''Sabethes'' mosquitoes are primarily an

arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose nu ...

genus, breeding in plant cavities.Ralph E. Harbach. 1994. The subgenus ''Sabethinus'' of ''Sabethes'' (Diptera: Culicidae). ''Systematic Entomology'', 19: 207-234; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227701366_The_subgenus_Sabethinus_of_Sabethes_Diptera_Culicidae. The

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is '' Sabethes locuples'', first described by

Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy André Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy (1 January 1799 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye – 25 June 1857 in Paris) was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera (flies) and to some extent of the Coleoptera (beetles). Ac ...

in 1827.Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy. 1827. Essai sur la Tribu des Culicides. ''Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris'', III: 390-413; 411-412, . They are generally conspicuously ornamented with shining metallic scales.J. Lane. 1953. ''Neotropical Culicidae'', Volume II -- Tribe Culicini, ''Deinocerites'', ''Uranotaenia'', ''Mansonia'', ''Orthopodomyia'', ''Aedomyia'', ''Aedes'', ''Psorophora'', ''Haemagogus'', tribe Sabethini, ''Trichoprosopon'', ''Wyeomyia'', ''Phoniomyia'','' Limatus'' and ''Sabethes'', University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Pp. 553-1112; 1055-1098; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/074300-11.pdf.John N. Belkin. 1968. Mosquito Studies (Diptera, Culicidae) IX. The type specimens of New World mosquitoes in European museums. ''Contributions of the American Entomological Institute'', 3(4): 1-69; 29; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/008500-9.pdf, accessed 2 Mar 2016. The antennae of the females of some ''Sabethes'' species have long, dense, flagellar whorls resembling those of the males of most other genera of mosquitoes. ''Sabethes'' species mosquitoes occur in Central and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...

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

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, http://www.wrbu.org/generapages/sabethes.htm, accessed 2 Mar 2016.

Medical Importance

'' Sabethes chloropterus'' has been found infected with St. Louis encephalitis virus and Ilhéus virus, and transmits

yellow fever virus Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains – particularly in the back – and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. In ...

to humans.Enid de Rodaniche and Pedro Galindo. 1957. Isolation of Ilhéus Virus from ''Sabethes chloropterus'' captured in Guatemala in 1956. ''American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene'', 6(4): 686-687; http://www.ajtmh.org/content/6/4/686.extract.

Subgenera and species

As listed by the

:Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016. "Culicidae » Culicinae » Sabethini » Genus Sabethes" in ''Systematic Catalog of Culicidae'',

, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=48, accessed 2 Mar 2016. * Subgenus '' Davismyia'' Lane and Cerqueira **'' Sabethes (Davismyia) petrocchiae'' (Shannon and Del Ponte) ( syn.: '' Sabethes (Davismyia) monoleua'' Martini) * Subgenus Nomina Dubia 13 **'' Sabethes lutzii''

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( syn.: '' Sabethes (Sabethes) albiprivatus'' Lutz, '' Sabethes (Sabethes) albiprivatus''

**'' Sabethes (Sabethes) ortizi'' Vargas and Díaz Nájera **'' Sabethes (Sabethes) paraitepuyensis'' Anduze **'' Sabethes (Sabethes) purpureus'' (

) ( syn.: '' Sabethes (Sabethes) purpureus'' Peryassu, and '' Sabethes (Sabethes) remipusculus'' Dyar) **'' Sabethes (Sabethes) quasicyaneus'' Peryassú **'' Sabethes (Sabethes) schnusei'' (Martini) **'' Sabethes (Sabethes) shannoni'' Cerqueira **'' Sabethes (Sabethes) spixi'' Cerqueira **'' Sabethes (Sabethes) tarsopus'' Dyar and Knab * Subgenus '' Sabethinus'' Lutz **'' Sabethes (Sabethinus) idiogenes'' Harbach **'' Sabethes (Sabethinus) intermedius'' (Lutz) **'' Sabethes (Sabethinus) melanonymphe'' Dyar ( syn.: '' Sabethes (Sabethinus) albiprivatus'' Theobald) **'' Sabethes (Sabethinus) xhyphydes'' Harbach * Subgenus '' Sabethoides''

**'' Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus'' (von Humboldt) ( syn.: '' Sabethes (Sabethoides) confusus''

, '' Sabethes (Sabethoides) imperfectus'' Bonne-Wepster and Bonne, and '' Sabethes (Sabethoides) rangeli'' Surcouf and Gonzales-Rincones) **'' Sabethes (Sabethoides) conditus'' Moses, Howard and Harbach **'' Sabethes (Sabethoides) glaucodaemon'' ( Dyar and Shannon) **'' Sabethes (Sabethoides) tridentatus'' Cerqueira

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4048935 Culicinae Mosquito genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy