Generic Adult Characters:

  • Mosquito generic character
  • 1. Eyes separated ventrally by two long rows of scales
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 2. Dorsal head scales mostly broad and flat
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 3. Proboscis (P) laterally compressed and slightly down-turned at tip
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 4. Postspiracular setae (PS) present or absent
  
  • Mosquito generic character
  • 5. Acrostichal (AcS), dorsocentral (DS), and prespiracular setae (PsS) absent
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 6. Mesomeron (Msm) small, with base more or less in line with base of hindcoxa (C-III)
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 7. Wing alula (Al) and upper calypter (UC) with hair-like scales on margin
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