Aedes iyengari Edwards, 1923.
Subfamily Culicinae, genus Aedes, subgenus Petermattinglyius. The Petermattinglyius Group includes four species.
The following combination of characters distinguishes species of the Petermattinglyius Group from those of the Aglaonotus Group. Characters that diagnose the group (as subgenus Petermattinglyius) in the phylogeny of Aedini recovered by Reinert et al. (2009) are indicated by an asterisk (*). ADULTS – *Erect scales on occiput and vertex; maxillary palpus of females dark-scaled with (normally) *pale scales distally, maxillary palpus of males with pale scales at least basally on palpomere 5; proboscis of males with narrow pale band distal to mid-length; prealar scales and lower *mesepimeral setae present; *postprocoxal scales present; tibiae with 3 or more median pale bands or spots; *hindtarsomeres 1 with 2 median pale bands and *apical pale scales, *hindtarsomere 2 also with apical pale scales; *tergum III with basomedian pale scales; terga IV–VI usually with dorsal pale patches. FEMALE GENITALIA – *Caudal margin of sternum VIII with apicolateral corners sloping anteriorly toward midline;*tergum IX width/length ratio ≥ 2.0, IX-Te index 0.26–0.50; Ce/dorsal PGL index 2.77–3.00. MALE GENITALIA – Dorsal surface of gonocoxite with several flattened setae distally of mesal surface; gonostylar claw relatively long. LARVAE – Antenna without spicules; seta 1-A short, single; *seta 4-P branched; seta 7-I and seta 6-VI branched; *seta 12-VII inserted a approximately same level as seta 13-VII; siphon relatively short. PUPAE – Trumpet relatively short, broad distally; setae 1–3,7,10-CT single; *seta 2-II equal or longer than seta 1-II; seta 5-V longer than dorsal length of tergum VI; seta 9-VIII with 2 or 3 branches; paddle with hair-like spicules on margins; seta 1-Pa single. See subgenus Petermattinglyius.
The Petermattinglyius and Aglaonotus Groups are sister taxa, with the sole species of the Aglaonotus Group recovered in a basal relationship to three species of the Petermattinglyius Group in the morphology-based phylogeny of Reinert et al. (2009). See the Phylogenetic relationships of subgenus Petermattinglyius.
The immature stages of species of the Petermattinglyius Group have been found in bamboo pots, bamboo stumps, tree holes and a hollow in a teak log (Reinert, 1970). Females have been collected in human-baited traps and biting humans in forest fringe and scrub areas. Adults of both sexes have been captured in light traps and resting in houses.
Species of the Petermattinglyius Group are not known to be of medical importance to humans.
Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore 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).
franciscoi Mattingly, 1959
iyengari Edwards, 1923
punctipes Edwards, 1921
scanloni Reinert, 1970
