Sabethes genus mosquitoes are primarily arboreal, breeding in 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.