Stegomyia albopicta (Skuse, 1895)
Female of Stegomyia albopicta (Photo: E. Muttis )
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Misiones
- Uruguay
Other distribution
Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo (island), Borneo; Brunei, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands (Polynesia), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel (and Gaza Strip & West Bank), Italy, Japan, Korea; South, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Madagascar (includes Glorioso & Juan De NovaIs), Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Polinesia (Isla); Howland; Jarvis; Johnston Atol; Pitcairn; Wallis & Futuna, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Samoa (Ind. State of Samoa; American Samoa; Western Samoa), San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, United States; contiguous lower 48, United States; Hawaii, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
- nigritia Ludlow
- quasinigritia Ludlow
- samarensis Ludlow
Introduced and invasive species, native to Asia.
Disease relations: Stegomyia albopicta is the primary vector of the Zika virus (Higgs, 2016). Stegomyia albopicta was able to harbor the Mayaro virus after an experimental parenteral infection and was able to transmit it effectively (Muñoz & Navarro, 2012). The natural infection of specimens of Aedes albopictus with Mayaro virus was reported in Colombia (Pérez-Pérez et al., 2017). Main species of sanitary importance in Argentina and Uruguay.
Disease relations: Stegomyia albopicta is the primary vector of the Zika virus (Higgs, 2016). Stegomyia albopicta was able to harbor the Mayaro virus after an experimental parenteral infection and was able to transmit it effectively (Muñoz & Navarro, 2012). The natural infection of specimens of Aedes albopictus with Mayaro virus was reported in Colombia (Pérez-Pérez et al., 2017). Main species of sanitary importance in Argentina and Uruguay.
In Argentina and Uruguay it was found in artificial habitats (containers that accumulate water). In Brazil, it was collected from bromeliads Alcantarea imperialis.
- ROSSI, G. C., PASCUAL, N. T., KRISTICEVIC, F. J. 1999. First record of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) from Argentina. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 15 (3): 422.
- SCHWEIGMANN, N., VEZZANI, D., ORELLANO, P., KURUC, J., BOFFI, R. 2004. Aedes albopictus in an area of Misiones, Argentina. Revista de Saúde Pública 38 (1): 136-138.
- VEZZANI, D., CARBAJO, A. E. 2008. Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and dengue in Argentina: current knowledge and future directions. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 103 (1): 66-74.
- MUÑOZ, M., NAVARRO, J. C. 2012. Virus Mayaro: un arbovirus reemergente en Venezuela y Latinoamérica. Biomédica. 32: 286-302.
- ROSSI, G. C. 2015. Annotated checklist, distribution, and taxonomic bibliography of the mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) of Argentina. Check List 11 (4): 1712.
- PÉREZ-PÉREZ, J., ROJO, R., HENAO, E., GARCÍA-HUERTAS, P., ZULUAGA, S., TRIANA-CHAVEZ, O., ET AL. 2017. Natural infection of Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus with Zika virus in Medellin, Colombia. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz doi: 10.1590/0074-02760170521.
- CHUCHUY, A., RODRIGUERO, M. S., FERRARI, W., CIOTA, A. T., KRAMER, L. D., MICIELI, M. V. 2018. Biological characterization of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Argentina: implications for arbovirus transmission. Scientific reports 8 (1): 5041.
- LIZUAIN, A. A., LEPORACE, M., SANTINI, M. S., UTGÉS, M. E., SCHWEIGMANN, N. 2019. Update on the distribution of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Misiones, Argentina. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo: 61:e46 http://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201961046
- ALONSO, A. C. 2020. Interacciones competitivas entre poblaciones naturales de Aedes aegypti y Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) de Misiones: una perspectiva desde la patogenicidad diferencial de los parásitos naturales. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina.
- GOENAGA, S., CHUCHUY, A., MICIELI, M. V., NATALINI, B., KURUC, J., KOWALEWSKI, M. 2020. Expansion of the Distribution of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae): new records in northern Argentina and their implications from an epidemiological perspective. Journal of Medical Entomology, XX (X): 1–4 doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa009
