Review of a Bromeliad-Ovipositing Lineage in Wyeomyia and the Resurrection of Hystatomyia (Diptera: Culicidae)

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Problems associated with the monophyly of Wyomyia Theobald are discussed and part of the classification is revised. One problematical component of the cladogram is a lineage of primarily bromeliad-ovipositing mosquitoes that include the type species Wyeomyiagrayii Theobald. When the characters used in the cladistic analysis are partitioned by life stage the arrangement displayed by the combined data does not appear among the various topologies based on a single life stage. However, further analyses support the unique arrangement from the combined data and the following changes in classification are made to reflect the pattern of relationships implied by that cladogram. Phoniomyia Theobald is reduced to asubgenus in Wyeomyia. The name Hystatomyia Dyar is resurrected for 7 species currently without subgeneric placement. Two species representing 2 well-defined groups within Hystatomyia are redescribed and illustrated in larval, pupal, and adult stages. Wyeomyia esmeraldasi (Levi-Castillo) is transferred from W. (Phoniomyia) to W. (Hystatomyia). Wyeomyia intonca Dyar and Knab is removed as a junior synonym of Wyeomyia circumcincta Dyar and Knab.

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