Ochlerotatus

Ochlerotatus
Ochlerotatus notoscriptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae
Tribe: Aedini
Genus: Ochlerotatus
Reinert, 2000

Ochlerotatus is a genus of mosquito - until 2000 was ranked as a subgenus of Aedes, but after Reinert work, this clade was upgraded at a generic level.[1] Though this change causes virtually the re-naming of the subgenus species listed in, this and many aedini closelly related taxa are suffering an ongoing revision of its taxonomy and some authors still uses "old" names in scientific publications.

Taxonomy

Ochlerotatus had been originally established as a genus in 1891,[2] It became an aedine subgenus, in 1917 by Edwards, but in 2000 it was restored as a genus by Reinert due to some common traits in the genitalia, and many species and subgenera of Aedes mosquitoes were transferred to it based on taxonomic characters.[3] After a contentious worldwide debate regarding the effect the taxonomic changes would have on names established over decades of work in scientific, government and lay communities,[4][5][6] many scientists and others affected by the change espoused the continued use of the previously established names,[7][8] As of 2016 the previously established names are supported by and accepted for publication in many scientific journals.[9]

Species

As of July 2016, Ochlerotatus has the following species:[10]

References

  1. ↑ J. F. Reinert, R. E. Harbach & I. A. Kitching (2004). "Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 142 (3): 289–368. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00144.x.
  2. ↑ Félix Lynch Arribálzaga. 1891. Dipterologia Argentina, Culicidae. Revista del Museo de la Plata, i: 345–377; p. 374.
  3. ↑ Reinert JF (2000). "New classification for the composite genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini), elevation of subgenus Ochlerotatus to generic rank, reclassification of the other subgenera, and notes on certain subgenera and species". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 16 (3): 175–88. PMID 11081644.
  4. ↑ José G. B., Derraik (2007). "Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in New Zealand: reverting to the traditional Aedes nomenclature. The Weta 34: 17-23" (PDF).
  5. ↑ Black WC (2004). "Learning to use Ochlerotatus is just the beginning". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 20 (2): 215–6. PMID 15264636.
  6. ↑ Reinert, John F.; Harbach, Ralph E.; Kitching, Ian J. (2004). "Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 142 (3): 289–368. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00144.x.
  7. ↑ Savage HM, Strickman D (2004). "The genus and subgenus categories within Culicidae and placement of Ochlerotatus as a subgenus of Aedes". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 20 (2): 208–14. PMID 15264635.
  8. ↑ Liu, Zhong-Jian; Wilkerson, Richard C.; Linton, Yvonne-Marie; Fonseca, Dina M.; Schultz, Ted R.; Price, Dana C.; Strickman, Daniel A. (2015). "Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships". PLOS ONE. 10 (7): e0133602. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133602. PMC 4520491. PMID 26226613.
  9. ↑ "Journal of Medical Entomology Policy on Names of Aedine Mosquito Genera and Subgenera". Entomological Society of America.
  10. ↑ Harbach, Ralph (nd). "Valid Species List" (PDF). Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory. selfpublished. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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