Uranotaenia
| Uranotaenia | |
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| Uranotaenia unguiculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Tribe: | Uranotaeniini |
| Genus: | Uranotaenia Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Uranotaenia pulcherrima Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891
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| Diversity | |
| ≥270 species | |
Uranotaenia is a genus of mosquitoes containing at least 270 species. It is the only member of the tribe Uranotaeniini.[1][2] Larvae of this genus are distinctive among the Culicinae because they rest nearly parallel to the water surface rather than perpendicular to it, a posture similar to the Anophelinae, though unlike the Anophelinae they retain a functional siphon.[3]
Subgenera
The genus Uranotaenia contains the following two subgenera:
References
- ^ Harbach, R.E. (2007). "The Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1668: 591–638. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.28.
- ^ "Uranotaeniini Lahille, 1904 – Culicidae Classification | Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory". Mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ Marshall, Stephen A. (2012). Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera. Firefly Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-77085-100-9.
- ^ "Uranotaenia Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891 – Culicidae Classification | Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory". Mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info. 2008-02-11. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2016-01-27.