Aedes of the Philippines — Knight and Hull 
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(males, females, pupae, larvae). Type lo- 
cality: Philippines. Ducong, Basey River, 
Basey Municipality, Samar (Zolik). Type: 
Male (holotype), with associated larval and 
pupal skins, in U.S.N.M.j 
DISTRIBUTION; Specimens examined. U.S.- 
N.M. Samar: Ducong and Osmena, Basey 
Municipality. A.N.S.P. Leyte: Mt. Lobi, 
Dagami. 
Unknown outside the Philippines. 
DISCUSSION; Distinct from all the other 
black, yellow, and white species of this group 
in the Philippines on the basis of the adult 
and larval characters given in the keys. 
Aedes (Finlaya) flavipennis (Giles) 
1904. Finlaya flavipennis Giles, Jour. Trop. 
Med. 7: 366 (male, female). Type locality: 
Philippines. Camp Stotsenberg, Pampanga 
Province, Luzon (Whitmore). Type: Male 
and female (cotypes) in B. M.j Male 
terminalia mounted. 
1906. Finlaya aranetana Banks, Phil. Jour. 
Sci. 1: 1001 (male, female). Type locality: 
Philippines. Mailum, Bago Municipality, 
and Siya-Siya Peak, Canloan Volcano, 700 
m., Negros Occidental Province, Negros 
(Banks). Type: Male (lectotype) in U. S.- 
N. M.f 
1917. Aedes {Ochlerotatus) flavipennis Giles. 
Edwards, Bui. Ent. Res. 7: 211. Different 
combination. 
1922. Aedes {Finlaya) flavipennis Giles. Ed- 
wards, Ind. Jour. Med. Res. 10: 465. In 
part. Different combination. Synonymy of 
aranetanus. 
1925. Finlaya aranteana Banks. Dyar and 
Shannon, Ins. Insc. Mens. 13: 75. Lapsus. 
1944. Aedes {Finlaya) aranetanus (Banks). 
Stone and Bohart, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 
46: 207. Also: Bohart (1945: 56), Knight 
and Laffoon (1946: 214), Baisas (1946: 30), 
and Marks (1947: 62). Misidentifi cation. 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. U.S.- 
N.M. Luzon: Ft. McKinley, Rizal Prov.; 
Camp Stotsenberg, Pampanga Prov.; Baguio, 
City of Baguio Prov.; Olongapo, Subic Bay, 
Zambales Prov. Leyte. Samar: Bulusao; 
Osmena. Calicoan Island. Negros (cotypes). 
Palawan: Puerto Princesa; Iwahig; Bacungan. 
Busuanga Island: Coron. Balabac: Cape Mel- 
ville. A.N.S.P. Leyte: Palo; Tacloban. C.A.S. 
Mindoro: 2 males, with assoc, skins, San 
Jose (Ross). 
Literature records. Luzon: Llavac, Infanta 
Municipality, Tayabas Prov. ; Calauan, La- 
guna Prov.; Tungkong Manga, San Jose, 
Bulacan Prov.; Tala Estate of Caloocan, 
Manila Prov. (Baisas, 1946: 30). 
Not definitely known from outside the 
Philippines. 
DISCUSSION: An examination of the type 
series of this species in the British Museum 
and comparison with a female cotype of 
aranetana, also in that collection, show Ed- 
wards (1922: 465) to have been correct in 
reducing the latter species to a synonym of 
flavipennis. The one male and two female 
cotypes of aranetana in the U.S.N.M. have 
also been checked and with the same results. 
Edwards (1926: 105; 1928: 52) reported 
this species from Singapore, but it seems 
likely that a re-examination of that material 
will show it to be another species. As pointed 
out by Knight and Laffoon (1946: 215), the 
material identified by Brug (1934: 513; 1939: 
107) is undoubtedly some other species also. 
The nature of the subapical scale tuft of the 
basistyle and of the stem of the claspette as 
illustrated by him are quite different from 
either of those structures in flavipennis. The 
female specimen reported from the Solomon 
Islands by Paine and Edwards (1929: 315) is 
undoubtedly solomonis Stone and Bohart. This 
specimen is also the basis of the Solomon 
Islands’ record of flavipennis by Knight, Bo- 
hart, and Bohart (1944: 52). 
Occasionally a female specimen of this 
species is found which is apparently indis- 
tinguishable from either medleri or croceus. 
