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Specimen(s) present in collection (1)
Distribution map for specimen(s) present in collection
The wings are pale with dark spots. Vein M2 is dark and a diagnostic feature is the well marked “pre-apical excision” on vein M2. The third segment of the palp has a single small sensory pit; there are two spermathecae. Triangular aedeagus, with a well-developed median peg-like structure
the ninth sternite membrane with a variable number of spicules
Delécolle et al (2002) has published a redescription of the species
Ecology
Implications as vector species