As a result of action by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, the specificnarnes Aedes albothorax (Theobald, 1907), Ae. circumluteolus (Theobald, 1908), and Ae. mcintoshi Huang, 1985,are conserved for comrnon African mosquitoes; a neotype for albothorax is designated; and the specific nameBanksineIla palIida Theobald, 1907, is suppressed.