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Culicidae > Culicinae > Aedini

Distribution
Thailand

Distribution map

Synonyms
None

Bionomics
Larvae have been collected from the axils of bananas, Pandanus, and bamboo stumps and internodes.  Adults rest on the trunks of trees and vegetation  in jungle valleys located in mountainous areas.

Medical Importance
No species of Ayurakitia are known to be involved in the transmission of pathogens.

Important References >>		 habitus image Representative species shown here:
Ayurakitia peytoni

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage:
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1. Acrostichal setae on median longitudinal area of scutum present,
2. Eyes touching above antenna,
3. Antenna distinctly shorter than proboscis,
4. Postspiracular setae absent,
5. Prespiracular setae absent,
6. Lower mesepimeral setae present,
7. Pulvilli absent,
8. Postprocoxal scales present.

Recommended character:
9. Base of hindcoxa distinctly ventral to base of mesomeron.

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >>