title: Description of female pupa and larva of Ficalbia ichiromiyagii from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.
abstract: We describe and illustrate for the 1st time the pupa and larva of adult female Ficalbia ichiromiyagii based on specimens collected from a swamp forest in Otomi, Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. The pupa has a trumpet that is 6.25 times its breadth at halfway, with a long meatal cleft line; setae 6-I, II considerably long, usually single or bifid; median caudal seta absent; and paddle edge serrated only on the outer apical half. The larva is characterized by dark pigmentation of the head and siphon, seta I-C elongate and spiniform, usually with a short lateral spine on the inner basal side and siphon with 1 pecten spine and conspicuous seta 1-S at the base. The immature stages were found only in undisturbed jungle swamps with dense vegetation.
authors: Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki 852-8523 Japan.
authors: Yukiko
authors: Y
authors: Higa
authors: Takako
authors: T
authors: Toma
authors: Ichiro
authors: I
authors: Miyagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D062312:Islands; D007564:Japan; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification