Hodgesia is a genus of mosquitoes in the family Culicidae, subfamily Culicinae, and is the only genus in the tribe Hodgesiini. Hodgesia is distributed across South and Southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka, India, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, as well as parts of the Afrotropical region, such as Nigeria, and the Australian region, including the Solomon Islands and possibly northern Australia. Hodgesia is a zoophilic mosquito, meaning it primarily feeds on animals rather than humans, and it is not known to transmit diseases.
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Hodgesia is a genus of mosquitoes in the family Culicidae, subfamily Culicinae, and is the only genus in the tribe Hodgesiini. Hodgesia is distributed across South and Southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka, India, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, as well as parts of the Afrotropical region, such as Nigeria, and the Australian region, including the Solomon Islands and possibly northern Australia. Hodgesia is a zoophilic mosquito, meaning it primarily feeds on animals rather than humans, and it is not known to transmit diseases.
== Description == Mosquitoes in the genus Hodgesia are characterized by short, apparently one-jointed palpi, flat scales on the head, and long lateral vein scales on the wings with marked lateral spines. They bear a superficial resemblance to the genus Stegomyia.
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