List of species, biological data and illustrated key to the identification of mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) found in artificial breeding in Uruguay

Abstract

Se presenta la lista de especies y una clave ilustrada para el reconocimiento de géneros y especies de larvas de mosquitos de cuarto estadio, que fueron halladas criando en recipientes y otros ambientes artificiales, como desagües domiciliarios, en Uruguay. En el país se conoce la presencia de 12 géneros y 51 especies de mosquitos, 22 especies, repartidas en seis géneros, fueron halladas criando en ambientes artificiales (la clave incluye 18): Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus), Aedes albopictus Skuse, Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) sp., Anopheles (Anopheles) sp., Culex apicinus Philippi, Culex coronator Dyar & Knab, Culex dolosus (Lynch Arribálzaga), Culex maxi Dyar, Culex mollis Dyar & Knab, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, Culex pipiens (L.), Culex saltanensis Dyar, Ochlerotatus albifasciatus (Maquart), Ochlerotatus crinifer (Theobald), Ochlerotatus fluviatilis (Lutz), Ochlerotatus scapularis (Rondani), Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius), Psorophora cingulata (Fabricius), Psorophora confinnis (Lynch A.), Psorophora (Grabhamia) sp., Psorophora (Janthinosoma) sp. y Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi (Dyar & Knab). Se citan por primera vez para Uruguay a Cx. apicinus, Cx. mollis y Ps. cingulata.List of species, biological data and illustrated key to the identification of mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) found in artificial breeding in Uruguay. We present the list of species and an illustrated key to the recognition of genera and species of mosquito larvae of fourth instar were found breeding in artificial containers and other artificial environments as household drains in Uruguay. The country is known to occur in 12 genera and 51 species of mosquitoes, 22 species, spread over six genera, were found breeding in artificial environments (including 18 in the key): Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus), Aedes albopictus Skuse, Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) sp., Anopheles (Anopheles) sp., Culex apicinus Philippi, Culex coronator Dyar & Knab, Culex dolosus (Lynch Arribálzaga), Culex maxi Dyar, Culex mollis Dyar & Knab, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, Culex pipiens (L.), Culex saltanensis Dyar, Ochlerotatus albifasciatus (Maquart), Ochlerotatus crinifer (Theobald), Ochlerotatus fluviatilis (Lutz), Ochlerotatus scapularis (Rondani), Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius), Psorophora cingulata (Fabricius), Psorophora confinnis (Lynch A.), Psorophora (Grabhamia) sp., Psorophora (Janthinosoma) sp. and Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi (Dyar & Knab). Culex apicinus, Cx. mollis and Ps. cingulata are recorded for the first time in Uruguay.Fil: Rossi, Gustavo Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (i); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Martinez, Maria. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de la República; Urugua