Coelodiazesis

Translingual mul Etymology From the mul grc κοῖλος hollow + grc διάζησις way of living, so named because its larvae (in a habit unique among the Anophelinae) develop in the water within hollow trees. Proper noun 1 f mul archaic genus family Culicidae including one species of mosquito, Coelodiazesis barberi species (now Anopheles barberi species) en mul 1906 w:Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr.; w:Frederick Knab http://www.jstor.org/stable/25003225 The Larvæ of Culicidæ Classified as Independent Organisms Journal of the New York Entomological Society XIV, № 4 (December 1906), page 177 Genus COELODIAZESIS, new.Differs from Anopheles in the slight developement of the head hairs, the presence of plumose hairs after the third abdominal segment, and the absence of short teeth on the comb of the eighth segment. Type, C. barberi Coq.Coelodiazesis barberi Coquillett.Anopheles barberi Coquillett, Can. ent., xxxv, 310, 1903.Anopheles barberi Dyar, Journ. N. Y. ent. soc., xii., 243, 1904.The larvæ live in the water in hollow trees. This habit is unique among the Anophelinæ, which are in general surface feeders in open water. As a compensation for the restricted surface offered in their habitat, the larvæ have acquired a predaceous habit and devour the unfortunate larvæ of Aëdes triseriatus and Mansonia signifer with which they live. mul archaic subgenus family Culicidae Anopheles (Coelodiazesis) subgenus 1, now included in subgenus Anopheles (Anopheles) subgenus 1 Hypernyms genus Hyponyms subgenus Anopheles barberi species, Anopheles barianensis species, Anopheles culiciformis species, Anopheles fausti species, Anopheles plumbeus species species References