Anoedioporpa Dyar, 1923

ADULTS – Small, dark, unadorned mosquitoes; vertex with only narrow decumbent scales; antenna slightly shorter than proboscis in both sexes; maxillary palpus short in both sexes (except in Cx. restrictor), palpus of females with 4 palpomeres, palpomeres 1 and 2 ankylosed, palpus of males with 4 or 5 palpomeres; proboscis longer than forefemur; scutum predominantly with narrow dark falcate scales; acrostichal setae absent (except in Cx. corrigani and Cx. restrictor); pleural integument generally yellowish; lower mesepimeral seta present or absent; pleural scaling restricted to few scales on postpronotum and few broad translucent scales along mesokatepisternal setae; wing and legs dark-scaled; ungues of females simple, fore- and midungues of males enlarged, unequal, each unguis with tooth, hindungues as in females; abdominal terga dark-scaled with basolateral pale patches. MALE GENITALIA – Tergum IX lobes small, mound-like, widely separated, with variable number of setae; gonocoxite with few scales; subapical lobe postmedian in position, with distinct proximal and distal divisions, stem of proximal division with 2 apical rods, distal division with specialised apical setae and with or without foliform setae on stem; gonostylus relatively simple, distal third with many close-set transverse ridges on ventral surface; gonostylar claw subapical in position; phallosome not columnar, lateral plate with a broadly sclerotised basal hook, a caudally directed apical process and a shorter sternal process; paraproct with crown of 6–13 teeth; cercal setae varied. LARVAE – Head with conspicuous lateral expansion posterior to antenna; antenna with long multi-branched seta 1-A inserted about 0.75 from base; setae 2,3-C absent; median tooth of dorsomentum constricted (nipple-like) distally (except in Cx. restrictor); seta 3-P moderately long, about half length of setae 1,2-P; abdominal seta 2 inserted relatively close to seta 1 within posterior half of terga; setae 1,2-VIII not on common tubercle; comb scales in patch; siphon long and slender, pecten on basal quarter, with 2 pairs of dorsolateral (2a-S) and 4–6 pairs of ventrolateral setae (1a-S) distal to pecten; seta 2-S distinct, slightly curved, with or without submedian branch; saddle complete, without acus, slightly spiculate posteriorly; seta 1-X varied, branched; setae 2,3-X long, single; ventral brush (seta 4-X) with 5 pairs of setae (6 pairs in Cx. restrictor) on grid. PUPAE – Cephalothorax and abdomen without distinct pattern of pigmentation; trumpet moderately long, tracheoid distinct; seta 2-III–VII submarginal, inserted either laterad or mesad of seta 1, 2-VI,VII inserted laterad of seta 1; seta 9-VIII long, subequal in length to tergum; caudal lobe of abdominal tergum VIII overlying lateral part of tergum IX; seta 1-IX present (absent in Cx. restrictor); paddle without marginal spicules; seta 1-Pa and seta 2-Pa absent. See genus Culex.