We describe and illustrate for the 1st time the pupa and larva of adult female Ficalbia ichiromiyagii based on specimens collected from a swamp forest in Otomi, Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. The pupa has a trumpet that is 6.25 times its breadth at halfway, with a long meatal cleft line; setae 6-I, II considerably long, usually single or bifid; median caudal seta absent; and paddle edge serrated only on the outer apical half. The larva is characterized by dark pigmentation of the head and siphon, seta 1-C elongate and spiniform, usually with a short lateral spine on the inner basal side and siphon with 1 pecten spine and conspicuous seta 1-S at the base. The immature stages were found only in undisturbed jungle swamps with dense vegetation.
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1 December 2012
Description of Female Pupa and Larva of Ficalbia ichiromiyagii from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan
Yukiko Higa,
Takako Toma,
Ichiro Miyagi
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description
Ficalbia ichiromiyagii
immature stage
Japan
mosquito