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Genus ELPEYTONIUS Reinert, Harbach & Kitching, 2009

Edited by Ralph Harbach on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:25
Name-Bearing Type: 

Aedes apicoannulatus Edwards, 1912 [replacement name for Aedimorphus alboannulatus Theobald, 1905].

Classification: 

Subfamily Culicinae, tribe Aedini. Elpeytonius includes only two species.

Distribution: 

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Bionomics: 

The immature stages of Elpeytonius inhabit cavities in trees, stumps and axils of plants of the Dracaena family. Females of El. simulans have been captured occasionally biting humans in forest and plantations, mainly during daylight hours.

Important References: 

Reinert et al., 2009 (taxonomy, phylogeny).

Included Taxa: 
apicoannulatus (Edwards, 1912)
simulans (Newstead & Carter, 1911)
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