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Aedes (Finlaya) medleri 
Knight and LafFoon 
1946. Aedes {Finlaya) medleri Knight and 
Laffoon, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 72: 211 
(males, females, pupae, larvae). Type lo- 
cality: Philippines. Jinamoc Island (Med- 
ler). Type: Male (holotype), with associ- 
ated larval skin, in U.S.N.M.f 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. U.S.- 
N.M. Samar: Pintanahon and Osmena, Basey 
Municipality. Jinamoc Island. Calicoan Is- 
land: Ngolos. Mindanao: Zamboanga, City 
of Zamboanga Prov. A.N.S.P. Leyte: Taclo- 
ban. C.A.S. Mindoro: 1 male, 1 set assoc, 
skins, San Jose (Ross). 
Unknown outside the Philippines. 
DISCUSSION: As indicated by the adult and 
larval keys, this species is closely related to 
flavipennis, differing from it only on minor 
characters. Since the ranges of the two over- 
lap, it is likely that medleri is merely a poly- 
morphic form of flavipennis. 
Aedes (Finlaya) luteus (Ludlow) 
1905. Popea lutea Ludlow, Can. Ent. 37: 96 
(male). Type locality: Philippines. Camp 
Stotsenberg, Angeles, Pampanga Prov., 
Luzon (Whitmore). Type: Male, no longer 
in existence. However, there is a series of 
specimens in the U.S.N.M. labeled (ap- 
parently in Dr. Ludlow’s handwriting) 
'^Popea lutea LudL, female and male co- 
types, P.I.” This is undoubtedly a subse- 
quent type designation and probably the 
specimens are those reported by Ludlow 
(1910: 193). t 
1922. Aedes {Finlaya) flavipennis Giles. Ed- 
wards, Ind. Jour, Med. Res. 10: 465. In 
part. Synonymized lutea. 
1944. Aedes {Finlaya) flavipennis (Giles). Stone 
and Bohart, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 46: 208. 
Misidentification. Also: Bohart (1945: 57), 
Knight and Laffoon (1946: 216), Baisas 
(1946: 30), and Marks (1947: 62). 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. U.S.- 
N.M. Luzon: Camp Stotsenberg, Angeles, 
Pampanga Prov.; Mt, Makiling, 2000 ft. 
Leyte: Abuyog. Samar: Guirang and Calo- 
tons, on the Basey River, Basey Munici- 
pality. Mindanao: Pasanonca, City of Zam- 
boanga Prov.; Mt. Apo, Cotabato Prov., 
3000 ft. (Hoogstraal ^/ ^/.). Basilan: Isabela. 
A.N.S.P. Leyte: Tacloban; Lagolago, nr. 
Baybay. 
Unknown outside the Philippines. 
DISCUSSION: It was not until the type of 
flavipennis was studied by the senior author 
and the results compared with the types of 
aranetana and luteus that it was found that 
luteus represents a valid species. Of course, it 
is possible that the original type male of 
luteus represented some other black, white, 
and yellow member of this group. However, 
since this type is no longer in existence and 
since we have a series of specimens labeled, 
presumably by Ludlow, as cotypes of luteus, 
it seems justifiable to take our concept of the 
species from this series. 
The male terminalia and the larva of luteus 
are not separable from those of croceus. 
Aedes (Finlaya) croceus 
Knight and Laffoon 
1946. Aedes {Finlaya) croceus Knight and Laf- 
foon, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 72: 213 
(males, females, pupae, larvae). Type lo- 
cality: Philippines. Santa Rita, Olongapo, 
Subic Bay, Zambales Prov., Luzon (Roze- 
boom). Type: Male (holotype), with as- 
sociated larval and pupal skins, in U. S.- 
N. M.f 
DISTRIBUTION: Specimens examined. U.S.- 
N.M. Luzon: Santa Rita, Olongapo, Subic 
Bay, Zambales Prov. C.A.S, Mindoro: 2 fe- 
males, assoc, skins, San Jose (Ross). 
Unknown outside of the Philippines. 
DISCUSSION: Closely related to luteus, the 
male terminalia and the larva apparently be- 
ing inseparable. Because of this close simi- 
