Aedes of the Philippines — Knight and Hull 
group III, mediopunctatus . Abdominal tergal 
markings basal. Postspiracular area scaled. 
Scutal longitudinal median line quite broad. 
Pleural scale patches not arranged in two well- 
defined longitudinal bands. Represented in 
the Philippines by mediopunctatus var. per- 
plexus. 
Group D (^^///<^/^j--group) is not represented 
in the Philippines. 
Group E {albolineatus-gtoup). Similar to 
Group C but differing as follows: Vertex with 
a median anterior diamond-shaped area of 
narrow white scales. Pleuron with a single 
broad longitudinal band of broad white 
scales that begins on the propleuron and ex- 
tends to the upper mesepimeron. Hind tarsi 
with only the first three segments marked or 
banded (occasionally a few white scales on 
IV) . Dististyle appendage well-removed from 
apex. Represented in the Philippines by 
albolineatus^ arboricolus^ bambusicolus, boharti, 
hoogstraali, and laffooni. 
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus) 
Fig. 5 
1762. Culex aegypti Linnaeus, in Hasselquist’s 
Reise nach Palestina, p. 470 (female.^). 
Type locality: Egypt. Type: Nonexistent. 
1906. Stegomyia fasciata persistans Banks, 
Philippine Jour. Sci. 1: 996 (male, female). 
Type locality: Philippines. Not specifically 
given, but the following listed: Manila, 
Negros Occidental, Iloilo (Banks). Type: 
Nonexistent. However, 2 males, 5 females 
coll, by Banks and labeled as persistans are 
in the U.S.N.M. 
1911. Duttonia alboannulis Ludlow, Psyche 
18: 132. Type locality: Philippines. Min- 
danao. Type: Female (lectotype) in U.S. 
N.M.f A subsequent selection by Dyar and 
Shannon (1925: 75). 
Edwards, 1932: I6l (systematics). Bonne- 
Wepster and Brug, 1932: 13 (adult, larva, 
biology). Barraud, 1934: 221 (adult, larva, 
variations). Bohart and Ingram, 1946: 6, 11, 
22, 27, 37, 66 (adult, larva, bionomics. Pacific 
distribution) . 
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ADULT: A medium-size brown, or black, 
and white species; with a dark proboscis, hind 
tarsal segments I-IV each basally banded, 
hind tarsal segment V all white, the vertex 
scales broad except on the nape, the numer- 
ous white pleural scale patches not forming 
definite bands, and pale dorsobasal bands and 
separate lateral white spots on the tergites. 
Male. Wing length about 2. 5-2. 7 mm. 
Head: Proboscis dark. Palpus slightly longer 
than the proboscis, including the labella; 
II-V each with a basal white band, the bands 
on II-III incomplete ventrally and those on 
IV-V incomplete dorsally. Torus with broad 
white scales. Vertex with medial (this patch 
extending anteriorly to between the tori), 
subdorsal (a line of white scales connects this 
patch to the medial patch along the eye 
margin), and lateral areas of broad pale scales 
and with two alternating patches of broad 
dark scales; some narrow pale scales and a 
line of dusky upright- forked scales on the 
nape. Thorax: Scutum covered with narrow 
scales, all dark except for the following pale 
markings; 2 thin admedian longitudinal lines 
of narrow yellowish scales from near anterior 
margin to shortly before the prescutellar 
space, a small anteromedian spot of narrow 
pale scales, a rather broad crescent-shaped 
area of broad curved silvery scales on the 
lateral margin over ppn and along the scutal 
angle, a thin line of narrow white scales ex- 
tending to the posterior margin from the end 
of the scutal angle, a patch of broad-curved 
white scales before the wing base with a thin 
posterior extension above the wing base, and 
some narrow pale scales around the pre- 
scutellar space. Scutellum covered with 
broad white scales, some apical broad dark 
scales on the mid-lobe. Apn with broad white 
scales, ppn with narrow dark and pale scales, 
a patch of broad white scales posteroventrally. 
Following pleural areas each with a patch of 
broad white scales: propleural, subspiracular 
(2 patches here, one being along the sterno- 
pleural margin and the other just anterior to 
the first), paratergite, prealar, dorsal sterno- 
