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Culicidae > Culicinae > Aedini

Distribution
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Cote d‘Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia
Distribution map

Synonyms
None

Bionomics
Eretmapodites are forest mosquitoes, but some have become adapted to life in banana plantations. Larvae are found in water contained in fallen leaves, fruit husks, leaf axils, snail shells, man-made containers, bamboo, and rarely tree-holes. The larvae of two species occur in water held in the concave upper surface of polyporaceous fungi. Larvae of most species are facultative predators. Females apparently bite during the daytime. They will attack humans but probably prefer other hosts.

Important References >> 		habitus image Representative species shown here:
Eratmapodites chrysogaster

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage:
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1. Eyes widely separated above antennae by a covering of flat silver scales.

Recommended characters:
2. Prespiracular setae absent,
3. Base of hindcoxa distinctly ventral to base of mesomeron,
4. Lower mesepimeral setae absent,
5. Postspiracular setae present.

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >>

Medical Importance
Some arboviruses, including Rift Valley fever virus, have been isolated from a few species. Eretmapodites chrysogaster has been shown to be capable of transmitting yellow fever virus.