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Sabethes chloropterus

Sabethes chloropterus

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Culicidae

Sabethes or canopy mosquitos are primarily an arboreal genus, breeding in plant cavities. The type species is Sabethes locuples, first described by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy in 1827. They are generally conspicuously ornamented with shining metallic scales.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 12Mexico · 5