Lutzia

This article is about the mosquito genus. For the plant genus, see Lutzia (plant).
Not to be confused with Luzia or Lucia.

Lutzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae
Tribe: Culicini
Genus: Lutzia
Theobald, 1903

Lutzia is a genus of mosquitos. First described in 1903 by Frederick Vincent Theobald, it includes species whose larval stages exhibit predatory behavior. The type species is Lutzia bigoti.

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