Description of Aedes (Aedimorphus) gandarai, a new species from the island of Sao Tome, with keys to all known species of the Tarsalis group (Diptera: Culicidae).

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1994

Original Publication

Mosquito Systematics

Volume

26

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

097-104

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Ramos, H. C., R. A. Capela, and H. Ribeiro.

 

Abstract

The adults of both sexes, pupa, and fourth-instar larva of Aedes (Aedimorphus) gandarai, a new species of the Tarsalis Group, are described and illustrated. The systematics of Ae. gandarai is discussed, as well as its affinities with the other species of the Tarsalis Group. Keys to all described females, male genitalia, larvae, and pupae of the Tarsalis Group are given.

Notes

Author(s) - Ramos, H. C., R. A. Capela, and H. Ribeiro.