Reconsideration of the status of subspecies in the Japonicus Group of the subgenus Hulecoeteomyia Theobald of Aedes Meigen (Diptera: Culicidae)

摘要

The current concept of Aedes (Hulecoeteomyia) japonicus (Theobald, 1901) (Diptera: Culicidae) includes four taxonomic entities: subspecies amamiensis Tanaka, Mizusawa & Saugstad, 1979, subspecies shintienensis Tsai & Lien, 1950, subspecies yaeyamensis Tanaka, Mizusawa & Saugstad, 1979 and the nominotypical form, i.e. subspecies japonicus (Theobald, 1901). The four forms, plus Aedes (Hul.) koreicus (Edwards, 1917), comprise the Japonicus Group (as "group") of Tanaka et al. (1979). A sixth member from Bhutan, Ae. (Hul.) bhutanensis Somboon & Harbach, 2020 (in Somboon et al. 2020), was recently added.