''Lutzia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

mosquito Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning " gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "li ...

s. First described in 1903 by

Frederick Vincent Theobald Frederick Vincent Theobald FES (15 May 1868 – 6 March 1930) was an English entomologist and "distinguished authority on mosquitoes". During his career, he was responsible for the economic zoology section of the Natural History ...

,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 In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

whose larval stages exhibit predatory behavior. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...

is ''

Lutzia bigoti ''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 ...

''.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 The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit ("WRBU") is a US Army organization that conducts laboratory and field research on the systematics of medically important arthropods in support of epidemiological investigations and disease prevention and contr ...

, http://wrbu.si.edu/generapages/lutzia.htm , accessed 21 Feb 2016.

Bionomics

The genus includes two species with

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

distribution, four in

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

and

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologi ...

, one Afrotropical, and one occurring in the

Ogasawara Islands The Bonin Islands, also known as the , are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south of Tokyo, Japan and northwest of Guam. The name "Bonin Islands" comes from the Japanese word ''bunin'' (an archaic readi ...

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 and

listed by the

:Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016b. "Genus Lutzia Theobald" in ''Systematic Catalog of Culicidae'',

, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=38, accessed 21 Feb 2016. *Subgenus '' Insulalutzia'' Tanaka **'' Lutzia shinonagai'' (Tanaka, Mizusawa and Saugstad) *Subgenus ''

Lutzia ''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 ...

'' Theobald **'' Lutzia allostigma'' Howard, Dyar and Knab **''

'' (Bellardi) ( syn. '' L. brasiliae'' Dyar, and '' L. patersoni'' Shannon and Del Ponte) *Subgenus '' Metalutzia'' Tanaka **''

Lutzia agranensis ''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 ...

'' Singh and Prakash **''

Lutzia chingmaiensis ''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 ...

'' Somboon and Harbach, 2019Pradya 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 A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...

'', tjz072, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz072, published 30 May 2019. **'' Lutzia fuscana'' (Wiedemann) ( syn. '' L. concolor'' Robineau-Desvoidy, '' L. luridus'' Doleschall, and '' L. setulosus'' Doleschall) **''

Lutzia halifaxii ''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 ...

'' (Theobald) ( syn. '' L. aureopunctis''

Ludlow Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road which bypasses the town. The ...

, '' L. multimaculosus'' Leicester, and '' L. raptor'' Edwards) **'' Lutzia tigripes'' (de Grandpre & de Charmoy) ( syn. '' L. bimaculata'' Theobald, '' L. fusca'' Theobald, '' L. maculicrures'' Theobald, '' L. mombasaensis'' Theobald, and '' L. sierraleonis'' Theobald) **'' Lutzia vorax'' Edwards

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3267992 Culicinae Mosquito genera Taxa named by Frederick Vincent Theobald