Mosquitoes of New Guinea — PENN 
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Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of five females from Gamadodo, WagaWaga, 
and Hilimoi, Milne Bay, Papua. 
Culex ( Lophoceraomyia ) uniformis 
Theobald 1905 
Fig. 50 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 small, 
three- to five-forked; 2 small, two- to four- 
forked; 3 medium, simple. 
Anterothoracic: 4 long, stout, two-forked; 5 me- 
dium, two-forked or simple; 6 small, simple; 7 
medium, two-forked. 
Dorsal: 8 medium, one-half length of trumpet, 
two- to four-forked. 
Supra-alar: 9 medium, simple or two-forked. 
Metanotum: 10 small, three-forked or rarely 
two- or four-forked; 11 medium, simple; 12 
small, three-forked or rarely simple. 
Trumpet: Long, length nine to ten times great- 
est diameter of meatus; pinna short, one-fifth to 
one-sixth of total length of trumpet; tracheoid 
area fairly well developed, dark pigmented. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: h small, simple; K 
long, simple; L small, two-forked near apex or 
rarely three-forked; M small, five-forked near 
base or occasionally three- or four-forked; S very 
long, simple; T long, simple; U small, two-forked 
near base or simple. 
Segment II: A small, simple spine; B medium, 
simple; C medium, nine- to eleven-forked near 
basal one-fifth; c' small, simple, lateral and an- 
terior to B in position; 1 long, simple; 2 very 
long, simple, rarely three-forked at apex; 3 
small, three- to four-forked; 4 small, three- or 
four-forked or rarely two-forked; 5 minute, 
simple on this and all following segments. 
Segment III: A small, simple spine; B long, 
simple, very close to C in position; C medium, 
seven- or eight-branched, rarely ten-branched; 
c' small, simple, mesad of C on this and all fol- 
lowing segments; 1 long, simple or occasionally 
two-forked; 2 small, simple or occasionally two- 
or three-forked; 3 represented only by its socket 
on this and segments IV and V; 4 small, four- 
branched, or rarely six-branched. 
Segment IV: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
nearly reaching posterior margin of segment VI, 
two-branched, plumose; c long, usually four- 
branched, range from two to six; 1 long, simple 
or occasionally two-forked; 2 small, simple or 
rarely two-forked; 4 medium, three- to seven- 
forked. 
Segment V: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
plumose, two-branched; C medium, two- or 
three-forked; 1 long, two-forked or simple; 2 
small, three- or four-forked, rarely five-forked; 
4 medium, two-forked or rarely three-forked. 
Segment VI: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
Fig. 50. Culex uniformis: dorsal aspect of right 
half of abdomen of male from Mios Woendi, Dutch 
New Guinea. 
