The Afrotropical mosquito genus Eretmapodites contains species that exhibit facultative cannibalism in their larval developmental stages.[1][2] The species was first described in 1901 by Frederick Vincent Theobald.[3] The type species is Eretmapodites quinquevittatus Theobald
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^ abThomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016. "Genus Eretmapodites Theobald" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.wrbu.org/generapages/eretmapodites.htm, accessed 21 Feb 2016.
^G. H. E. Hopkins. Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region I.-Larval Bionomics of Mosquitoes and Taxonomy of Culicine Larvae, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), accessed 21 Feb 2016.
^ abTheobald, F.V. 1901. Notes on a Collection of Mosquitoes from West Africa, and Descriptions of New Species. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine─Memoir IV, Appendix, p. ii; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/131700-5.pdf Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine.
Frederick Vincent Theobald. The type species is Eretmapodites quinquevittatus Theobald Eretmapodites larvae feed primarily on decaying organic matter...
Diceromyia Genus Dobrotworskyius Genus Downsiomyia Genus Edwardsaedes Genus Eretmapodites Genus Finlaya Genus Fredwardsius Genus Georgecraigius Subgenus Georgecraigius...
Diceromyia Genus Dobrotworskyius Genus Downsiomyia Genus Edwardsaedes Genus Eretmapodites Genus Finlaya Genus Fredwardsius Genus Georgecraigius Subgenus Georgecraigius...
Soc Lond. 96 109–24. van Someren E.C.C. (1949) Ethiopian Culicidae—Eretmapodites Theobald: description of four new species of the Chrysogaster group...
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