Aedes hoogstraali is a species of mosquito. It was first described from specimens collected at Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines in 1945.[1] The specific epithet honors noted entomologist and acarologist Harry Hoogstraal.[1]

Aedes hoogstraali
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Scutomyia
Species:
A. hoogstraali
Binomial name
Aedes hoogstraali
Knight and Rozeboom, 1946

Bionomics

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The type adults were reared from larvae collected in bamboo stumps, tree holes, and tin cans.[1][2] The limit of the species' distribution appears to be the Philippines,[3] including Subic Bay, Laguna, and Mount Makiling on the island of Luzon, and San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, on the island of Mindoro.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kenneth L. Knight, Lt. Comdr., H(S), USNR, and Lloyd E. Rozeboom, Lt., H(S), USNR. 1946. The Aedes (Stegomyia) albolineatus Group (Diptera, Culicidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 59(June 19, 1946): 83-96; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/070600-1.PDF Archived 2016-02-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ a b Yiau-Min Huang. 1978. The Identity of Two Species of Stegomyia belonging to the Aedes albolineatus Group (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics 10(2):197-210; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MS10N02P197.pdf Archived 2016-02-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016. "Aedes » Scutomyia » hoogstraali Knight and Rozeboom" in: Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=16281, accessed 13 February 2016.