Mosquito Taxonomy: Name Changes? (3)

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20050505.1244

AEDES AEGYPTI AND OTHER MOSQUITO NAME CHANGES (03)

Date: 4 May 2005
From: Daniel Strickman<Daniel.Strickman@deh.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
Re: old and new classification of Aedini mosquitoes

Reference the discussion on taxonomic changes within the genus
_Aedes_and tribe Aedinii. In general, I certainly agree with John
Edman's position that we return to the use of _Aedes_prior to Reinert's
(2001) introduction of _Ochlerotatus_as a genus. An additional
reference that readers might like to see is Savage, H.M., and D.
Strickman (2004). The genus and subgenus categories within Culicidae
and placement of _Ochlerotatus_ as a subgenus of _Aedes_. J. Am.
Mosquito Control Assoc. 20: 208-214. Another very interesting
discussion is available to the public at the Walter Reed Biosystematics
Unit website: <http://wrbu.si.edu/forums>

--
Dan Strickman, Vector Ecologist
Santa Clara County - Vector Control District
976 Lenzen Ave., San Jose, CA 95126
<daniel.strickman@deh.co.scl.ca.us>
[In my ProMED mail post of 2 May 2005, I tried to keep the problems 
regarding the old and new classifications of mosquito and name changes  
relatively simple, as I believed that most readers would not be too 
interested in having  fuller literature citations, especially as a more 
detailed "policy statement" has been prepared by John D. Edman and will 
be published in the Journal Medical Entomology.
However, I am happy to see the above additional reference of Savage and 
Strickman (2004), but I think I should perhaps mention another 
reference published alongside the Savage and Strickman paper, namely 
Black,W.C. (2004) Learning to use _Ochlerotatus_ is just the beginning. 
J. Am. Mosquito Control Assoc. 20: 215-216. - Mod.MS]
[see also:
Aedes aegypti and other mosquitoes: name changes (01)         20050318. 
0781
Aedes aegypti and other mosquitoes: name changes (02)         
20050503.1226]
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