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WYEOMYIA LUTEOVENTRALIS THEOBALD, THE TYPE SPECIES OF THE SUBGENUS DENDROMYIA THEOBALD (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) luteoventralis is redescribed from females, males, larvae and pupae collected at the type locality, in Brazil, and compared to the closely related species. At least six species - Wy. luteoventralis, Wy. ypsipola, Wy. testei, Wy. trifurcata, Wy. complosa and Wy. jocosa - appparently, belong to a monophyletic group, the subgenus Dendromyia. All other species previously included in Dendromyia are hereby excluded from this subgenus and retained in genus Wyeomyia without subgeneric placement.
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