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.