December 2010:
- (31 Dec) Addition of Topomyia (Suaymyia) kelabitensis Miyagi & Toma, 2010, bringing the number of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,529. Note: Miyagi & Toma (2010) originally spelled the species name as “kelabitense”, with the intention of naming the species after the Kelabit people, an indigenous tribe living in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, but the Latin suffix denotes the locality where the people live. As the suffix –ense is neuter and does not agree in gender with the genus name Topomyia, which is feminine, the species name is emended here to kelabitensis (masculine and feminine) in accordance with Articles 32.5.1 and 34.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999). As this is a “justified emendation” (Article 33.2.2), the corrected name retains the authorship and date of the original spelling (Article 12.2).
- (9 Dec) Addition of pages for the five subgenera of genus Sabethes.
- (3 Dec) Classifications of genus Anopheles and subgenus Cellia revised to include the overlooked Annularis Complex of Atrie et al. (1999).
November 2010:
- (12 Nov) Corrected dates of publication for several species described by Francis Walker in volumes 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London Zoology, which were published 1857, 1859, 1860 and 1861, respectively. These papers were read at meetings of the Society in the previous years, and the dates of the meetings were given incorrectly as the dates of publication by Stone et al. (1959) and Knight & Stone (1977) for the following species: Anopheles vanus Walker, 1860 [not 1859], Armigeres obturbans (Walker, 1860) [not 1859], Armigeres ventralis (Walker, 1861) [not 1860], Edwardsaedes imprimens (Walker, 1861) [not 1860], Scutomyia impatibilis (Walker, 1860) [not 1859] and Stegomyia scutellaris (Walker, 1859) [not 1858].
- (3 Nov) Authorship of tribe Orthopodomyiini corrected from Belkin & Heinemann, 1970 to Belkin, Heinemann & Page, 1970.
October 2010:
- (29 Oct) Addition of Bothaella manhi Harbach & Cook, 2010, bringing the number of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,528.
- (28 Oct) Addition of "Aedini classification" to the Resources. This resource compares the current phylogenetic and traditional intuitive classifications of the tribe.
- (20 Oct) Addition of Anopheles (Cellia) yaeyamaensis Somboon & Harbach, 2010 (formerly Anopheles minimus species E), bringing the total number of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,527.
- (6 Oct) Coetzeemyia Huang, Mathis & Wilkerson, described as a subgenus of Aedes based on the traditional classification of tribe Aedini, is placed in 'Ochlerotatus' sensu auctorum as its position in the phylogenetic classification of the tribe (Reinert et al, 2009) is uncertain. The only included species, fryeri (Theobald, 1912), is removed from genus Levua Stone & Bohart, along with dufouri (Hamon, 1953), which is returned to genus Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribálzaga without subgeneric placement. These actions leave Levua as a monobasic genus with geoskusea (Amos, 1944) of the Fiji Islands as the only included species.
September 2010:
- (23 Sep) Removal of Orthopodomyia geberti Grjebine, 1954 and Or. madecassorum Rodhain & Boutonnier, 1984 from the list of valid species, reducing the number of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,526. Brunhes & Hervy (1995) synonymised Or. geberti with Or. vernoni van Someren, 1949 and changed the status of Or. madecassorum to nomen dubium. Thanks to Philippe Boussès for pointing this out.
- (15 Sep) Spelling of subgeneric name Empihals corrected (from Emphihals) on the genus Ochlerotatus page.
July 2010:
- (28 Jul) Addition of Anopheles (Cellia) bervoetsi D'Haenans, 1961, elevated to specific status from subspecies of Anopheles (Cellia) moucheti Evans, 1925 by Antonio-Nkondijio et al. (2008), bringing the number of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,528.
- (15 Jul) Anopheles and subgenus Cellia classifications updated to include Anopheles aff. takasagoensis of Takano et al. (2010); taxon page for genus Bothaella completed.
June 2010:
- (30 Jun) Addition of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albertoi Unti, 1941 and An. (Nys.) arthuri Unti, 1941 to the list of valid species, bringing the numb of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,527. The species were raised from synonymy with An. (Nys.) strodei Root, 1926 by Sallum et al. (2010).
- (3 Jun) Addition of an illustrated Anatomical Glossary.
- (1 Jun) Removal of Aedimorphus seychellensis (Theobald, 1912) from the list of Valid Mosquito Species, reducing the number of valid species to 3,525. Edwards (1941) listed this nominal species as a questionable synonym of Polyleptiomyia albocephala (Theobald, 1903) [as Aedes albocephalus]. The fact that this synonymy was later accepted by Mattingly & Brown (1955) seems to have been overlooked or disregarded.
- (1 Jun) Correction: authorship of Anopheles seretsei from Abdulla-Chan, Coetzee & Hunt to Abdulla-Khan, Coetzee & Hunt.
May 2010:
- (19 May) Addition of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) pristinus Nagaki & Sallum, 2010, bringing the number of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,526.
- (5 May) Synonymy of Stegomyia lamberti Ventrillon, 1904 with St. aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762), reducing the number of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,525. As recorded by Townson (1990) and Ward (1992), Rodhain & Boutonnier (1985) transferred St. lamberti from synonymy with St. albopicta (Skuse, 1895) (as Aedes albopictus) to synonymy with St. aegypti. The status of St. lamberti as a junior synonym of St. aegypti has not changed since 1985.
April 2010:
- (28 Apr) Addition of Topomyia (Suaymyia) pseudoauriceps Miyagi & Toma, 2010, bringing the number of Valid Mosquito Species to 3,526.
- (28 Apr) Transfer of Toxorhynchites capelai Ribeiro, 1992 from subgenus Toxorhynchites to subgenus Afrorhynchus in accordance with Ribeiro (2005b), and addition of Tx. (Afr.) viridibasis subspecies voltaicus Ribeiro, 2005 to the list of taxa included in the genus. Thanks to Philippe Boussès for noting these errors.
- (7 Apr) Removal of Culex (Melanoconion) mistura Komp & Rozeboom from the list of Valid Mosquito Species (synonymy with Cx. mistura Dyar by Forattini & Sallum, 1993), reducing the total number of valid species to 3,525. Thanks to Philippe Boussès for pointing this out.
March 2010:
- (19 Mar) The following changes were made to the list of Valid Mosquito Species: (1) addition of Culex (Culex) vicinus (Taylor, 19916); (2) removal of Orthopodomyia antanosyorum Rodhain & Boutonnier, which was synonymised with Or. vernoni van Someren by Brunhes & Hervy (1995); (3) spelling of Culex (Eumelanomyia) brenquesi corrected to Cx. brenguesi, ‘Ochlerotatus (Protomacleaya)’ nubilis to ‘Oc.’ nubilus, Anopheles (Cellia) paltrinieri to An. paltrinierii, Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) principenis to Ur. principensis, Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) solominis to Ur. solomonis and Aedimorphus tauffiebi to Am. tauffliebi. The total number of valid mosquito species stands at 3,526.
- (15 Mar) Addition of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) atacamensis González & Sallum, 2010, bringing the total number of Anopheles to 471 and the total number of valid mosquito species to 3,526.
- (11 Mar) Number of species in subfamily Anophelinae corrected as follows: Anopheles (Anopheles) = 182 (not 189 as previously indicated), Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) = 34 (not 31 as previous indicated). Total number of species in genus Anopheles = 457 (not 464 as previously indicated); in subfamily Anophelinae = 470 (not 477 as previously indicated). 470 (Anophelinae) + 3,055 (Culicinae) = 3,525 valid species.
- (11 Mar) spelling of KERTESZIA corrected on subgenus page (previously misspelled as “KERTSZIA”).
- (1 Mar) Addition of Culex (Lophoceraomyia) singhbhumensis Natarajan & Rajavel, 2009, bringing the total of valid mosquito species to 3,525.
February 2010:
- Coming soon - a comprehensive, interactive anatomical glossary.
- (20 Feb) Non-functional links repaired throughout the site.
January 2010:
- (15 Jan) Spelling of the specific name of Stegomyia w-albus corrected to Stegomyia w-alba, as originally described.
December 2009:
- (2 Dec) Changes and additions where appropriate to record the new genera and subgenera of tribe Aedini proposed by Reinert et al. (2009), bringing the total number of mosquito genera to 113 (80 in tribe Aedini).
November 2009:
- (5 Nov) Addition of Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) hypoptes (Knab, 1907) and Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) moctezuma (Dyar & Knab, 1906), elevated from synonymy with Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi (Dyar & Knab, 1906) by Zavortink & Chaverri (2009), bringing the total of valid mosquito species to 3,524.
- (5 Nov) Addition of Wyeomyia (Hystatomyia) baltae Porter, 2009, bringing the total of valid mosquito species to 3,522.
October 2009:
- (16 Oct) Addition of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) janconnae Wilkerson & Sallum, 2009 and Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oryzalimnetes Wilkerson & Motoki, 2009, bringing the total of valid mosquito species to 3,521.
September 2009:
- (30 Sep) Anopheles Classification updated to include funestus-like species and minor changes to the Leucosphyrus Group.
- (16 Sep) Morphology vocabulary added.
- (14 Sep) Addition of Anopheles (Cellia) pseudosundaicus Tyagi, Hiriyan, Tewari, Ayanar, Samuel, Arunachalam, Paramasivan, Krishnamoorthy, Dhananjeyan, Leo & Rajendran, 2009, bring the total number of valid mosquito species to 3,519.
- (7 Sep) Addition of Ochlerotatus dahlae Nielsen, 2009, bringing the total number of valid mosquito species to 3,518.
- (2 Sep) Removal of loi Lien, 1968, a synonym of fengi Edwards, 1935 (Lu & Ji, 1997), from Genus ‘OCHLEROTATUS’ Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891 sensu auctorum, Subgenus ‘FINLAYA’ Theobald, 1903 sensu auctorum, thus reducing the total number of valid mosquito species to 3,517.
August 2009:
- Addition of Chagasia ablusa Harbach, 2009, bringing the total number of valid mosquito species to 3,518.
- Pages for the 26 subgenera of genus Culex (accessible under Culicidae Classification).
- Complete internal classification of genus Culex (accessible under Resources).
- Updated Valid Mosquito Species to include Culex (Culex) sechani Brunhes & Boussès, 2009.