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Verrallina WRBU Home >> Vector Identification >> Mosquito Identification >> Mosquito Genera |
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| Culicidae > Culicinae > Aedini Distribution Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam  Synonyms Aioretomyia Leicester 1908:185. Logotype: varietas Leicester (Brunetti 1914:55). Reinert 1974a:3 (syn.). Bionomics As far as it is known, species of Verrallina are found in temporary ground pools. Some are adapted to breed in frequently flushed jungle pools while others breed in more open coastal pools not subjected to frequent flushing. Ve. cuccioi has only been collected in stream bed pools and ground level tree holes in stream beds. Females of several species attack man readily, mostly during the day and largely in shaded areas, especially in the vicinity of forested areas. In the South Pacific Ve. carmenti and Ve. lineatus are serious pests, the latter being a semidomestic species. Important References >> |
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Representative species shown here: Verrallina carmenti 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.) Indistinguishable from Aedes except through development male and female genitalia. Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >> Medical Importance No species of Verrallina are known to be involved in the transmission of pathogens. |
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