English and Russian Terminology for the Thoracic Skeletal Structures of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): a Critical Review

摘要

Different names of thoracic skeletal structures of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) used by various authors (Kirkpatrick, 1925; Edwards, 1932; Stackelberg, 1937; Sazonova, 1958; Belkin, 1962a, 1962b; Maslov, 1967; Gutsevich et al., 1970; Knight and Laffoon, 1970; McAlpine, 1981; Becker et al., 2010) are analyzed. Some skeletal structures which are important for morphological identification of species and genera of the family Culici-dac are denoted by multiple synonymic names, while certain completelydifferent skeletal structures are referred to by the same name. Duplicated names for thoracic sclerites, setae, and scales hamper species identification in the family Culicidae, and in some cases may lead to misidentification. A detailed description of the thoracic morphology of mosquitoes is provided, together with a list of the existing synonyms and recommendations on the preferable term for each skeletal structure.