Johnbelkinia (lat.) - a genus of blood-sucking mosquitoes from the subfamily Culicinae (tribe Sabethini , Culicidae ). 3 types. Neotropics : South and Central America . Scales of the head with a bluish sheen. The proboscis is distinctly longer than the front hips. Larvae are usually found in leaf axils and bracts. also known as predators of Wyeomyia mosquito larvae. Arboviruses have been found in the species Johnbelkinia ulopus in Trinidad and Colombia, which makes it possible to consider representatives of Johnbelkinia as potential carriers of pathogenic infections for humans. Also known as egg carriers of the nasopharyngeal gadfly Dermatobia hominis ( Oestridae ) [2] [3] [4] .
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Systematics
3 types. The genus was identified in 1979 by California entomologist Thomas Zavortink ( born Thomas J. Zavortink ; Department of Biology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco ) and named after the prominent American dipterologist John Belkin ( born John N. Belkin ; 1913- 1980) [1] [3] . Relations with other members of the tribe Sabethini remain unclear, closest to the genera Shannoniana , Runchomyia and Trichoprosopon [4] .
- Johnbelkinia leucopus (Dyar & Knab, 1906) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
- Johnbelkinia longipes ( Fabricius , 1805) - Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador
- Johnbelkinia ulopus (Dyar & Knab, 1906) - Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad, French Guiana, Ecuador
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Zavortink, TJ Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae) XXXV. The new sabethine genus Johnbelkinia and a preliminary reclassification of the composite genus Trichoprosopon. (English) // Contrib. Am. Entomol. Inst. (Ann Arbor). - 1979. - Vol. 17 , no. 1 . - P. 1-61 . Archived February 21, 2011.
- ↑ Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. (eng.) . WRBU: Walter Reed Biosistematics Unit. Date of treatment May 1, 2012. Archived on September 20, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Sabethes. (eng.) . Mosquito Genera . WRBU: Walter Reed Biosistematics Unit. Date of treatment May 1, 2012. Archived on September 20, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Genus JOHNBELKINIA Zavortink, 1979. (English) . Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory. Date of treatment May 1, 2012. Archived on September 20, 2012.