Handbook of Medical EntomologyRiley, William A. (William Albert)
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Handbook of Medical Entomology
Riley, William A. (William Albert)
Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease; Medical parasitology
h. Costal spine present; body in part black; antennæ
noticeably shorter than the epistome, inserted above
the middle of the eye and separated from each other by
a carina; abdominal segments with marginal macrochætæ;
sternopleurals 2:1 or 1:1. _Paratricyclea_ Villen.
hh. Costal spine not distinct, or if present, insect
otherwise different.
i. Genæ with several ranges of microchætæ; vibrissal
ridges strongly converging; peristome broad; arista
moderately plumose; sternopleurals usually 1:1;
color entirely testaceous. C. ANTHROPOPHAGA (fig.
87) and GRUNBERGI. Africa. CORDYLOBIA Grünb.
ii. Genæ bare or with but one range of setæ; vibrissal
ridges less converging; peristome narrow; arista
long plumose.
j. Genæ with a single row of microchætæ.
k. Sternopleurals 2:1; color entirely testaceous.
_Ochromyia_ Macq.[P]
kk. Sternopleurals 1:1. _P. varia_ Hough. Africa.
_Parochromyia_ Hough
jj. Genæ bare.
k. Basal section of R_{4+5} bristly only at the
immediate base, distally M_{1+2} with a broad
curve; distal portion of the abdomen metallic;
sternopleurals usually 1:1, rarely 2:1. _M.
æneiventris_ Wd. Tropic America.
_Mesembrinella._ G. T.
kk. R_{4+5} bristly at least nearly half way to the
small crossvein; sternopleurals 1:1.
l. Macrochætæ of the abdomen marginal; neither sex
with orbitals; no carina between the base of
the antennæ; three pairs of presutural inner
dorsocentrals. Eastern hemisphere. _T.
ferruginea._ _Tricyclea V. d. W_. (=
_Zonochroa_ B. B. according to Villeneuve
1914).
ll. Abdomen without macrochætæ; wing usually with
a marginal streak and gray markings. Brazil.
Hemilucilia B. B.
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