Generic Adult Characters:

  • Mosquito generic character
  • 1. Head with a spoon-shaped patch of broad overlapping silver scales that separates the eyes and extends to the antennal pedicels (Pe)
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 2. Acrostichal setae (AcS) absent
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 3. Antepronotum (Ap) with a patch of broad silver scales that divides the antepronotal setae into two groups
 
  • Mosquito generic character
  • 4. Paratergite (Pa) with broad overlapping silver scales
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 5. Postpronotum (Ppn) and postspiracular (PS) areas without scales
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 6. Wing alula (Al) with broad flat scales on dorsal margin