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Culicidae > Culicinae > Sabethini

Distribution
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Distribution map

Synonyms
Binotia Blanchard 1904:478. Diatype: Runchomyia frontosa Theobald.
Lesticocampa Dyar and Knab 1906d:226. Orthotype: Wyeomyia lunata Theobald (Brunetti 1914:63, Lesticocampa, unjustified emed.). Diatype: Wyeomyia lunata Theobald.
Rhynchomyia Lutz, in Bourroul 1904:55 (emend.).

Bionomics
Little is known about the bionomics of Runchomyia. Larvae have been collected from flower bracts (Calathea and Heliconia), leaf axils (aroids), and both arboreal and terrestrial bromeliads. The adults of at least two species have been captured during landing-biting collections in forest.

Important References >> 		habitus image Representative species shown here:
Runchomyia magna

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,
6. Postspiracular setae absent.

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >>

Medical Importance
Runchomyia species are unlikely to be of medical or economic importance to humans.