Nunezia is a subgenus of the mosquito genus Wyeomyia.[1] It was named to honor the Venezuelan entomologist Manuel Núñez Tovar.[2]
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| Subgenus: | Nunezia Dyar 1928
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The type species is Wyeomyia bicornis (Root, 1928).[1] The subgenus includes the species bicornis (Root), lateralis Petrocchi, and paucartamboensis Porter.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit: "Culicidae » Culicinae » Sabethini » Wyeomyia » Subgenus Nunezia Dyar" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=181, accessed August 5, 2017.
- ^ H. G. Dyar: The mosquitoes of the Americas. Publication No. 387, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C., 1928.
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