New records of mosquitoes from northwestern Argentina.
Eleven mosquito species, namely Aedes hastatus, Ae. fulvus, Coquillettidia albicosta, Cq. juxtamansonia, Culex aliciae, Cx. delpontei, Cx. oedipus, Cx. pedroi, Mansonia flaveola, Uranotaenia leucoptera, and Wyeomyia oblita, are recorded for the first time from northwestern Argentina. In addition, 3 species, Cx. brethesi, Limatus durhami, and Ur. nataliae, are reported for the first time from Salta Province. These records extend the geographical distribution of these 3 species to Salta Province. This study also extends the geographical distributions of Cq. nigricans, Cx. chidesteri, and Ma. humeralis to Jujuy Province and of Ae. meprai, Ae. milleri, Ae. oligopistus, Cx. brethesi, Cx. fernandezi, and Cx. tatoi to Tucumán Province.
Instituto Superior de Entomología Dr. Abraham Willink, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, CP 4000 Tucumán, Argentina.
María J
MJ
Dantur Juri
Marina
M
Stein
Gustavo C
GC
Rossi
Juan Carlos
JC
Navarro
Mario
M
Zaidenberg
María A Mureb
MA
Sallum
D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density