Aedes hoogstraali is a species of mosquito. It was first described from specimens collected at Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines in 1945.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 . The specific epithet honors noted entomologist and acarologist Harry Hoogstraal.
Bionomics The type adults were reared from larvae collected in bamboo stumps, tree holes, and tin cans.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 . The limit of the species' distribution appears to be the Philippines,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. including Subic Bay, Laguna, and Mount Makiling on the island of Luzon, and San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, on the island of Mindoro.
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