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Fig. 7. A. {Stegomyid) desmotes. Larva (Luzon), a. 
Head; b, terminal segments. Drawn from exuvium. 
of anal plate; isc double, osc single. Ventral 
brush of 8 single long hairs, all arising from 
a barred area; barred area connected to a 
prominently sclerotized plate on each side. 
Anal gills slightly tapered, rounded apically, 
ventral pair 1.3 times longer than the dorsal 
and 2.0 times longer than the anal plate (gills 
observed on only one specimen). 
BIONOMICS: The adults were found resting 
in grass on one occasion and hovering about 
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humans on another. The larvae were collected 
from bamboo stumps. 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. R.K.L. 
Luzon: 1 male, 6 females, 3 sets assoc, skins, 
Zig Zag Pass and Olongapo, Subic Bay, Zam- 
bales Prov. (Rozeboom, MacMillan, Zolick, 
Zedeck). A.N.S.P. Leyte: Tacloban (Roberts). 
U.S.N.M. Luzon: 1 male, Los Banos, Laguna 
Prov. 
Outside the Philippines known from India, 
Assam, Malaya, Cochin China, Borneo, Boe- 
ton, and Soemba. 
Aedes (Stegomyia) gardnerii (Ludlow) 
Fig. 8 
1905. Stegomyia Gardnerii Ludlow, Canad. 
Ent. 37: 99 (males, females). Type locality: 
Philippines. Bulacao, Mindoro (Gardner). 
Type: 2 males, 3 females (cotypes) in 
U.S.N.M. t The male with type label in 
Ludlow’s handwriting is here designated 
lectotype. Terminalia not separated. 
1907. Quasistegomyia gardnerii Ludlow. Theo- 
bald, Mon. Cul. 4: 168. Different com- 
bination. 
1922. Aedes {Stegomyia) gardineri Ludlow. Ed- 
wards, Indian Jour. Med. Res. 10: 464. 
Lapsus. 
Bonne-Wepster and Brug, 1932: 71 (adult). 
ADULT: A small black and white species. 
Posterior scutal scales broad. Hind tarsal seg- 
ments all basally banded with white (V may 
be all dark). 
Male. Wing length about 2.2 mm. Head: 
Proboscis dark. Palpus slightly longer than 
the proboscis; basal white bands on II-V, 
those on II-III incomplete ventrally and on 
IV-V incomplete dorsally; a few short stiff 
setae apically on III-V. Torus with broad 
silvery scales. Vertex all broad-scaled, marked 
with median, subdorsal, and lateral areas of 
broad white scales, a line of white scales along 
the ocular margin; a line of dark upright- 
forked scales on the nape. Thorax: Scutum 
dark-scaled, marked as follows: white scales 
along anterior margin, a broad subdorsal 
