examination of this material has shown it to be a

species near, but distinct in all stages from, Anopheles barberi. This species, judithae,

is described and illustrated in the present paper. To facilitate its separation from

barberi, that species is redescribed and illustrated.

Terminology and format of the present paper are those of Belkin (1962, 1968).

Abbreviations used for the references follow the “American Standard for Periodical

Title Abbreviations” (Amer. Stand. Ass., 1964). The descriptions of the male geni-

talia and immature stages of barberi and judithae are restricted to features not shown

in the drawings, such as color pattern and variations, and to characters which serve

to separate the 2 species from each other. Since the adults are not illustrated, de-

scriptions of them are somewhat more extensive and contain characters which should

serve to separate the species from each other, from other treehole breeding Anophe-

les, and from the remaining New World Anopheles. The drawings of the preimaginal

forms of each species show the modal condition for the position, length and branch-

ing of the hairs. Since a mature fourth instar larva of barberi in condition suitable

for drawing was not available during this study, the outline of the larval drawing for

that species was copied from judithae. The pecten teeth counts for each species in-

clude not only the large teeth along the posterior margin of the pecten plate, but

also the smaller apical teeth. The spiculation of the larvae is described as it appears

at 200 magnifications. The sidepiece indices are the ratio of the length of the side-

piece as measured from base to apex on the ventral surface and the width at the

point halfway from the base to the apex. In tabulating the bristles on the anterior

surface of the forecoxa, all well-developed setae, including those associated with the

1Contribution from project “Mosquitoes of Middle America” supported by U.S. Public Health

Service Research Grant AI-04379 and U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Research Contract DA-49-193-MD-2478.

2Department of Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024.

28 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 4, 1969

coxa-trcchanter joint, have been counted. From the vast literature on Anopheles

barberi, only a few significant papers dealing with the morphology, ecology and dis-

tribution of the species have been cited.

I wish to thank John N. Belkin for reading the rianusctio? and offering valuable

suggestions. I am indebted to Sandra J. Heinemann, Michael J. Nelson and William

A. Powder for the rearing and preparation of specimens, Sally Dieckmann for pre-

paring the final plates and Sheila Bernstein for typing the manuscript for offset re-

production. The new species is dedicated to a special friend, Judith A. Bergland.

Anopheles (Anopheles) judithae Zavortink, n.sp.

Figs. 1,2

TYPES: Holotype 3 with associated larval and pupal skins (UCLA 302-40), Cochise Stronghold

Recreation Area, Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, elevation about 5500 ft, larva

from a rot hole in a living evergreen oak tree, 22 Mar 1966, T.J. Zavortink [USNM]. Allotype ?

with associated larval and pupal skins (UCLA 302-42), same data as holotype. Paratypes: 6 lpd

(302-25 ,41,43,45 46,48), 5 Ip? (302-44,47,49,51,52), 3 pd (302-100,101,103), 1 p? (302-102),

1°, 1P,6L, same data as holotype; 1 Ip? (306-20), same data as holotype except collected on

23 Mar 1966 (UCLA 306); 1 Ipd (328-22), same data as holotype except collected on 4 Sept 1966

(UCLA 328); 7 Ipd (342-13,15,30,33,38,43,44), 11 Ip? (342-10,31,32,34-37,39-42), 10 pd (342-

100-106,109,110,113), 5 p? (342-107,108,111,112,114), 17 6, 25 9,48 P, 27 L, same data as

holotype except collected on 6 Sept 1966 (UCLA 342).

Anopheles barberi of Vargas (1940:319-322; 1943:64,65 66,67, in part); Jenkins and Carpenter

(1946:35-36, in part); Carpenter and LaCasse (1955 :32-34, in part); Richards, Nielsen and Rees

(1956:14); Vargas and Martinez (1956:111-113,140, in part); Rigby, Blakeslee and Forehand

(1963:50); Burger (1965:396); Nielsen, Arnell and Linam (1967:76); Carpenter (1968:72, in

part); Nielsen, Linam, Arnell and Zavortink (1968:363).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.31 mm. Proboscis: 1.92 mm. Forefemur: 2.18 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.1 mm. Head: Integument light to dark brown; orbital bristles dark brown,

interocular bristles amber; dorsum of head with erect scales only, these entirely pale

white or a few lateral ones dark; interocular scales numerous, white, usually none

appreciably elongate; labium and palpus entirely dark scaled, the proximal scales

appressed; torus and first flagellar segment with a few small dark scales. Thorax:

Mesonotum conspicuously shortened and arched; mesonotum with integument very

light to dark brown, largely shining, without a broad hoary median longitudinal

stripe; pleural integument lighter or becoming lighter ventrally; mesonotal bristles

numerous, strongly developed, long and conspicuous, dark in color except for some

amber anterior acrostichals; mesonotal scaling restricted to a small tuft of 5-20 whit-

ish scales in center of anterior promontory and a few erect light or dark scales in

prescutellar area; apn, sp, pra, ppl, stp and upper mep bristles or hairs present, those

on ppl 2-5 in number, those on stp in a more or less continuous vertical row; pleuron

without scales. Legs: Integument of coxae same color as or lighter than adjacent

portions of pleuron; anterior portion of forecoxa with 6-18 strongly developed bris-

tles; coxae without scales; femora, tibiae and tarsi entirely dark scaled. Wing: Veins

and fringe entirely dark scaled, scales on veins uniformly distributed and not grouped

into dark spots. Haltere: Integument of stem light, knob dark scaled. Abdomen: In-

tegument of tergites light to dark brown, usually somewhat dappled, sternites lighter;

completely devoid of scales.

MALE. As for female except for usual sexual differences.

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MALE GENITALIA (fig.1). Sidepiece: More or less cylindrical or short conical,

mesal edge nearly straight, length about 1.9-2.6 width; parabasal spines only slightly

more strongly developed than internal spine; lateral parabasal spine not flattened

preapically, apex gradually attenuate and strongly recurved; internal spine more

strongly developed than large setae of sidepiece, apex usually recurved; distance from

parabasal spines to internal spine usually 1.5-2.0 distance from latter to apex of side-

piece. Clasper: Setae present in basal 0.33. Proctiger: Generally extending to about

level of internal spine.

PUPA (fig.1). Abdomen: 2.80 mm. Trumpet: 0.37 mm. Paddle: 0.83 mm. Cepha-

lothorax: Lightly pigmented with middorsal area, region caudad of trumpet and up-

per portion of wing case darker. Trumpet: Light amber in color. Abdomen: Lightly

pigmented with anterior and/or lateral portions of segments II-VIII darker; hair 9-II-

VIII lightly pigmented, concolorous with integument; 9-III usually about 2.0 diam-

eter and length of 9-II and 0.5 diameter and length of 9-IV; 5-III-VI fine, usually

2,3b; 5-VII usually fine and 2,3b, sometimes thickened and single, but then longer

than 9-VII. Paddle: Lightly pigmented except for darker midrib.

FOURTH INSTAR LARVA (fig.2). Head: 0.67 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.30 mm. Head:

Largely tan to brown in color with subantennal area and collar darker and area of

imaginal eye lighter; mental plate brown, with 3 or 4 teeth on each side of median

tooth; inner clypeals (2-C) closely approximated, separated by a distance less than

that between inner and outer clypeals (3-C); outer clypeals usually double (single,

double); hair 6-C an elongate seta subequal in length to 4-C, usually located nearly

in line with 5,7-C; 14C multiple, 3-6b (2-8). Antenna: Uniformly tan to brown in

color or becoming lighter apically; hair 4-A usually 2,3f. Thorax: Integument with-

out spicules; plumose hairs strongly developed, with lateral branches long and strong-

ly pigmented; hair 2-P with only a few (2-6) long lateral branches; 9-P,M,T simple;

3,4-T usually single (single, double). Abdomen: Integument without spicules; plu-

mose hairs strongly developed, with lateral branches long and strongly pigmented;

hair 1-II-VII similarly developed, palmate; 13-II-V,VII usually single (1-3b); 7-VII

usually 3b (1-3). Segment VII: Hair 5 usually single (single, double). Spiracular

Lobe: Pecten plate with 17-19 (15-20) teeth. Anal Segment: Spicules on posterior

portion of saddle inconspicuous and arranged into short imbricate rows; ventral

brush with 15 or 16 (14-17) hairs, the most caudal of which is normally longer than

2.0 length of saddle.

SYSTEMATICS. Vargas (1940:319-322) was the first to note the occurrence of

a treehole Anopheles in North America west of the continental divide. His record

was based on 3 males collected at Imuris, Sonora, Mexico, a site less than 40 air miles

south of the Arizona border. This material was identified as barberi; although I have

not seen the specimens upon which the report was based, I am certain they are con-

specific with judithae. Richards, Nielsen and Rees (1956:14) first recorded judithae,

as barberi, from Arizona. Their report was based on data supplied by W.A. McDon- |

ald, who had studied only 2 young instar larvae which he had collected near Pata-

gonia. Since judithae is most conspicuously differentiated from barberi in the fourth

instar larva, the failure of earlier workers to detect its specific distinctness was prob-

ably due in large part to the fact that they did not have this stage available for study.

While judithae and barberi form a pair of closely related vicarious species, they are

easily differentiated in all stages. Adults of judithae have numerous white interocular

scales, the erect scales of the head largely pale white, the anterior acrostichal bristles

amber and accompanied by pale scales, and relatively few bristles on ppl and the an-

terior surface of the forecoxa. Those of barberi have the interocular scales reduced

30 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 4, 1969

or absent, the pale erect scales of the head largely dingy yellow, the anterior acros-

tichal bristles dark and usually not accompanied by scales, and relatively numerous

bristles on ppl and the anterior surface of the forecoxa. The male genitalia of the 2

species differ most conspicuously in development of the parabasal spines. In judithae

these spines are only slightly stouter than the internal spine and the lateral parabasal

spine is not flattened preapically. In barberi the parabasal spines are 2-3 times as

stout as the internal spine and the lateral one is flattened preapically. The sidepieces

also differ in shape; the ramifications of this difference, such as the straightness of

the mesal margin, the position of the internal spine relative to the parabasal spines

and the apex of the sidepiece, and the level to which the proctiger projects, are indi-

cated in the descriptions. Pupae of the 2 species are most readily separated on the

basis of hairs 9-III-VIII and 5-VI,VII. In judithae 9-II-VIII is concolorous with the in-

tegument and 9-III is more or less intermediate in length and stoutness between 9-II

and 9-IV, whereas in barberi 9-II alone is concolorous with the integument, 9-III-VIII

being darkly pigmented, and 9-III is more similar to 9-IV than 9-II in length and

stoutness. Hair 5-VI and usually also 5-VII of judithae is fine and divided into

branches, while 5-VI,VII of barberi is thickened, single and shorter than hair 9 of

the corresponding segment. A few specimens from nearly every collection of judithae

have hair 5-VII thickened and single, but when it is developed in this manner it is

longer than 9-VII. The fourth instar larvae of judithae and barberi differ in a striking

number of characters, only the most conspicuous of which are enumerated here.

Larvae of judithae have the inner clypeals separated by a distance less than that be-

tween the inner and outer clypeals, integument of the thorax and abdomen without

spicules, strongly developed plumose hairs, hairs 13-II-V,VII and 5-VIII usually sin-

gle, and spicules of the anal saddle inconspicuous and arranged in imbricate rows.

Larvae of barberi, on the other hand, have the inner clypeals separated by a distance

more than twice that between the inner and outer clypeals, integument of parts of

the thorax and abdomen spiculate, weakly developed plumose hairs, hairs 13-II-V,

VII and 5-VIII usually triple, and spicules of the anal saddle conspicuous and largely

arranged singly.

Anopheles barberi and judithae are apparently quite removed from the other tree-

hole Anopheles placed in the Coelodiazesis group. Adults of these 2 species differ

from barianensis, fausti, plumbeus and xelajuensis in the following: (1) interocular

scales not forming a conspicuous white elongate tuft, (2) erect scales of head not

sharply divided into brilliant white ones mesally and very dark ones laterally, (3)

mesonotum conspicuously shortened and arched, giving a Culex-like aspect, (4) mes-

onotum without a conspicuous broad hoary median longitudinal stripe and (5) acros-

tichal scaling of mesonotum much reduced. They differ from all of the above-men-

tioned species except plumbeus by lacking light scales in the wing fringe and/or at

the apices of the hindfemur and hindtibia. It should be pointed out, however, that

two species of trechole breeding Anopheles from the western coast of India, culici-

formis and sintoni, which are not placed in the Coelodiazesis group, agree with bar-

beri and judithae in all of the features mentioned above.

The larvae of the 2 other New World treehole breeding Anopheles differ from

barberi and judithae in a number of characters. Both fausti and xelajuensis have hair

3-C laterad of 4-C; fausti has hair 9-III-VI elongate and plumose and hairs 5,7-VII

weakly developed; xelajuensis has conspicuous stellate body hairs and does not have

palmate hairs. :

Larval hair O-P has not been located on barberi, fausti, judithae or plumbeus and

is apparently absent. The taxonomic significance, if any, of the presence or absence

of this hair is unknown at the present time.

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BIONOMICS. The bionomics of judithae are summarized in Nielsen, Arnell and

Linam (1967:76) and Nielsen, Linam, Arnell and Zavortink (1968:363). |

Larvae of this species, like barberi, are more frequently found in permanent than

temporary treeholes. In southern Arizona the species is common in the high eleva-

tion xeric evergreen forest (Arbutus, Cupressus, Juniperus, Pinus and Quercus), the

‘moderate elevation riparian woodland (Fraxinus, Platanus, Populus, Salix and Sam-

bucus) and the low elevation gallery forest (Populus and/or Salix).

DISTRIBUTION. Ajn. judithae has been found in Arizona, southwestern New Mex-

ico (Nielsen, Linam, Arnell and Zavortink 1968:363) and Sonora (Vargas 1940:319-

322). During this study only the Arizonan specimens cited below have been exam-

ined. All this material is in the UCLA collection. Material examined: 810 specimens;

154 6, 149 9, 279 pupae, 228 larvae; 147 individual rearings (92 larval, 47 pupal, 8

incomplete).

UNITED STATES. Arizona: Baboquivari Mountains, Kitt Peak National Observatory, 12 Sept

1968, T.J. Zavortink (UCLA 448), 1 lpd (448-27), 6 lp? (448-20-25), 1 p? (448-15), 1 lp (448-28).

Dragoon Mountains, Cochise Stronghold Recreation Area, type series, see above. Nogales (13 mi

NW), Calabasas Picnic Ground, 21 Mar 1966, T.J. Zavortink (UCLA 297), 2 Ip? (297-20,21). No-

gales (9 mi NE), 21 Mar 1966, T.J. Zavortink (UCLA 298), 3 lpd (298-40,42,49), 4 lp? (298-43,

45,50,51), 3 pd (298-101-103), 4 Ip (298-41,46-48), 3 2, 4 P, 22 L; same data (UCLA 299), 5 Ipé

(299-21 ,26,28-30), 6 Ip? (299-20,23-25,27,31), 1 lp (299-22), 2 L. Patagonia (2-4 mi WSW),

Sonoita Creek, 24 Aug 1954, W.A. McDonald (UCLA 137), 2 L; 6 Sept 1963, J. Burger (UCLA

413A), 2 L; 18 Aug 1964, J. Burger (UCLA 253), 17 6, 11 9; 13 Sept 1964, J. Burger (UCLA

270), 3 L; 20 Sept 1964, J. Burger (UCLA 260), 17 6, 7 9; 25 July 1965, J. Burger (UCLA 281),

4 L; 27 July 1965, J. Burger (UCLA 282), 5 L; 21 Mar 1966, T.J. Zavortink (UCLA 300), 2 Ipé

(300-30,38), 6 lp? (300-32-36,39), 2 pd (300-100,102), 2 p? (300-101,103), 3 6,3 2,6 P, 12 L;

5 Sept 1966, T.J. Zavortink (UCLA 333), 1 6, 1 P, 2 L; same data (UCLA 334), 1 Ipd (334-15),

4 Ip? (334-12-14,16), 2 pd (334-102,103), 3 p? (334-100,101,104), 1 9, 3 P, 2 L; 14 Sept 1968,

T.J. Zavortink (UCLA 458), 1 p? (458-100). Portal (15 mi WNW), 6 Sept 1966, T.J. Zavortink

(UCLA 343), 9 Ipd (343-14,15,17,31-34,36,37), 8 Ip? (343-12,16,19,30,38-41), 10 pd (343-100-

104,107,109,110,113,114), 4 p? (343-105 108,111,112), 2 lp (343-13,35), 30 6, 25 °, 69 P, 39 L.

Prescott (7 mi NE), 1 Sept 1966, T.J. Zavortink (UCLA 315), 2 Ipd (315-16,18). Santa Rita

Mountains, 20 Oct 1940, R.A. Flock, 1 d.

Anopheles (Anopheles) barberi Coquillett

Figs.3 ,4

1903.Anopheles barberi Coquillett, 1903:310. TYPE: Holotype 9, Plummer’s Island, Maryland,

17 Aug 1903, H.S. Barber (USNM, 6959).

Anopheles barberi of Dyar (1904:243-244; 1928:454); Vargas (1942:329-331; 1943:64,65 66,67,

in part); Matheson (1944:114-115); Jenkins and Carpenter (1946:35-36, in part); Darsie (1949:

524-525); Penn (1949:65-66); Carpenter and LaCasse (1955:32-34, in part); Vargas and Mar-

tinez (1956:111-113,140, in part); Carpenter (1968:72, in part).

Coelodiazesis barberi of Howard, Dyar and Knab (1917:1036-1038).

FEMALE. Wing: 3.49 mm. Proboscis: 1.73 mm. Forefemur: 2.10 mm. Abdomen:

about 2.2 mm. Very similar to judithae but differing in the following features. Head:

Interocular bristles dark or amber; erect scales on dorsum of head dingy yellowish

mesally, dark or dingy yellowish laterally; interocular scales absent or very few. Tho-

rax: Anterior acrostichal bristles dark in color; center of anterior promontory usu-

ally without scales, sometimes with 1-4 narrow dark scales; ppl bristles 7-11. Legs:

Anterior forecoxal bristles 20-28.

32 Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst., vol. 4, no. 4, 1969

MALE. As for female except for usual sexual differences.

MALE GENITALIA (fig.3). Sidepiece: More or less elliptical, mesal edge usually

distinctly convex, length about 1.7-2.1 width; parabasal spines much more strongly

developed than internal spine; lateral parabasal spine flattened preapically, apex

sharply attenuate and recurved or sinuous; internal spine not more strongly devel-

oped than large setae of sidepiece, apex usually sinuous; distance from parabasal

spines to internal spine about 0.8-1.0 distance from latter to apex of sidepiece.

Clasper: Usually without setae in basal 0.33. Proctiger: Usually extending to near

level of apex of sidepiece.

PUPA (fig.3). Abdomen: 3.04 mm. Trumpet: 0.37 mm. Paddle: 0.88 mm. Cepha-

lothorax: Moderately pigmented, with dark areas a little more extensive than in

judithae. Trumpet: Deep amber in color. Abdomen: Moderately pigmented, with

dark areas somewhat more extensive than in judithae; hair 9-II moderately pigmen-

ted, concolorous with integument, 9-III-VIII darkly pigmented, strongly contrasting

with integument; 9-III usually approaching 9-IV in both diameter and length; 5-III-

V fine, usually single; 5-VI,VII thickened and single, shorter than hair 9 of corre-

sponding segment. Paddle: Moderately pigmented except for darker midrib.

FOURTH INSTAR LARVA (fig.4). Head: 0.65 mm. Anal Saddle: 0.27 mm. Head:

Largely brown in color with pattern of pigmentation as in judithae; mental plate

dark brown, usually with 5 or 6 (4-6) teeth on each side of median tooth; inner cly-

peals (2-C) widely spaced, separated by a distance greater than 2.0 that between in-

ner and outer clypeals (3-C); outer clypeals usually single (single, double); hair 6-C

a short pointed peg only about 0.1 length of 4-C, located far caudad of 5-C; 14-C

single (single, double). Antenna: Uniformly brown to dark brown in color or with

apex lighter; hair 4-A single. Thorax: Integument, especially on underside of pro-

thorax, spiculose; plumose hairs weakly developed, with lateral branches short and

often lightly pigmented; hair 2-P with numerous (more than 8) short lateral branches;

9-P,M,T spiculate; 3,4-T usually 2,3b (1-4). Abdomen: Integument on underside of

segments I-VIII spiculose; plumose hairs weakly developed, with lateral branches

short and often lightly pigmented; hair 1-IT usually not palmate, 1-4b, conspicuously

less well developed than 1-III-VII when palmate; 1-III-VII palmate, similarly devel-

oped or 1-VII smaller; 13-IJ-V,VII normally 3b (3-5); 7-VII usually single (single,

double). Segment VII: Hair 5 usually 3b (2,3). Spiracular Lobe: Pecten plate with

12-15 (11-17) teeth. Anal Segment: Spicules on posterior portion of saddle more

conspicuous than in judithae and, for the most part, not arranged into rows; ventral

brush with 17 or 18 hairs, the most caudal of which is normally only 1.0-1.5 length

of saddle.

SYSTEMATICS. The diagnostic features of this species are indicated above in the

description and are discussed in the systematics section for judithae. The small series

of larvae of this species which has been studied is remarkably uniform except for

the development of hair 1-II. This hair varies from a weakly developed simple seta

to a well-developed palmate hair. Material from Ohio exhibits this entire range of

variation within one collection. While hair 1-VII is palmate in all specimens exam-

ined during this study, it may not always be developed in that manner (Howard,

Dyar and Knab 1917:1036-1038; Dyar 1928:454).

BIONOMICS. The bionomics of this species are summarized in jest and Car-

penter (1946:35-36) and Carpenter and LaCasse (1955 :32-34).

The immature stages are more frequently found in permanent treeholes in associ-

ation with species of Orthopodomyia and Toxorhynchites than in temporary tree-

holes along with species of Aedes. Two collections made in Ohio in December of

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1967 suggest that the 2 species of Orthopodomyia inhabiting the eastern United

States, alba and signifera, may select different types of permanent treeholes for ovi-

position and that barberi selects the same type as signifera. The collections referred

to were from horsechestnut trees (Aesculus hippocastanum) growing within 40 me-

ters of each other; the relatively shallow, brown-colored water of a hole with a broad

opening contained small numbers of alba, barberi and signifera larvae, while the deep,

yellow-colored water of a hole with a narrow opening contained several hundred alba

larvae and a single signifera larva.

DISTRIBUTION. Anopheles barberi has been found throughout the eastern Uni-

ted States, from South Dakota and New York in the north to Texas and Florida in

the south (Carpenter and LaCasse 1955:32-34; Carpenter 1968:72). During this

study only the material cited below, all of which is in the UCLA collection, has

been seen. Material examined: 75 specimens; 17 6, 15 9, 23 pupae, 20 larvae; 20

individual rearings (15 larval, 3 pupal, 2 incomplete).

UNITED STATES. Alabama: Guntersville Lake, 28 May-27 Aug 1942, 3 . Sheffield, 18 Aug

1942, J.N. Belkin, 1 2. Wilson Dam, 10 June-19 July 1942, J.N. Belkin, 1 lp? (167), 1 pd (171),

1 p? (168), 2 6. Arkansas: Little Rock, Little Fourche Bayou, 28-29 Mar 1943, J.N. Belkin, 2 lp

(440,448), 3 P. Maryland: Baltimore, Patapsco State Park, 17 Oct 1965, W.A. McDonald (UCLA

286), 1 L. Cabin John, July 1965, W.A. McDonald (UCLA 286A), 1 L. New York: Ithaca, 18-26

July 1932, R. Matheson, 2 6,3 2. Ohio: Canton, 22 Dec 1967, T.J. Zavortink (UCLA 437), 10 lpd

(437-30-36,39,41,43), 4 lp? (437-37,38,40,42), 1 pd (437-44), 1 L. Tennessee: Kentucky Lake,

26 Aug 1942, 1 6. Texas: Abilene, 30 Aug 1953, R.X. Schick, 2 9.

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