Hodgesia

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Hodgesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Culicidae
Subfamily:
Culicinae
Tribe:
Hodgesiini
Genus:
Hodgesia

Theobald, 1904

Hodgesia is a genus of mosquitoes in the family Culicidae, subfamily Culicinae, and tribe Hodgesiini. Which is distributed across South and Southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka, India, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, as well as parts of the Afrotropical region, such as Nigeria, and the Australian region, including the Solomon Islands and possibly northern Australia. [1] Hodgesia is a zoophilic mosquito, meaning it primarily feeds on animals rather than humans, and it is not known to transmit diseases. [2]

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Description

Mosquitoes in the genus Hodgesia are characterized by short, apparently one-jointed palpi, flat scales on the head, and long lateral vein scales on the wings with marked lateral spines. They bear a superficial resemblance to the genus Stegomyia. [3]

Species

References

  1. ↑ Rattanarithikul, R.; Harrison, B. A.; Panthusiri, P.; Coleman, R. E. (2006). "Illustrated keys to the mosquitoes of Thailand III. Genera Aedeomyia, Ficalbia, Mimomyia, Hodgesia, Coquillettidia, Mansonia, and Uranotaenia". Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 37 (Suppl 1): 1–85.
  2. ↑ Tantely, M. L.; Le Goff, G.; Randrianambinintsoa, F. J.; Robert, V. (2016). "An updated checklist of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Madagascar". Parasite. 23: 20. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016018. PMC   4840257 . PMID   27101839.
  3. ↑ "Anatomy Of The Mosquito. Part 11". BookDome. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
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