Mosquito Records from Mexico: The Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Tamaulipas State.
To document the diversity and distribution of mosquito species inhabiting the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, collection trips were conducted to all physiographic regions (Grand Northamerican Plains, Coastal Plain of North Gulf, and Sierra Madre Oriental) and subregions across the state. Additionally, we re-examined mosquito specimens in two Mexican entomological collections: the Collection of Insects and Mites of Medical Importance and the Collection of Arthropods of Medical Importance. In total, 3,931 specimens were collected. These represent the two Culicidae subfamilies Anophelinae and Culicinae, 10 tribes, 17 genera, 27 subgenera, 80 named species, and 2 undescribed species. Of these, 3 tribes, 6 genera, 7 subgenera, and 20 species are new records for the mosquito fauna of Tamaulipas. Fourteen species recorded in the historical records were not found in collections made for this study. Taxonomic notes, new distribution limits, and comments about the medical importance of some of the species collected are reported.
Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro Unidad Laguna, Torreón, Coahuila, 27084, México. Corresponding author, e-mail: agrortega@hotmail.com.
Aldo I
AI
Ortega-Morales
Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
Thomas J
TJ
Zavortink
Departamento de Entomología, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Benjamín Franklin 132, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, Distrito Federal 11800, México.
Herón
H
Huerta-Jiménez
Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro Unidad Laguna, Torreón, Coahuila, 27084, México.
Francisco J
FJ
Sánchez-Rámos
Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro Unidad Laguna, Torreón, Coahuila, 27084, México.
Ma Teresa
MT
Valdés-Perezgasga
Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.
Filiberto
F
Reyes-Villanueva
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del estado de Durango, Gomez Palacio, Durango, 35070, México.
Quetzaly K
QK
Siller-Rodríguez
Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, 66451, México.
Ildefonso
I
Fernandez-Salas
D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D057189:Checklist; D009033:Culicidae; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013781:Texas
Mexico; Tamaulipas; country record; mosquito; new record