New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) found in phytotelmata in Northern Argentina
Author
Stein, Marina
Author
Alvarez, Carla N.
Author
Alonso, Ana C.
Author
Bangher, Débora N.
Author
Willener, Juana A.
Author
Campos, Raúl E.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-20
4399
1
87
100
journal article
30458
10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.5
7e43bf72-1c01-4166-8a56-681856eb46db
1175-5326
1206470
8524714D-A1FF-423C-9B46-54DA907ADFFA
Wyeomyia
(
Dodecamyia
)
aphobema
Dyar
OUR SpEcImENS HaVE all THE cHaRacTERS dEScRIbEd IN
LaNE (1953)
, aNd WERE IdENTIfIEd USINg THE KEY bY THaT aUTHOR. THE IdENTIfIcaTION WaS baSEd ON malE gENITalIa aNd fOURTH-INSTaR laRVaE (
FIg. 2E,F,G,H
). MalES Of
Wy.
(
Dod.
)
aphobema
aRE IdENTIfIablE bY HaVINg THE gONOcOXITE WITH a ROW Of 8 STRONg SETaE aNd lONg, cURVEd, SpaRSE ONES ON THE mIdlINE; gONOSTYlUS SImplE, ONE-fOURTH THE lENgTH Of THE gONOcOXITE, SlIgHTlY THIcKENEd apIcallY; gONOSTYlaR claW WITH 2 dIffERENTIaTEd TEETH; NINTH TERgUm WITH a VERY NaRROW cONcaVE INTERlObUlaR SpacE, EacH lObE WITH 4 OR 5 bROad cURVEd SETaE WITH pOINTEd apIcES, THE mESal ONES lOWER ON THE lObE THaN THE OUTER ONES.
Bionomics and distribution.
LaRVaE WERE cOllEcTEd fROm bROmElIad aXIlS.
Wyeomyia aphobema
IS alSO REcORdEd fROm
BOlIVIa
,
BRazIl
,
COlOmbIa
,
EcUadOR
,
FRENcH GUIaNa
,
GUYaNa
,
PERU
aNd
SURINamE
(WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013).
Collection
data.
MISIONES PROVINcE
: EldORadO,
10-V-2016
, 2M, LE, PE, MG,
16-VII-2016
, 1F, LE, PE. AlONSO cOll.; MOTTa aNd
STEIN
dET
. SpEcImENS IMR.CUL 10-006 TO -009.