Aedes malayensis

Aedes malayensis was first described in 1963 by Australian entomologist Donald Henry Colless as a subspecies of Aedes scutellaris from males collected at Pulau Hantu, Keppel Harbor, Singapore.[1][2] In 1972 the subspecies was elevated to species status by Yiau-Min Huang,[3] although the move was disputed by the original describer on biological as opposed to morphological principles.[4]

Aedes malayensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Culicidae
Genus:
Aedes
Subgenus:
Stegomyia
Species:
Ae. malayensis
Binomial name
Aedes malayensis
Colless, 1963

Bionomics

The immature stages of Aedes malayensis are found mainly in tree holes, bamboo stumps, coconut shells and artificial containers.[3] The species' distribution includes Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2]

Medical Importance

Although no direct role as a vector of disease has been definitively elucidated for Aedes malayensis, the females are known to bite humans[3] and dengue virus has been transovarially transmitted experimentally in the species.[5]

References
  1. Colless, D. H. 1963. Notes on the taxonomy of the Aedes scutellaris group and new records of A. paullusi and A. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 87(pt. 3): 312-315; http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19641000317.html;jsessionid=FBAD484631831E6CED8F42CC1D7D0359.
  2. Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016. "Aedes » Stegomyia » malayensis Colless" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=21828, accessed 13 Feb 2016.
  3. Yiau-Min Huang. 1972. Contributions to the Mosquito Fauna of Southeast Asia. XIV. The Subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in Southeast Asia. I - The Scutellaris Group of Species. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 9(1): 1-109; http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA510169.
  4. D. H. Colless. 1973. A Note on the Status of Aedes malayensis and the Distribution of Aedes albopictus. Mosquito Systematics, 5(3):225-226; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MS05N03P225.pdf Archived 2016-02-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. H.L. Lee and A. Rohani. 2005. Transovarial Transmission of Dengue Virus in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Relation to Dengue Outbreak in an Urban Area in Malaysia. Dengue Bulletin, 29: 106-111; http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/164121/1/dbv29p106.pdf.


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