Uranotaenia

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Uranotaenia
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Uranotaenia unguiculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Tribe: Uranotaeniini
Genus: Uranotaenia
Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891
Type species
Uranotaenia pulcherrima
Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891
Diversity
at least 270 species

Uranotaenia is a genus of mosquitoes containing at least 270 species. It is the only member of the tribe Uranotaeniini. [1] [2] Larvae of this genus are distinctive among the Culicinae because they rest nearly parallel to the water surface, a posture similar to that of Anopheles species, though they retain a functional siphon. [3]

Subgenera

References

  1. ↑ Harbach, R.E. (2007). "The Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1668: 591–638. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.28.
  2. ↑ "Uranotaeniini Lahille, 1904 – Culicidae Classification | Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory". Mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. ↑ Marshall, Stephen A. (2012). Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera. Firefly Books. p. 125. ISBN   978-1-77085-100-9.
  4. ↑ "Uranotaenia Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891 – Culicidae Classification | Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory". Mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info. 2008-02-11. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2016-01-27.


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