REVIEW OF A BROMELIAD-OVIPOSITING LINEAGE IN WYEOMYIA AND THE RESURRECTION OF HYSTATOMYIA (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)

Problems associated with the monophyly of Wyomyia Theobald we discusse d and. part of the classification is revised. One problematical compon ent of the cladogram is a lineage of primarily bromeliad-ovipositing m osquitoes that include the type species Wyeomyia grayii Theobald. When the characters used in the cladistic analysis are partitioned by life stage the arrangement displayed by the combined data does not appear among the various topologies based on a single life stage. However, fu rther analyses support the unique arrangement From the combined data a nd the following changes in classification are made to reflect the pat tern of relationships implied by that cladogram. Phoniomyia Theobald i s reduced to a subgenus in Wyeomyia, The name Hystatomyia Dyar is resu rrected for 7 species currently without subgeneric placement. Two spec ies representing 2 well-defined groups within Hystatomyia are redescri bed and illustrated in larval, pupal, and adult stages. Wyecomyia esme raldasi (Levi-Castillo) is transferred from W. (Phoniomyia) to W. (Hys tatomyia). Wyeomyia into,lca Dyar and Knab is removed as a junior syno nym of Wyeomyia circumcincta Dyar and Knab.