Mansonia pseudotitillans (Theobald, 1901)
Female of Mansonia pseudotitillans (Photo: M. Laurito)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Chaco
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
- Misiones
- Salta
- Santa Fe
- Uruguay
Other distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
- Sin registros/no records .
Western Equine Encephalitis virus has been isolated from specimens identified as Mansonia spp, in Santa Fe Province between 1982 and 1983 (Sabattini et al., 1998).
Eggs usually adhere to aquatic plants and larvae get air from them. Mansonia pseudotitillans have been collected with Coquillettidia juxtamansonia, Coquillettidia albicosta, Coquillettidia venezuelensis and Mansonia titillans sharing the same breeding places. Adults are large, aggressive biters and mostly zoophilic, but opportunistic in their preferences.
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- MARTÍNEZ, M., CANNEVA, B., SALVATELLA, R., FRANCA-RODRÍGUEZ, M.E. . 2022. Mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) del área de la represa hidroeléctrica de Palmar, Uruguay. Boletín de la Sociedad Zoológica del Uruguay (2ª época) 31 (1): e31.1.5.
