Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

Characters that define the Catageiomyia clade in the phylogenetic analysis of Reinert et al. (2009) are indicated with an asterisk (*). ADULTS – Decumbent scales of vertex all narrow or some broad; antennal pedicel bare; maxillary palpi dark-scaled; prescutal and posterior fossal maculae consisting of broad silvery-white or narrow white or yellow scales; scutellar scales broad or narrow, silvery-white, sometimes yellow; paratergite often with broad silvery-white scales; postspiracular scales absent or poorly developed; basal bands of abdominal terga absent or reduced, lateral spots silvery-white or snow-white, *lateral setae of males long; tarsi entirely dark-scaled, hindungues simple. FEMALE GENITALIA – Sternum VIII wider than long, apex with a relatively deep median emargination separating broadly rounded lobes, setae 1,2-S long (other setae S absent), inserted on proximal half of sclerite; accessory spermathecal capsules absent (i.e. a single large capsule present) (shared with Elpeytonius); insula is tongue-like, long and with a few small distal tuberculi; postgenital lobe moderately long, relatively narrow, apex with relatively deep, median emargination; cercus moderately long, narrow to moderately wide, scales are absent, apex relatively narrowly rounded. MALE GENITALIA – Basal mesal lobe of gonocoxite poorly developed; gonostylus with elongate lobe on lateral surface (shared with Elpeytonius), quadrate apical expansion and *two gonostylar claws. LARVAE – Seta 6-C branched (shared with Elpeytonius); seta 5-II longer than seta 3-II (shared with Elpeytonius); *seta 8-P ≥ 1.8 length of seta 4-P; comb of abdominal segment VIII with squamiform or spine-like scales; siphon may be curved dorsally; seta 1-S well developed, placed about level with distal pecten spine or pecten extends well beyond insertion of this seta. PUPAE – Unknown or not studied in detail.