Sabethes plant cavities . The type species is Sabethes locuples , first described by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy in 1827.
They are generally conspicuously ornamented with shining metallic scales. The antennae of the females of some Sabethes species have long dense flagellar whorls resembling those of the males of most other genera of mosquitoes.
Sabethes species mosquitoes occur in Central and South America .
Sabethes chloropterus has been found infected with St. Louis encephalitis virus and Ilhéus virus, and transmits yellow fever virus to humans.
Subgenera and species As listed by the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit :
Subgenus Davismyia Lane and CerqueiraSabethes (Davismyia) petrocchiae (Shannon and Del Ponte) (syn.: Sabethes (Davismyia) monoleua Martini)Subgenus Nomina Dubia 13 Sabethes lutzii Theobald nomen dubium Subgenus Peytonulus Harbach Sabethes (Peytonulus) aurescens (Lutz)Sabethes (Peytonulus) fabricii Lane and CerqueiraSabethes (Peytonulus) gorgasi DuretSabethes (Peytonulus) hadrognathus HarbachSabethes (Peytonulus) identicus Dyar and Knab (syn.: Sabethes (Peytonulus) lutzianus Lane and Cerqueira)Sabethes (Peytonulus) ignotus HarbachSabethes (Peytonulus) luxodens Hall, Howard and HarbachSabethes (Peytonulus) paradoxus HarbachSabethes (Peytonulus) soperi Lane and CerqueiraSabethes (Peytonulus) undosus (Coquillett )Sabethes (Peytonulus) whitmani Lane and CerqueiraSabethes (Peytonulus) xenismus HarbachSubgenus Sabethes Robineau-Desvoidy Sabethes (Sabethes) albiprivus Theobald (syn.: Sabethes (Sabethes) albiprivatus Lutz, Sabethes (Sabethes) albiprivatus Theobald, and Sabethes (Sabethes) neivai Petrocchi)Sabethes (Sabethes) amazonicus Gordon and Evans (syn.: Sabethes (Sabethes) happleri Bonne, and Sabethes (Sabethes) longfieldae Edwards)Sabethes (Sabethes) batesi Lane and CerqueiraSabethes (Sabethes) belisarioi Neiva (syn.: Sabethes (Sabethes) argyronotum Edwards, Sabethes (Sabethes) goeldii Howard , Dyar, and Knab, and Sabethes (Sabethes) schausi Dyar and Knab)Sabethes (Sabethes) bipartipes Dyar and Knab (syn.: Sabethes (Sabethes) chroiopus Dyar and Knab)Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus (Fabricius) (syn.: Sabethes (Sabethes) locuples Robineau-Desvoidy, and Sabethes (Sabethes) remipes Wiedemann)Sabethes (Sabethes) forattinii Cerqueira)Sabethes (Sabethes) gymnothorax Harbach and PetersenSabethes (Sabethes) lanei CerqueiraSabethes (Sabethes) nitidus TheobaldSabethes (Sabethes) ortizi Vargas and Díaz NájeraSabethes (Sabethes) paraitepuyensis AnduzeSabethes (Sabethes) purpureus (Theobald) (syn.: Sabethes (Sabethes) purpureus Peryassu, and Sabethes (Sabethes) remipusculus Dyar)Sabethes (Sabethes) quasicyaneus PeryassúSabethes (Sabethes) schnusei (Martini)Sabethes (Sabethes) shannoni CerqueiraSabethes (Sabethes) spixi CerqueiraSabethes (Sabethes) tarsopus Dyar and KnabSubgenus Sabethinus Lutz Sabethes (Sabethinus) idiogenes HarbachSabethes (Sabethinus) intermedius (Lutz)Sabethes (Sabethinus) melanonymphe Dyar (syn.: Sabethes (Sabethinus) albiprivatus Theobald)Sabethes (Sabethinus) xhyphydes HarbachSubgenus Sabethoides Theobald Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus (von Humboldt) (syn.: Sabethes (Sabethoides) confusus Theobald, Sabethes (Sabethoides) imperfectus Bonne-Wepster and Bonne, and Sabethes (Sabethoides) rangeli Surcouf and Gonzales-Rincones)Sabethes (Sabethoides) conditus Moses, Howard and HarbachSabethes (Sabethoides) glaucodaemon (Dyar and Shannon)Sabethes (Sabethoides) tridentatus Cerqueira
