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Culicidae > Culicinae > Sabethini

Distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Distribution map

Synonyms
None

Bionomics
The larvae of Johnbelkinia usually occur in the leaf axils and flower bracts of plants. They have been reported to be predacious on the larvae of Wyeomyia. The adults are forest mosquitoes. They are mainly active during the day. The females bite humans and other mammals.

Medical Importance
Arboviruses have been isolated from Jn. ulopus in Trinidad and Colombia, hence species of Johnbelkinia are considered to be potential vectors of pathogens of human diseases. Species of this genus are known to carry the eggs of the human bot fly, Dermatobia hominis.

Important References >> 		habitus image Representative species shown here:
Johnbelkinia ulopus
Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage:
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1. Mesopostnotal setae and/or scales present,
2. Prespiracular setae present,
3. Upper postpronotal setae present.

Recommended characters:
4. Base of hindcoxa in line with or slightly above base of mesomeron,
5. Lower mesepimeral setae absent.

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >>