Coquillettidia
Genus of flies
Coquillettidia genus erected by entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904 based primarily on unique features of its "peculiar" male genitalia .[ 1] specific epithet honors Dyar's colleague Daniel William Coquillett .
The genus comprises three subgenera , Austromansonia , Coquillettidia , and Rhynochotaenia , and 57 species,[ 2] Coquillettidia perturbans
Bionomics
Not all species have been well documented, but females of some are known to feed primarily on birds but will also bite cattle .[ 2] [ 2]
Adult females lay their eggs on the surface of water in areas of emergent vegetation to which hatchling larvae attach themselves with a modified siphon, on the roots or submerged stems, and where they remain throughout development; pupae also attach themselves the plants by means of a modified respiratory trumpet, and remain there until the adult is ready to emerge.[ 2]
Species in the subgenus Coquillettidia are primarily Afrotropical , but some are found in the Asian and Australasian Regions, one occurs in North America and two occur in the Palearctic region . Austromansonia occurs only in New Zealand , while species of subgenus Rhynchotaenia are confined to the Neotropical Region .[ 2]
Medical importance
Coquillettidia perturbans is considered a vector of eastern equine encephalitis ; other species are secondary or suspected vectors of Brugia malayi lymphatic filariasis , and Rift Valley fever .[ 2]
Coquillettidia venezuelensis Oropouche virus , the cause of Oropouche fever .
Species
Coquillettidia annettii Theobald, 1901 Coquillettidia aurata Dobrotworsky, 1962 Coquillettidia aurea Edwards, 1915 Coquillettidia aureosquammata Ludlow, 1909 Coquillettidia aurites Theobald, 1901 Coquillettidia buxtoni Edwards, 1923 Coquillettidia chrysosoma Edwards, 1915 Coquillettidia crassipes van der Wulp, 1881 Coquillettidia cristata Theobald, 1904 Coquillettidia fijiensis Belkin, 1962 Coquillettidia flavocincta Edwards, 1936 Coquillettidia fraseri Theobald, 1911 Coquillettidia fuscopennata Theobald, 1903 Coquillettidia fuscopteron Theobald, 1911 Coquillettidia giblini Taylor, 1914 Coquillettidia grandidieri Blanchard, 1905 Coquillettidia hodgkini Wharton, 1962 Coquillettidia iracunda Walker, 1848 Coquillettidia karandalaensis Wolfs, 1951 Coquillettidia linealis Skuse, 1889 Coquillettidia lutea Belkin, 1962 Coquillettidia maculipennis Theobald, 1911 Coquillettidia memorans Bonne-Wepster, 1930 Coquillettidia metallica Theobald, 1901 Coquillettidia microannulata Theobald, 1911 Coquillettidia nigritarsis Wolfs, 1958 Coquillettidia nigrithorax Theobald, 1910 Coquillettidia nigrochracea Bonne-Wepster, 1930 Coquillettidia nigrosignata Edwards, 1917 Coquillettidia novochracea Barraud, 1927 Coquillettidia ochracea Theobald, 1903 Coquillettidia perturbans Walker, 1856 Coquillettidia pseudoconopas Theobald, 1910 Coquillettidia richiardii Ficalbi, 1889 Coquillettidia rochei Doucet, 1951 Coquillettidia samoaensis Stone, 1966 Coquillettidia saotomensis Lien, Lin, Lin and Tseng, 2008 Coquillettidia schoutedeni Wolfs, 1948 Coquillettidia vanoyei Wolfs, 1948 Coquillettidia variegata Dobrotworsky, 1962 Coquillettidia versicolor Edwards, 1913 Coquillettidia voltaensis Danilov, 1982 Coquillettidia wahlbergi Edwards, 1936 Coquillettidia xanthogaster Edwards, 1924 C. xanthogaster
Coquillettidia albicosta Chagas in Peryassú, 1908 Coquillettidia albifera Prado, 1931 Coquillettidia arribalzagae Theobald, 1903 Coquillettidia chrysonotum Peryassú, 1922 Coquillettidia fasciolata Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891 Coquillettidia hermanoi Lane and Coutinho, 1940 Coquillettidia juxtamansonia Chagas, 1907 Coquillettidia lynchi Shannon, 1931 Coquillettidia neivai Lane and Coutinho, 1940 Coquillettidia nigricans Coquillett, 1904 Coquillettidia nitens Cerqueira, 1943 Coquillettidia shannoni Lane and Antunes, 1937 C. shannoni
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