[Review of genus Coquilletidia (Diptera: Culicidae) in Madagascar and description of the larva of Cq. grandidieri (Blanchard, 1905)].
The genus Coquilletidia includes some of the mosquitoes involved in the transmission of numerous arbovirosis. Adults are locally abundant and very aggressive for men. In Madagascar, thus genus concerns 3 species among which 2 are endemic and had not been described at larval stage this far. The authors describe a single larva of Coquilletidia collected at Ankazobe in the Middle West of Madagascar, at an altitude of 1200 meters. The geographical distribution of Coquilletidia adults collected in various bio-climatic zones in Madagascar, combined with observed morphological characters, permit us to attribute this larva to Cq. grandidieri.
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Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, BP 1274-101 Antananarivo-Madagascar.
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D000531:Altitude; D000818:Animals; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D002980:Climate; D009033:Culicidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology; D008270:Madagascar / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density