Wyeomyia is a genus of mosquitoes first described in 1901 by Frederick Vincent Theobald.[2] The genus's 140 species can be difficult to characterize because of their diversity and the need for additional taxonomic work to further delineate them.[2] Adults resemble genus Limatus and Sabethes mosquitoes more closely than other genera in the New World tribe Sabethini,[2] but differ by their scutal scales ranging in color from a relatively dull bronzy with a slight metallic sheen in most species, to a metallic gold.[2] There are other distinguishing characters as well.[2][1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Subfamily: | Culicinae |
| Tribe: | Sabethini |
| Genus: | Wyeomyia F. V. Theobald, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Wyeomyia grayii F. V. Theobald, 1901[1]
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Distribution edit
Wyeomyia mosquitoes are predominantly neotropical, ranging across the Caribbean into Florida, with one species occurring in eastern North America.[1][2][3]
Ecology edit
Most Wyeomyia mosquitoes are forest-inhabiting, preferring damp environments.[1] Larvae develop in small collections of water in bromeliads and aroids, flower bracts, broken bamboo and bamboo stumps, tree holes, pitcher plants, and sometimes man-made containers.[1] They feed on organic matter in the water, including decomposing carcasses of insects and spiders.[3] Some species obtain oxygen directly from the water, rarely, if ever, surfacing.[3]
Adults are active during the day, usually near larval habitats.[1] Some species are found at characteristic elevations in the forest canopy, with others appearing to be restricted to ground level.[1]
Most Wyeomyia species will take blood meals, and females readily feed on humans who enter their habitat.[1] Although Ilhéus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis and Maguari viruses have been isolated from Wyeomyia mosquitoes, they are not known to transmit a disease agent to humans.[1]
Species edit
The following species and subgenera are recognised:[1]
Subgenus (Wyeomyia) edit
- Wyeomyia abebela Dyar and Knab, 1908
- Wyeomyia ablechra Dyar and Knab, 1908
- Wyeomyia adelpha Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia arthrostigma (Lutz, 1905)
- Wyeomyia atrata Belkin, Heinemann and Page, 1970
- Wyeomyia bahama Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia caracula Dyar and Nuñez Tovar, 1928
- Wyeomyia celaenocephala Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia charmion Dyar, 1928
- Wyeomyia corona Belkin, Heinemann and Page, 1970
- Wyeomyia downsi Lane, 1945
- Wyeomyia florestan Dyar, 1925
- Wyeomyia gaudians Dyar and Nuñez Tovar, 1927
- Wyeomyia gausapata Dyar and Nuñez Tovar, 1927
- Wyeomyia grayii Theobald, 1901
- Wyeomyia guatemala Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia hemisagnosta Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia hirsuta (Hill and Hill, 1946)
- Wyeomyia juxtahirsuta Belkin, Heinemann and Page, 1970
- Wyeomyia labesba Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1913
- Wyeomyia luna Belkin, Heinemann and Page, 1970
- Wyeomyia medioalbipes Lutz, 1904
- Wyeomyia melanopus Dyar, 1919
- Wyeomyia mitchellii (Theobald, 1905)
- Wyeomyia nigritubus Galindo, Carpenter and Trapido, 1951
- Wyeomyia pertinans (Williston, 1896)
- Wyeomyia pseudorobusta Pajot and Fauran, 1975
- Wyeomyia robusta Senevet and Abonnenc, 1939
- Wyeomyia scotinomus (Dyar and Knab, 1907)
- Wyeomyia simmsi (Dyar and Knab, 1908)
- Wyeomyia smithii (Coquillett, 1901) - pitcherplant mosquito, moustique de la sarracénie
- Wyeomyia sororcula Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia stellata Belkin, Heinemann and Page, 1970
- Wyeomyia stonei Vargas and Martínez Palacios, 1953
- Wyeomyia vanduzeei Dyar and Knab, 1906
Subgenus (Antunesmyia) edit
- Wyeomyia alani Lane and Cerqueira, 1957
- Wyeomyia colombiana Lane, 1945
- Wyeomyia flavifacies Edwards, 1922
Subgenus (Caenomyiella) edit
- Wyeomyia fernandezyepezi (Cova García, Sutil Oramas and Pulido, 1974)
Subgenus (Cruzmyia) edit
Here is the list with the Wikipedia syntax added:
- Wyeomyia dyari Lane and Cerqueira, 1942
- Wyeomyia forattinii Clastrier, 1974
- Wyeomyia kummi Lane and Cerqueira, 1942
- Wyeomyia mattinglyi Lane, 1953
Subgenus (Decamyia) edit
Here is the list with the Wikipedia syntax added:
- Wyeomyia felicia (Dyar and Nuñez Tovar, 1927)
- Wyeomyia pseudopecten Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia ulocoma (Theobald, 1903)
Subgenus (Dendromyia) edit
- Wyeomyia complosa (Dyar, 1928)
- Wyeomyia jocosa (Dyar and Knab, 1908)
- Wyeomyia luteoventralis Theobald, 1901
- Wyeomyia testei Senevet and Abonnenc, 1939
- Wyeomyia trifurcata Clastrier, 1973
- Wyeomyia ypsipola Dyar, 1922
Subgenus (Dodecamyia) edit
- Wyeomyia aphobema Dyar, 1918
Subgenus (Exallomyia) edit
- Wyeomyia arborea Galindo, Carpenter and Trapido, 1951
- Wyeomyia carrilloi (Sutil Oramas and Pulido, 1978)
- Wyeomyia tarsata Lane and Cerqueira, 1942
Subgenus (Hystatomyia) edit
- Wyeomyia autocratica Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia baltae Porter, 2009
- Wyeomyia chocoensis Porter and Wolff, 2004
- Wyeomyia circumcincta Dyar and Knab, 1907
- Wyeomyia coenonus Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1913
- Wyeomyia esmeraldasi (Leví-Castillo, 1955)
- Wyeomyia intonca Dyar and Knab, 1910
- Wyeomyia lamellata (Bonne-Wepster and Bonne, 1920)
- Wyeomyia lopezii Coval García, Sutil and Pulido, 1974
Subgenus (Menolepis) edit
- Wyeomyia leucostigma Lutz in Bourroul, 1904
Subgenus (Miamyia) edit
- Wyeomyia codiocampa Dyar and Knab, 1907
- Wyeomyia hosautos Dyar and Knab, 1907
- Wyeomyia limai Lane and Cerqueira, 1942
- Wyeomyia lutzi (da Costa Lima, 1930)
- Wyeomyia oblita (Lutz in Bourroul, 1904)
- Wyeomyia sabethea Lane and Cerqueira, 1942
- Wyeomyia serrata (Lutz, 1905)
Subgenus (Nunezia) edit
- Wyeomyia bicornis (Root, 1928)
- Wyeomyia lateralis Petrocchi, 1927
- Wyeomyia paucartamboensis Porter, 2014
Subgenus (Phoniomyia) edit
- Wyeomyia antunesi Lane and Guimarães, 1937
- Wyeomyia bonnei (Lane and Cerqueira, 1942)
- Wyeomyia davisi (Lane and Cerqueira, 1942)
- Wyeomyia deanei (Lourenço-de-Oliveira, 1983)
- Wyeomyia diabolica (Lane and Forattini, 1952)
- Wyeomyia edwardsi (Lane and Cerqueira, 1942)
- Wyeomyia flabellata (Lane and Cerqueira, 1942)
- Wyeomyia fuscipes Edwards, 1922
- Wyeomyia galvaoi (Corrêa and Ramalho, 1956)
- Wyeomyia incaudata Root, 1928
- Wyeomyia lassalli (Bonne-Wepster and Bonne, 1921)
- Wyeomyia longirostris Theobald, 1901
- Wyeomyia lopesi (Corrêa and Ramalho, 1956)
- Wyeomyia muehlensi Petrocchi in Shannon and Del Ponte, 1927
- Wyeomyia pallidoventer (Theobald, 1907)
- Wyeomyia palmata (Lane and Cerqueira, 1942)
- Wyeomyia pilicauda Root in Dyar, 1928
- Wyeomyia quasilongirostris (Theobald, 1907)
- Wyeomyia splendida Bonne-Wepster and Bonne, 1919
- Wyeomyia theobaldi (Lane and Cerqueira, 1942)
- Wyeomyia trinidadensis Theobald, 1901
- Wyeomyia tripartita (Bonne-Wepster and Bonne, 1921)
Subgenus (Prosopolepis) edit
- Wyeomyia confusa (Lutz, 1905)
Subgenus (Spilonympha) edit
- Wyeomyia airosai Lane and Cerqueira, 1942
- Wyeomyia aningae Motta and Lourenço-de-Oliveira, 2005
- Wyeomyia bourrouli (Lutz, 1905)
- Wyeomyia finlayi Lane and Cerqueira, 1942
- Wyeomyia forcipenis Lourenço-de-Oliveira and da Silva, 1985
- Wyeomyia howardi Lane and Cerqueira, 1942
- Wyeomyia mystes Dyar, 1924
Subgenus (Triamyia) edit
- Wyeomyia aporonoma Dyar and Knab, 1906
- Wyeomyia staminifera Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Motta and de Castro, 1992
Subgenus (Zinzala) edit
- Wyeomyia fishi Zavortink, 1986
- Wyeomyia zinzala Zavortink, 1986
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit: "Culicidae » Culicinae » Sabethini » Wyeomyia" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, http://www.wrbu.org/mqID/mq_gnra/wyeomyia.htm, accessed August 5, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory: Wyeomyia Theobald, 1901, http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/simpletaxonomy/term/6251, accessed August 5, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Robin McLeod with additional contributions by V. Belov: Genus Wyeomyia, Bugguide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/38485, last updated 11 October 2011, last accessed August 5, 2017.