''Lutzia'' is a
genus of
mosquitos. First described in 1903 by
Frederick Vincent Theobald,
[Frederick V. Theobald. 1903. ''A monograph of Culicidae or mosquitoes'', III. London: British Museum (Natural History). xv + 359pp.; 155; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/131700-8.Pdf .] it includes
species whose
larval
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The l ...
stages exhibit
predatory behavior. The
type species is ''
Lutzia bigoti''.
[Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016a. "Lutzia" in ''Systematic Catalog of Culicidae'', Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://wrbu.si.edu/generapages/lutzia.htm , accessed 21 Feb 2016.]
Bionomics
The genus includes two species with
Neotropical distribution, four in
Asia and
Australasia, one
Afrotropical
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, and one occurring in the
Ogasawara Islands of Japan.
Laboratory experiments on predation by ''Lutzia'' (''Metalutzia'') ''fuscana'' under arid conditions showed that it preyed primarily on ''Aedes aegypti'' larvae, and to lesser extents on ''Anopheles stephensi'' and ''Culex quinquefasciatus'' larvae, with an average daily consumption of 18-19 larvae/day, suggesting that under the proper conditions they could be useful in reducing domestic mosquito breeding in desert environments where, due to limited water sources, mosquito vectors must share the available breeding habitat.
Subgenera and species
Subgenera
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
and
species listed by the
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit:
[Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016b. "Genus Lutzia Theobald" in ''Systematic Catalog of Culicidae'', Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=38, accessed 21 Feb 2016.]
*Subgenus ''
Insulalutzia'' Tanaka
**''
Lutzia shinonagai'' (Tanaka, Mizusawa and Saugstad)
*Subgenus ''
Lutzia'' Theobald
**''
Lutzia allostigma''
Howard
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,
Dyar and Knab
**''
Lutzia bigoti'' (Bellardi) (
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''
L. brasiliae''
Dyar, and ''
L. patersoni'' Shannon and Del Ponte)
*Subgenus ''
Metalutzia'' Tanaka
**''
Lutzia agranensis'' Singh and Prakash
**''
Lutzia chingmaiensis'' Somboon and Harbach, 2019
[Pradya Somboon and Ralph E Harbach. 2019. ''Lutzia'' (''Metalutzia'') ''chiangmaiensis'' n. sp. (Diptera: Culicidae), Formal Name for the Chiang Mai (CM) Form of the Genus ''Lutzia'' in Thailand. '' Journal of Medical Entomology'', tjz072, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz072, published 30 May 2019.]
**''
Lutzia fuscana
''Lutzia fuscana'' is a mosquito that is predatory in its larval stages.Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016. "Lutzia » Metalutzia » fuscana (Wiedemann)" in ''Systematic Catalog ...
'' (Wiedemann) (
syn.
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* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''
L. concolor'' Robineau-Desvoidy, ''
L. luridus'' Doleschall, and ''
L. setulosus'' Doleschall)
**''
Lutzia halifaxii'' (Theobald) (
syn.
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* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''
L. aureopunctis''
Ludlow, ''
L. multimaculosus'' Leicester, and ''
L. raptor''
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)
**''
Lutzia tigripes
''Lutzia'' is a genus of mosquitos. First described in 1903 by Frederick Vincent Theobald,Frederick V. Theobald. 1903. ''A monograph of Culicidae or mosquitoes'', III. London: British Museum (Natural History). xv + 359pp.; 155; http://www.mosqu ...
'' (de Grandpre & de Charmoy) (
syn.
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''
L. bimaculata'' Theobald, ''
L. fusca'' Theobald, ''
L. maculicrures'' Theobald, ''
L. mombasaensis'' Theobald, and ''
L. sierraleonis'' Theobald)
**''
Lutzia vorax
''Lutzia'' is a genus of mosquitos. First described in 1903 by Frederick Vincent Theobald,Frederick V. Theobald. 1903. ''A monograph of Culicidae or mosquitoes'', III. London: British Museum (Natural History). xv + 359pp.; 155; http://www.mosqu ...
''
Edwards Edwards may refer to:
People
* Edwards (surname)
* Edwards family, a prominent family from Chile
* Edwards Barham (1937-2014), a former member of the Louisiana State Senate
* Edwards Pierrepont (1817–1892), an American attorney, jurist, and ora ...
References
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Culicinae
Mosquito genera
Taxa named by Frederick Vincent Theobald