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Issue: Vol. 5782 No. 1: 23 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.1.1
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Systematics of Leonidasdeanea, a new subgenus of Wyeomyia (Diptera: Culicidae), with recognition of Wy. luciae as a valid species and synonymy of Wy. surinamensis with Wy. flui

Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz); Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz); Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz); Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz); Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz); Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil; Farrell Lab; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Museum of Comparative Zoology; Harvard University; Cambridge; MA 02138; USA
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz); Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Parasitária; Universidade Federal de Sergipe; São Cristóvão; SE; Brazil
Institut Pasteur de la Guyane; Vectopôle Amazonien Emile Abonnenc; Unité d’Entomologie Médicale; Cayenne; French Guiana
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz); Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Departamento de Epidemiologia; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo; Brazil
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz); Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Diptera classification phytotelmata Sabethini systematics sylvatic mosquitoes

Abstract

A new subgenus, Leonidasdeanea, of the genus Wyeomyia Theobald, 1901 is established based on morphological and molecular analyses. It comprises three sibling species: Wyeomyia chalcocephala Dyar & Knab, Wy. flui (Bonne-Wepster & Bonne) and Wy. luciae Senevet, Chabelard & Abonnenc, the last of which is resurrected from synonymy with Wy. chalcocephala. The larva, pupa and adult female and male, including the genitalia, of these three species are redescribed, along with a summary of the systematics, bionomics and distribution of the new subgenus. In addition, Wy. surinamensis Bruijning, 1959 is formally recognized as a junior synonym of Wy. flui.

 

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Lourenço-De-Oliveira, R., Pereira, G.R., Neves, M.S.A.S., Santos, S.D.S., Ribeiro, P.S., Nascimento-Pereira, A.C., Talaga, S., Pavan, M.G., Sallum, M.A.M. & Motta, M.A. (2026) Systematics of Leonidasdeanea, a new subgenus of Wyeomyia (Diptera: Culicidae), with recognition of Wy. luciae as a valid species and synonymy of Wy. surinamensis with Wy. flui. Zootaxa, 5782 (1), 1–43. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.1.1