Aedes whartoni Mattingly, 1965.
Subfamily Culicinae, genus Aedes, subgenus Petermattinglyius. The Aglaonotus Group is monobasic.
The following combination of characters distinguishes species of the Aglaonotus Group from those of the Petermattinglyius Group. Characters that diagnose the group (as subgenus Aglaonotus) in the phylogeny of Aedini recovered by Reinert et al. (2009) are indicated by an asterisk (*). ADULTS – Maxillary palpus of females and males dark-scaled; prealar scales and lower mesepimeral setae absent; postprocoxal membrane bare; tibiae without median pale bands or spots; hindtarsomere 1 without median pale median bands; midungues of males unequal, *larger one with one tooth and smaller one simple; dorsal surface of terga IV–VI dark-scaled. FEMALE GENITALIA – Posterior margin of sternum VIII with median emargination separating broadly rounded lobes; IX-Te index 0.72; Ce/dorsal PGL index 2.30. MALE GENITALIA – Dorsal surface of gonocoxite without flattened setae on distal area of mesal surface; gonostylar claw relatively short. LARVAE – Antenna long, *spiculate, *ratio of length to length of dorsal apotome ≥ 0.42; *seta 8-P usually single, occasionally 2-branched; seta 7-I and seta 6-VI single; *seta 1-VIII single; siphon relatively long; *seta 2-X single. PUPAE – Trumpet long and narrow throughout length; setae 1,3,7,10-CT branched; *seta 5-V shorter than dorsal length of tergum VI; seta 9-VIII with 5 branches; *paddle without hair-like spicules on margins; *seta 1-Pa branched, ≥ 3 branches. See subgenus Petermattinglyius.
The Aglaonotus and Petermattinglyius Groups are sister taxa, with the sole species of the Aglaonotus Group recovered in a basal relationships to three species of the Petermattinglyius Group in the morphology-based phylogeny of Reinert et al. (2009). See the Phylogenetic relationships of subgenus Petermattinglyius.
Immature stages of the Aglaonotus Group typically occur in split (fallen) bamboo, bamboo internodes and bamboo stumps in forests and bamboo groves. Larvae have also been found in holes in logs lying on the ground and an artificial container (Reinert, 1970; Rattanarithikul et al., 2010). Nothing is known about the biology of the adults.
The sole species of the Aglaonotus Group is not known to be of medical importance to humans.
Malaysia and Thailand.
Reinert et al., 2009 (as subgenus of genus Petermattinglyius, morphology, phylogeny); Rattanarithikul et al., 2010 (as subgenus of genus Petermattinglyius, Thailand, keys, bionomics); Reinert, 2010 (as subgenus of genus Petermattinglyius, female genitalia); Wilkerson et al., 2015 (status as species group).
whartoni Mattingly, 1965
