Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 



Vol. IX APRIL-JUNE, 1921 Nos. 4-6 



A NEW MOSQUITO FROM EAST AFRICA 



(Diptera, Culicidce) 

 By HARRISON G. DYAR 



Aedes (Ecculex) rhecter, new species. 



Falls by Edwards's tables, both the earlier one (Bull. Ent. 

 Res., ii, 247, 1911) and the later one (Bull. Ent. Res., iii, 15, 

 1912) to Ochlerotatus quasiunivittatus Theob., and agrees with 



Fig. 1. — Aedcs rhecter Dyar, new species. 



the description of that species (Mon. Culic, ii, 32, 1901) and 

 of its synonym Culiciomyia dalzieli Theob. (Mon. Culic, v, 

 234, 1910). The male genitalic differences in the allied forms 

 were referred to by Edwards (Bull. Ent. Res., iv, 49, 1913), 

 and later figured (Bull. Ent. Res., v, 277, 1915). The clasper 

 of the present form is extremely different from that of quasi- 

 univittatus (Edwards's fig. a) and also from the allied dentatus 

 (Edwards's fig. b), although in a general way allied to both. 

 A sketch of the structure is given herewith (fig. 1). The tip 



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