Type species:
Vansomerenis pulchrithorax (Edwards, 1939).
Classification:
Subfamily Culicinae, tribe Aedini. Vansomerenis includes three species.
Bionomics and disease relations:
Immature stages of Vansomerenis species have been collected from tree holes, a rot hole in the fork of a tree, a tree buttress and bored bamboo. Nothing is known about the bionomics of the adults.
Distribution:
Species of Vansomerenis are known to occur in six central African countries: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Principal references:
Reinert et al., 2006, 2008, 2009 (taxonomy, classification, phylogeny).
Species:
hancocki (van Someren, 1962)
luteostriata (Robinson, 1950)
pulchrithorax (Edwards, 1939)