New mosquito records (Diptera: Culicidae) from northwestern Argentina

The geographic distributions of Aedes casali, Ae. meprai, Culex acharistus, Cx. bidens, Cx. coronator, Cx. dolosus, Cx. saltanensis, Cx. imitator, Haemagogus janthinomys and Psorophora cyanescens are extended. This contribution updates the mosquito fauna listed for Argentina, increasing the number o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Authors: Linares, Mario Alfredo, Laurito, Magdalena, Visintin, Andrés Mario, Rossi, Gustavo Carlos, Stein, Marina, Almiron, Walter Ricardo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/42418
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/42418
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:MOSQUITO DIVERSITY
DISTRIBUTION
PREPUNA
YUNGAS
CHACO
MONTE
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
Description
Summary:The geographic distributions of Aedes casali, Ae. meprai, Culex acharistus, Cx. bidens, Cx. coronator, Cx. dolosus, Cx. saltanensis, Cx. imitator, Haemagogus janthinomys and Psorophora cyanescens are extended. This contribution updates the mosquito fauna listed for Argentina, increasing the number of species for the provinces of Jujuy, La Rioja and Santiago del Estero from 55 to 62, 22 to 25 and 25 to 26, respectively. Data on collection localities, habitat of immature stages, and health importance are also presented.

Similar Items