AEDES (DICEROMYIA) FURCIFER (EDWARDS) AND AEDES (DICEROMYIA) CORDELLIERI HUANG IN SOUTHERN AFRICA - DISTRIBUTION AND MORPHOLOGICAL-DIFFERENTIATION

Two species in the Aedes (Diceromyia) furcifer complex, Ae. furcifer s .s. and Ae. cordellieri, occur in southern Africa. They occur either a llopatrically or sympatrically in lowland wooded savanna in tropical o r subtropical regions in the Northern Province, Mpumalanga Province, a nd northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and in Zimbabwe. A map of th e distribution of these mosquitoes is presented including 2 new locali ty records where Ae. cordellieri is allopatric. A morphological study showed that immatures and adult females of the species are indistingui shable. This included a detailed study of the female terga. Difference s in the male gonocoxite remain the only means to distinguish the 2 ta xa.