Dd. Judd, REVIEW OF A BROMELIAD-OVIPOSITING LINEAGE IN WYEOMYIA AND THE RESURRECTION OF HYSTATOMYIA (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE), Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 91(5), 1998, pp. 572-589
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.