title: Checklist of Mosquito Species (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil-Contribution of Entomological Surveillance.
abstract: The distribution of mosquito species in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, was compiled from published data mid-2016 and a review of specimens deposited in the entomological collection of the Entomology Laboratory of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. The existing records exist for 40 of the 167 municipalities in the state. The specimens in the Entomology Laboratory were collected using Shannon traps and by active search for immature individuals and from aquatic habitats using standard methods, in preserved Atlantic Forest and Caatinga remnants, located in urban and rural areas of the state. In total were recorded 76 species distributed into 25 subgenera, 15 genera, nine tribes, and two subfamilies, in addition to 15 new species records for the state.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (cassio-lazaro@hotmail.com; jhilariotavares@gmail.com; renatomfreire0000@hotmail.com; renataantonaci@hotmail.com; ximenes@cb.ufrn.br).
authors.forename: Cássio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lázaro Silva Inácio
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (cassio-lazaro@hotmail.com; jhilariotavares@gmail.com; renatomfreire0000@hotmail.com; renataantonaci@hotmail.com; ximenes@cb.ufrn.br).
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hilário Tavares da Silva
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (cassio-lazaro@hotmail.com; jhilariotavares@gmail.com; renatomfreire0000@hotmail.com; renataantonaci@hotmail.com; ximenes@cb.ufrn.br).
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: César de Melo Freire
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (cassio-lazaro@hotmail.com; jhilariotavares@gmail.com; renatomfreire0000@hotmail.com; renataantonaci@hotmail.com; ximenes@cb.ufrn.br).
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Antonaci Gama
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Center of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil (cbbrisolamarcondes@gmail.com).
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brisola Marcondes
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (cassio-lazaro@hotmail.com; jhilariotavares@gmail.com; renatomfreire0000@hotmail.com; renataantonaci@hotmail.com; ximenes@cb.ufrn.br).
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Fátima Freire de Melo Ximenes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D058448:Biota; D001938:Brazil; D009033:Culicidae
keywords: Anophelinae; Atlantic Forest; Caatinga; Culicinae; mosquito