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Culicidae > Anophelinae > Representative species shown here: An. (Cel.) punctulatus Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage: To view detail images, click on character description below. Image will open in a separate window. (Pop-up windows must be enabled in your browser settings.) 1. The absence of a siphon (distinction from culicines and toxorhynchitines). 2. The absence of palmate setae on the mesothorax (distinction from Bironella). 3. The absence of both uniquely developed palmate setae on abdominal segments III-V and a fringe of setae on the posterolateral lobes of the spiracular apparatus (distinction from Chagasia).

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