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Deinocerites

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Deinocerites is a genus of mosquitoes in the family Culicidae. There are about 18 described species in Deinocerites.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyCulicidae
Habitatmarine
Observations12

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Specimen records
23
With media
4
Family
Culicidae
Collections
YPM, INDRE-SSA, UWM, CASC
Recorded in
Panama, Mexico, United States

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Deinocerites is a genus of mosquitoes in the family Culicidae. There are about 18 described species in Deinocerites.

==Species== These 18 species belong to the genus Deinocerites: Deinocerites atlanticus Adames, 1971 Deinocerites barretoi Adames, 1971 Deinocerites belkini Adames, 1971 Deinocerites cancer Theobald, 1901 (crabhole mosquito) Deinocerites colombianus Adames, 1971 Deinocerites costaricensis Adames & Hogue, 1969 Deinocerites curiche Adames, 1971 Deinocerites dyari Belkin & Hogue, 1959 Deinocerites epitedeus (Knab, 1907) Deinocerites howardi Belkin & Hogue, 1959 Deinocerites magnus (Theobald, 1901) Deinocerites mathesoni Belkin & Hogue, 1959 Deinocerites mcdonaldi Belkin & Hogue, 1959 Deinocerites melanophylum Dyar & Knab, 1907 Deinocerites nicoyae Adames & Hogue, 1969 Deinocerites panamensis Adames, 1971 Deinocerites pseudes Dyar & Knab, 1909 Deinocerites spanius (Dyar & Knab, 1909)

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