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Culicidae > Culicinae > Sabethini

Distribution
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama
Distribution map

Synonyms
Goeldia Theobald 1903a:330 (non Goeldia Keyserling 1891). Haplotype: fluviatilis Theobald.
Trichoprosopon, subgenus Shannoniana Lane and Cerqueira 1942:502. Orthotype Goeldia fluviatilis Theobald.

Bionomics
Little is known about the bionomics of Shannoniana. Larvae have been collected from bamboo and the leaf axils of aroids. Females have been captured while landing-biting on horse and humans in forest during the daytime.

Important References >> 		habitus image Representative species shown here:
Shannoniana (species unknown)

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage:
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1. Upper postpronotal setae absent,
2. Eyes touching above antenna,
3. Upper calypter of wing with one or more setae or hair-like scales,
4. Base of radial sector of wing with a basal spur or line of scales.

Recommended characters:
5. Prespiracular setae present,
6. Base of hindcoxa in line with or slightly above base of mesomeron,
7. Lower mesepimeral setae absent,
8. Postspiracular setae absent.

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >>

Medical Importance
Species of Shannoniana are unlikely to be of medical or economic importance to humans.