Mansonia dyari, Mansonia flaveola and Aedeomyia squamipennis in the Dominican Republic, three new country records.
We report the first collection of 3 mosquito species representing 2 genera in the Dominican Republic. The collections of adults and larvae of Mansonia dyari Belkin, Heinemann, and Page and Mansonia flaveola (Coquillett) from Santo Domingo City represent 2 additional mosquito species to the mosquito fauna of the Dominican Republic. Larvae were collected in the Quitasueno and Puerta de Hierro lagoons (covered with the Pistia stratiotes plants) in Santo Domingo. The associated species Aedeomyia squamipennis Lynch Arribalzaga was also collected for the first time and is the only representative of the genus Aedeomyia Theobald in the Dominican Republic. These collections increase the number of mosquito species belonging to the Genus Mansonia from 1 to 3 and total species from 45 to 48 in the Dominican Republic.
Pena
Carlos J
CJ
Secretaria de Estado de Educacion Superior, Ciencia y Tecnogia, Secretaria de Estado de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social, Centro Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Tropicales, Ave. Duarte No. 269, Villa Maria, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Chadee
Dave D
DD
D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae; D004293:Dominican Republic; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male