The sub-genus Stegomyia (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Ethiopian region (Part II). Distribution of species confined to the East and South African sub-regions

Mattingly, P. F.

doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1046

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“…Distribution of these species relative to climate in peninsular Florida is consistent with qualitative patterns of distribution of these species relative to climate elsewhere in their ranges (e.g., Mattingly 1958;Fontenille and Rodhain 1989). Our data relating long-term average climate to distribution and abundance of A. aegypti are strikingly incongruent with Moore's (1985) analysis of local abundance of A. aegypti relative to recent weather.…”

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Desiccation and thermal tolerance of eggs and the coexistence of competing mosquitoes

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We tested the hypothesis that differences in temperature and desiccation tolerances of eggs of the container-dwelling mosquitoes Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti influence whether invading A. albopictus coexist with or exclude A. aegypti in Florida. In the laboratory, egg mortality through 30 days for A. albopictus was strongly temperature and humidity dependent, with low humidity and high temperature producing greatest mortality. In contrast, mortality through 30 days and through 60 days for A. aegypti was very low and independent of temperature and humidity. Mortality through 90 days for A. aegypti showed significant effects of both temperature and humidity. In the field, the proportion of vases occupied by A. albopictus was significantly lower at four of six sites at the start of the wet season (after a dry period) versus well into the wet season (after containers had held water for weeks). The proportion of vases occupied by A. aegypti was independent of when during the wet season vases were sampled. These results imply that dry periods cause disproportionately greater mortality of A. albopictus eggs compared to A. aegypti eggs. Container occupancy at tire and cemetery sites was significantly related to two principal components derived from longterm average climate data. Occupancy of containers by A. albopictus was greatest at cool sites with little or no dry season, and decreased significantly with increasing mean temperature and increasing number of dry months. In contrast, occupancy of containers by A. aegypti was lowest at cool sites with little or no dry season, and increased significantly with increasing mean temperature and increasing dry season length, and decreased significantly with total precipitation and number of wet months. We suggest that local coexistence of these species is possible because warm, dry climates favor A. aegypti and alleviate effects of competition from A. albopictus via differential mortality of A. albopictus eggs.

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“…The present study includes taxonomic information (see Appendix 1) concerning known life stages of St. bromeliae Theobald, St. simpsoni and St. woodi. The works of Mattingly (1952Mattingly ( , 1953 provide taxonomic information and distribution data for most species and that of Muspratt (1956) provides this information for species occurring in southern Africa. Subgenus Stegomyia of genus Stegomyia is herein restricted to the species included in the Aegypti Group of Huang (2004).…”

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Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae)

Reinert

Harbach

Kitching

2009

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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The phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini are delineated based on a cladistic analysis of 336 characters from eggs, fourth-instar larvae, pupae, adult females and males, and immature stage habitat coded for 270 exemplar species, including an outgroup of four species from different non-aedine genera. Analyses of the data set with all multistate characters treated as unordered under implied weights, implemented by TNT version 1.1, with values of the concavity constant K ranging from 7 to 12 each produced a single most parsimonious cladogram (MPC). The MPCs obtained with K values of 7-9 were identical, and that for K = 10 differed only in small changes in the relationships within one subclade. Because values of K < 7 and > 10 produced large changes in the relationships among the taxa, the stability of relationships exemplified by the MPC obtained from the K = 9 analysis is used to interpret the phylogeny and classification of Aedini. Clade support was assessed using parsimony jackknife and symmetric resampling. Overall, the results reinforce the patterns of relationships obtained previously despite differences in the taxa and characters included in the analyses. With two exceptions, all of the groups represented by two or more species were once again recovered as monophyletic taxa. Thus, the monophyly of the following genera and subgenera (and subgenera Harbachius and Neomacleaya), Zavortinkius and Zeugnomyia. In addition, the monophyly of Tewarius, newly added to the data set, is confirmed. Heizmannia (Mattinglyia) and Verrallina (Verrallina) were found to be paraphyletic with respect to Heizmannia (Heizmannia) and Verrallina (Neomacleaya), respectively. The analyses were repeated with the 14 characters derived from length measurements treated as ordered. Although somewhat different patterns of relationships among the genera and subgenera were found, all were recovered as monophyletic taxa with the sole exception of Dendroskusea stat. nov. Fifteen additional genera, three of which are new, and 12 additional subgenera, 11 of which are new, are proposed for monophyletic clades, and a few lineages represented by a single species, based on tree topology, the principle of equivalent rank, branch support and the number and nature of the characters that support the branches. Acartomyia stat. nov., Aedimorphus stat. nov., Cancraedes stat. nov., Cornetius stat. nov., Geoskusea stat. nov., Levua stat. nov., Lewnielsenius stat. nov., Rhinoskusea stat. nov. and Sallumia stat. nov., which were previously recognized as subgenera of various genera, are elevated to generic status. Catageiomyia stat. nov. and Polyleptiomyia stat. nov. are resurrected from synonymy with Aedimorphus, and Catatassomyia stat. nov. and Dendroskusea stat. nov. are resurrected from synonymy with Diceromyia. Bifidistylus gen. nov. (type species: Aedes lamborni Edwards) and Elpeytonius gen. nov. (type species: Ochlerotatus apicoannulatus Edwards) are described as new for species previously included in Aedes (Aedimorphus), and Petermattinglyius gen. n...

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“…The species of mosquito that transmit the dengue virus -all Aedes species belonging to the subgenus Stegomyia -have been recorded in several areas of Africa (Lewis, 1943;McClelland and Weitz, 1963;Fontenille and Toto, 2001) and Mattingly (1953) listed 14 Stegomyia species for Kenya alone. In the coastal district of Malindi, just one species, Ae.…”

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Application of the pupal/demographic-survey methodology to identify the key container habitats ofAedes aegypti(L.) in Malindi district, Kenya

Midega

Nzovu

Kahindi

et al. 2006

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology

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The pupal/demographic-survey methodology was evaluated in three coastal areas (one urban, one peri-urban and one rural) of Malindi district, Kenya, in attempts to identify the types of domestic container that are most productive for Aedes aegypti (L.) pupae. The results demonstrated the practicality and consistency of the methodology, as a tool both for identifying and guiding the targeted control of the most productive container habitats, and for determining the mean numbers of pupae/person, as measures of the risk of dengue transmission.Twenty-five types of container were identified indoors and 50 types outdoors. In total, only 4,178 pupae were seen indoors and 795 outdoors. Pupal productivity was dependent on the type, location and volume of the container and the season of the year. Metallic drums and jerricans contributed >70% of the pupae encountered indoors in the wet season whereas, in the rural area, plastic drums contributed 83.7% of all the larvae seen outdoors during the dry season. Container productivity was not consistent during the different surveys. The highest mean numbers of pupae/person (7.61) and of pupae/household (18.12) were recorded in the rural area.

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The sub-genus Stegomyia (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Ethiopian region (Part II). Distribution of species confined to the East and South African sub-regions

Cited by 32 publications

References 12 publications

Desiccation and thermal tolerance of eggs and the coexistence of competing mosquitoes

Desiccation and thermal tolerance of eggs and the coexistence of competing mosquitoes

Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae)

Application of the pupal/demographic-survey methodology to identify the key container habitats ofAedes aegypti(L.) in Malindi district, Kenya

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