Mosquitoes in Melanesia — Belkin 
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distinctly separated to apex; tracheoid on 
mesal surface of basal stalk; reticulate indis- 
tinct, without conspicuous spicules; pinna 
about 0.20. Hairs moderately to heavily pig- 
mented. Hairs: l(2b, very long), 2 (2b, one 
branch secondarily forked; about 0.26 of 1), 
3(2b, each secondarily 2f), 4(3b), 5 (5b) , 6(1), 
7(2b), 8(1, 2b, long), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1, 
2b). 
Abdomen : Lightly pigmented except for mid- 
dorsally proximad and on intersegmental 
areas; integumentary sculpturing distinct on 
darker segmental areas only. All hairs moder- 
ately to darkly pigmented. Segment 1: hair 
1 (about 22 primary branches arising from 
short expanded base, secondarily branched or 
fringed), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1, thin), 5(2-4b),6(2b), 
7(1), 10(2b). Segment 2: 0(1, minute), 1(9, 
llbd, with long central stem irregularly den- 
dritic), 2(1, thin, laterad of 1), 3(1, long), 
4(4b), 5 (2b) , 6(1, shorter than 3), 7(1), 10(3b, 
ventral), 12(1), l4(not seen.) Segment 3: hair 
0(1, minute), 1(5, 6b), 2(1), 3(1), 4(2, 3b), 
5(3b),6(3b), 7(1), 8(2b),10(3b),ll(3b), 12(1), 
14(1). Segment 4: hair 0(1, minute), 1(4, 5b), 
2(1), 3 (3b), 4(1), 5(1), 6(2b), 7(1), 8(3b), 
10(2b), 11 (4b), 12(1), 14(1). Segment 5: hair 
0(1, minute), l(3-5b), 2(1), 3(2-3f), 4(2b), 
5(1), 6(3b), 7(1), 8(6b,f), 10(3b), 11(1), 12 
(1), 14(1). Segment 6: hair 0(1, minute), 
l(4b), 2(1), 3 (2b) , 4(3b), 5(1), 6(2b), 7(1), 
8(5b,f), 10(2b), ll(2b), 12(1), 14(1). Segment 
7: hair 0(1, minute), l(not seen), 2(1), 3(1), 
4(1), 5(4b,f), 6(2b), 7(llb), 8(2b), 10(2f), 
11(1, 2f), 12(1), 14(1). Segment 8: hair 0(1;, 
5(1, reaching slightly beyond middle of pad- 
dle), 7(20-24b), 14(1). Segment 9: dorsal lobe 
extending to 0.33 of paddle, hair 1 apparently 
not developed. Paddle width about 0.6 of 
length; lightly pigmented; midrib narrow and 
strongly sclerotized, evanescent apically; ex- 
ternal margin strongly sclerotized in basal 
half; apical half of external and internal mar- 
gins with distinct long spicules, longer distad; 
hairs absent. Male genital lobe extending to 
about 0.8 of paddle. 
larva.— Head: 0.85 mm. Siphon: 0.60 mm. 
Anal saddle: 0.26 mm. 
Head: Width about 1.04 of length, widest 
cephalad of eye; pigmentation a uniform 
bright yellowish brown; sculpturing indis- 
tinct; mental plate dark brown, large, with 
about 17 teeth, median teeth not strongly 
differentiated; gula long, broadened caudally, 
maxillary sutures diverging caudally. Hairs 
of head capsule same color as integument or 
slightly darker. Chaetotaxy as in melanesiensis 
except as noted; hairs 4, 5 and 6 more mesal, 
8(2f), 11 (a single spike or 2b), 12,13(1), 14(1, 
thin), 15(8-13b, long thin branches, some 
secondarily branched). Antenna about 0.28- 
0.30 of head; width at middle about 0.15 of 
length; shaft hair at about 0.6; pigmentation 
and integumentary sculpturing as on head 
capsule. Antennal hairs same color as inte- 
gument; hair 1 (2b) , all others single; 6-A 
long, slender, reaching beyond base of trans- 
parent part of 5 -A. 
Thorax: Integument light yellow brown; hairs 
darker than on head capsule; tubercles light 
yellow brown; stellate hairs moderately well 
to poorly developed, branches of equal or 
unequal lengths, usually blunt and ending 
in two minute points, shafts usually smooth; 
larger single hairs smooth; hair arrangement 
generally as in melanesiensis except as noted. 
Prothorax: 0(5b), l(5-9b, long but shorter 
than 3-P), 2(1, longer than 3-P), 3(2, 3b), 
4(5b), 5, 6(1), 7(5-7b), 8(5, 6b), 9(4-6b), 
10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(9—1 lb) , 14(5-7b). 
Mesothorax: l(4-6b), 2-7(1), 8(3-5b), 9 
(10b), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13 (4b), l4(4b). 
Metathorax: l(4b), 2, 3(1), 4(3b), 5(5b), 6(1), 
7 (2b; principal branch straight, hardly swol- 
len, not spinelike; smaller branch from 0.6 
to almost as long as principal), 8(3b), 9(11- 
13b), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(10, lib; very 
strong, branches unequal). 
Abdomen: Pigmentation and stellate hairs as 
on thorax; chaetotaxy generally as in mela- 
nesiensis; stellate tufts generally with less than 
10 branches, usually 5-7b. Hair 14-II-VI 
usually stellate, 2-5b, occasionally a single 
large spike; 14-VII minute or small, single. 
