Development for intelligent identification of the subgenera of the genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) in China based on Lucid

Since the 20^th century, the rank of the genus Aedes has been a highly controversial issue of mosquito taxonomic system in the world. Until the 21^st century, the traditional composite classification of the genus Aedes has been accepted by most mosquito taxonomists. According to the composite classification, the genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) in China was comprehensively revised from 14 subgenera into 27 subgenera. These nomenclature of 27 subgenera were further interpreted the original etymology derived from Latin and Greek names, personal names, geographical localities, environmental habitat and other sources. There were known 118 species in the checklist of Chinese endemic mosquitoes now. In order to distinguish 27 subgenera and species from the genus Aedes in China, an interactive multiplex key to the subgenera with fact sheet database were designed based on international popular identification and diagnostic tools Lucid, according to the diagnostic characters of adult female mosquitoes, which has proven to be a suitable tool for using in the morphological identification of imported important vectors of mosquito-borne diseases.