Compt. rend. heb. Soc. Biol., 1902, No. 23, p. 795, Blanchard; Journ. Trop. Med., 1902, p. 181, Theobald; “Mono. Culicid.,” 1903, iii, p. 84; 1907, iv, p. 80; 1910, v, p. 49.
A very marked genus of large, dark, densely scaled species, found in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The thorax with hair-like curved scales; the abdomen with ventral and apical scales, and a median ventral apical tuft, and with very densely scaled palpi in the female, and densely scaled proboscis. It seems to be mainly an Asiatic and East Indian genus, but three species occur in Africa and one in Australia. They are mostly sylvan species and bite severely.
Fourteen species are known. Five are malaria carriers (vide list, p. [566]).
Genus. Nyssorhynchus, Blanchard; Laverania, Theobald.
“Mono. Culicid.,” 1910, iii, p. 14; v, p. 55, Theobald; Compt. rend. heb. Soc. Biol., No. 23, p. 795, Blanchard.
A group of small, closely allied species found in Asia, Africa and Australia, twelve out of the twenty species coming from India.
The thorax is covered with narrow curved and spindle-shaped scales, abdomen with small, flat or narrow curved dorsal scales, especially on the apical segments or in patches; the legs are always banded or spotted with white, and the tarsi have as a rule one or more pure white segments. (This banding and spotting is of no generic value, however.)
The species show considerable seasonal variation. The type of the genus is N. maculatus, Theobald.
Three are malaria carriers (vide list, p. [566]).
Genus. Cellia, Theobald.