''Nunezia'' is a

subgenus In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. 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 ...

of the mosquito

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Wyeomyia Wyeomyia is a genus of mosquitoes first described in 1901 by Frederick Vincent Theobald.Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory: ''Wyeomyia Theobald, 1901'', http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/simpletaxonomy/term/6251, accessed August 5, 2017. The ge ...

''.

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: "Culicidae » Culicinae » Sabethini » ''Wyeomyia'' » Subgenus ''Nunezia'' Dyar" in ''Systematic Catalog of Culicidae'', http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=181, accessed August 5, 2017. It was named to honor the

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

Manuel Núñez Tovar Manuel Nuñez Tovar ( Caicara de Maturín, Monagas, September 24, 1872 – Maracay, Aragua, January 27, 1928) was a Venezuelan naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist. For his work in the latter discipline, he is considered to be th ...

. H. G. Dyar: ''The mosquitoes of the Americas''. Publication No. 387, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C., 1928. The

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is ''

Wyeomyia bicornis Wyeomyia is a genus of mosquitoes first described in 1901 by Frederick Vincent Theobald.Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory: ''Wyeomyia Theobald, 1901'', http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/simpletaxonomy/term/6251, accessed August 5, 2017. The ge ...

'' (Root, 1928). The

includes the

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''bicornis'' (Root), ''lateralis'' Petrocchi, and ''paucartamboensis'' Porter.

References

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