PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Vol, 101 Washington: 1952 No. 3288 



AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE MOSQUITOES OF 

 THE SUBGENUS FINLAYA, GENUS AEDES 



By Kenneth L. Knight and Elizabeth N. Marks 



Since the appearance of Edwards' (1932) volume of the Genera 

 Insectorum on the family Culicidae, the list of valid species, sub- 

 species, and varieties belonging to the subgenus Finlaya has been in- 

 creased from 101 to 165. Furthermore, many life-history stages 

 formerly unknown have since been described. Because of this great 

 increase in knowledge, it has been thought worth while at this time 

 to bring Edwards' checklist up to date for this subgenus. 



The scope of this list is somewhat different from that of Edwards' 

 (1932). First, the exact original citation of the scientific name is 

 given ; second, the location of the type material and the type-locality 

 data are presented; third, a generalized statement of the larval 

 habitat is included ; fourth, except for the original citation, the only 

 literature references given are those that most adequately de- 

 scribe the stages not included in the type description; fifth, subgroups 

 are erected and keys to both the groups and subgroups ^ are presented. 



The systematic categories of "group" and "subgroup" are used in 

 this paper in the same sense that "genus" and "subgenus" are used 

 by mosquito systematists, namely, as further subdivisions of appar- 

 ently related species. Aside from the convenience of having these 



» In contrast to the current system of terming as "series" all combinations below the 

 group level, we have employed the expression "subgroup." This has been done because 

 of its uniformity with the existing terminology of "family-subfamily" and "genus-subgenus." 



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