Generic Adult Characters:

  • Mosquito generic character
  • 1. Brilliantly colored with a smooth covering of metallic green, blue, violet, gold and silver scales
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 2. Scutum (Scu) covered with broad, flat scales
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 3. Scutal setae present only on the extreme anterior margin and on the supraalar areas (SaA)
 
  • Mosquito generic character
  • 4. Antepronota (Ap) large and close together
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 5. Prealar setae (PaS) absent
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 6. Some species with "paddles" of outstanding scales on some or all of the legs