Runchomyia frontosa Theobald, 1903.
Subfamily Culicinae, tribe Sabethini. Runchomyia includes seven species grouped in two subgenera, Ctenogoeldia (2 species) and Runchomyia (5 species).
The adults of Runchomyia are distinguished from other members of tribe Sabethini in the New World by the following combination of characters: dorsal head scales with brilliant silver and blue reflections, proboscis distinctly longer than forefemur, scutal scales narrow and curved, postpronotum with one or more posterior setae, lower mesokatepisternal setae not extended above lower edge of mesepimeron and tarsi entirely dark-scaled. Runchomyia larvae possess a slit-like occipital foramen and a filamentous pecten on the siphon which distinguish them from Johnbelkinia, Onirion, Shannoniana and Trichoprosopon. The presence of a maxillary bundle distinguishes them from all other New World sabethines. Runchomyia are otherwise very similar to larvae of genus Isostomyia, but differ in having seta 3-X single and seta 6-S weakly developed, flexible and not hooked at the tip. See Sabethini.
Little is known about the bionomics of Runchomyia. Larvae have been collected from flower bracts (Calathea and Heliconia), leaf axils (aroids) and both arboreal and terrestrial bromeliads. The adults of at least two species have been captured during landing-biting collections in forest.
Species of Runchomyia occur in the Neotropical Region.
Lane, 1953 (see next reference for included species); Zavortink, 1979 (genus as currently defined); Clark-Gil & Darsie, 1983 (Guatemala); Darsie, 1985 (keys, Argentina).
Subgenus CTENOGOELDIA Edwards, 1930
magna (Theobald, 1905)
walcotti (Lane & Cerqueira, 1942)
Subgenus RUNCHOMYIA Theobald, 1903
cerqueirai (Stone, 1944)
frontosa Theobald, 1903
humboldti (Lane & Cerqueira, 1942)
reversa (Lane & Cerqueira, 1942)
theobaldi (Lane & Cerqueira, 1942)