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stegomyia|stɛgəʊˈmaɪə|
[mod.L. (F. V. Theobald 1901, in Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene IV. 235/1), f. stego- + Gr. µυῖα fly.]
A mosquito of the genus formerly so called, now usually regarded as a sub-division of the genus Aedes, which includes tropical and subtropical species responsible for the transmission of yellow fever.
1911A. Alcock Entomol. for Med. Officers v. 96 (heading) Genera of the Stegomyia type. 1915G. B. Shaw in New Statesman 10 July 326/2 The same result could have been obtained by inoculation with anopheles vaccine and stegomyia emulsion. 1920Glasgow Herald 6 July 6/4 The success of General Gorgas's methods can be gauged..after a campaign extending over eight years against the stegomyia. 1932Discovery Oct. 326/2, I [sc. Robert Ross] then examined a small Stegomyia. 1971J. D. Gillett Mosquitos iii. 46 Other Stegomyia also at times glide through the water head-first. |