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Culicidae > Culicinae > Culicini Distribution Colombia, Ecuador Synonyms None Bionomics Little is known about the bionomics of Galindomyia. Larvae and adults have been collected from crab-holes with brackish water in Colombia and males have been collected in light traps in Ecuador. Medical Importance No medically important species. Important References >> Representative species shown here: Galindomyia leei Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage: To view detail images, click on character description below. Image will open in a separate window. (Pop-up windows must be enabled in your browser settings.) 1. Pulvilli present, 2. Flagellomere 1 more than twice as long as flagellomere 2, 3. Erect scales of head restricted to occiput only. Recommended characters: 4. Prespiracular setae absent, 5. Base of hindcoxa distinctly ventral to base of mesomeron, 6. Lower mesepimeral setae present, 7. Postspiracular setae absent. Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >>

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