Subgenus Phalangomyia — Levi-Castillo 
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Scutellum trilobed, revetted with white scales 
and dark hairs. Postnotum bare with integu- 
ment dark brown. Abdomen covered dorsally 
Fig. 5. Male terminalia of C. (Ph.) quitensis. a, 
Coxite and clasper; b, mesosomal plate, tenth stern- 
ites,,and ninth tergkes. 
by brown scales and with basal spots of sil- 
very white scales in each segment which 
become lateral bands. Venter with dark- 
brown scales in straight line up to tip, bands 
of white scales diverging from this line to 
form lateral spots of white scales. Legs very 
long, posterior pair longest. Pleurae and cox- 
ae revetted with white scales forming tufts 
and spots. Legs dark brown with femora and 
tibiae white ventrally and on dorsum basally 
and apically, segments of tarsi dark brown 
with white spots on knees. Wings large with 
small dark scales. 
Male Terminalia: Coxite (Fig. 5^) triangu- 
lar, tapering, external surface bearing many 
short, strong setae, and very small hairs. Sub- 
terminal lobe prominent, short, with 4 rods, 
one smaller and with tip curved like question 
mark, other 3 sinuous, slightly curved sub- 
apically, lobe also bearing medium-sized ovate 
leaf and long hair-like seta, all arising from 
tubercular bases. Clasper curved, very broad 
basally, tapering apically, with two small sub- 
apical setae and very small terminal spine. 
Mesosomal plate (Fig. ‘bh) with upper limb 
broad, with several spine-like teeth, very large 
formation of teeth from base curving sharply 
outward and projecting as a point beyond 
plate. Tenth sternites with tips tufted with 
spines, with wide, curved, very long arm from 
base. Ninth tergites forming elongate^ lobes 
with 6 to 10 long, strong, terminally curved 
hairs, lobes very hairy and well sclerotized. 
TYPES: 2 males, 1 female, and their larval 
and pupal pelts in the collection of the Ecua- 
dorian Center for Entomological Research. 
TYPE locality: Quito, Ecuador (South 
America) . 
REFERENCES 
Dyar, H. G. 1928. The mosquitoes of the 
Americas. Carnegie Inst. Wash., Tub. 387: 
358-360. 
1929 . Remarks on the subgenus Fha- 
langomyia of Culex Linn. Amer. Jour. Hyg. 
9(2): 511. 
