Haemagogus

Author

• Williston
• 1896:271
• Type Species: Haemagogus splendens

Distribution

• Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Neth. Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Synonyms

• None

Bionomics

• Not yet available

Medical Importance

• Several species, including Hg. janthinomys, Hg. equinus, Hg. lucifer, Hg. leucocelaenus, Hg. spegazzinii, and Hg. capricornii are vectors of sylvatic yellow fever virus. Ilheus virus has been isolated from Hg. janthinomys and Hg. spegazzinii in Panama and from Hg. leucocelaenus in Brazil.

Important References

• See WRBU's Mosquito Catalog

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage:

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• • 1. Scutum (Scu) covered with smooth metallic scales in most species
  • 2. Acrostichal (AcS), dorsocentral (DS), and prescutellar setae (PrsS) absent centrally (middorsally)
  • 3. Antepronota (Ap) large and close together dorsally
  • 4. Pleuron with one or three bands of silver scales extending from scutum (Scu) to coxae (CI-III)
  • 5. Prespiracular setae (PsS) absent

Culicidae » Culicinae » Aedini

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• Representative species shown here:
• Haemagogus janthinomys

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