Notes on the Toxorhynchites of Mexico: redescription of Tx. moctezuma (Dyar & Knab) and new record for Tx. grandiosus (Williston) in Veracruz (Diptera: Culicidae)
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Mendez-Andrade, Alejandro
Author
Rivera-García, Karina D.
Author
Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-01
4576
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10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.7
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Toxorhynchites
(
Lynchiella
)
grandiosus
(Williston)
(
Fig. 4
)
Megarrhina
[
sic
]
grandiosa
Williston, 1900
: 224
(female).
Type
locality:
Mexico
,
Guerrero
,
Omilteme
[
sic
] = Omiltemi.
Megarhina grandiosa
in part of
Howard
et al
. 1917
: 939
.
Megarhinus
(
Megarhinus
)
grandiosus
of
Dyar 1928
: 407
(female diagnosis).
This species has been recorded in
Mexico
in the states of
Guerrero
(
Williston 1900
) and
Tamaulipas
(Ortega- Morales
et al
. 2015). This is the first record of
Tx. grandiosus
in the state of
Veracruz
.
Material examined.
Mexico
,
Veracruz
, municipality of
Xalapa
,
Coapexpan
, 0
2 August 2001
,
1 ♀
(
19° 31’ 28.46’’ N
,
96° 56’ 38.58’’ W
)
.
TABLE 2
. Number of branches for the setae of the pupa of
Toxorhynchites
(
Lynchiella
)
moctezuma
. Modes in parentheses.
Seta |
Cephalothorax |
Abdominal segments |
no. |
CT |
I |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
VI |
VII |
VIII |
IX |
0 |
– |
– |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1–8 |
1 |
1–2(1)* |
16–20+ |
4–8* |
3–8(8)* |
2–6* |
2–7* |
2* |
1–5(2)* |
– |
GL, 1 |
2 |
1,2(2)* |
1–4(3)* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
– |
– |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1–3(1)* |
7–13* |
3–9* |
2–5* |
3–6* |
– |
– |
4 |
1–3(1)* |
4–9(9)* |
7–13* |
3–7(7)* |
4–6* |
4–11* |
1–4(3)* |
1 |
1 |
– |
5 |
3–7* |
4–10* |
1,2(1)* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1,2(1)* |
– |
– |
6 |
2–4* |
1–3(2)* |
1-2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3–6* |
– |
– |
7 |
1–4* |
3–5(3)* |
2–5(2)* |
2–5* |
1–3(3)* |
2–5(4)* |
3–6(4)* |
1–4(3)* |
– |
– |
8 |
1 |
– |
1-2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2–10* |
1–8* |
– |
– |
9 |
1,2(1)* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
– |
10 |
4–7* |
1 |
1,2* |
2,3* |
2,3* |
2,3* |
1,2(1)* |
1 |
– |
– |
11 |
3–6(3)* |
1 |
1,2* |
1,2* |
1,2* |
1,2* |
1,2(1)* |
1,2(1)* |
– |
– |
12 |
1–3* |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
14 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
1 |
– |
+Number of basal branches (fanlike seta with dendritic branches).
*Number of terminal branches (forked seta).