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Culicidae > Culicinae > Aedeomyiini Distribution Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mariana Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe Synonyms None Bionomics Aedeomyia larvae are found primarily in dense swamps and more or less permanent ground-pools with abundant aquatic vegetation, but they have also been collected from river margins. They are known to stay submerged for long periods of time, and are suspected of being capable of cuticular respiration through their greatly enlarged antennae. Females of Aedeomyia apparently feed predominantly on birds. Aedeomyia africana have been collected from human bait, but other species of the genus normally are not attracted to humans. Medical Importance A few arboviruses and avian malarial protozoa have been isolated from species of Aedeomyia, but none of the species are considered to be of importance to humans. Important References >> Representative species shown here: Aedeomyia squamipennis Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage: To view detail images as a group, click here. To view individually, click on character description below. Image will open in a separate window. (Pop-up windows must be enabled in your browser settings.) 1. First tarsomere of fore- and midlegs longer than tarsomeres 2-5 combined, 2. Antenna distinctly shorter than proboscis. Recommended characters: 3. Prespiracular setae absent, 4. Base of hindcoxa distinctly ventral to base of mesomeron, 5. Lower mesepimeral setae present, 6. Postspiracular setae absent. Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >>

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