Coquillettidia xanthogaster

Coquillettidia xanthogaster

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae

Coquillettidia is a mosquito genus erected by entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904 based primarily on unique features of its "peculiar" male genitalia. The genus name honors Dyar's colleague Daniel William Coquillett.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Coquillettidia xanthogaster

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