Species info
Classification > Subfamily Culicinae > Tribe Uranotaeniini > Genus Uranotaenia > Subgenus Uranotaenia
Uranotaenia geometrica Theobald, 1901
Larva, pupa and male genitalia structures of Uranotaenia geometrica. A. Dorsal and ventral views of head; B. Dorsal and ventral views of prothorax; C. Lateral hairs of abdominal segment I; D. Lateral view of terminal abdominal segments; E. Trumpet of pupa; F. Tergum IX; G. Dorsal view of the phallosome; H. Lateral view of the phallosome; I. Lateral view of the disityle (Photo: Gallindo et al., 1954).
Larva, pupa and male genitalia structures of Uranotaenia geometrica. A. Dorsal and ventral views of head; B. Dorsal and ventral views of prothorax; C. Lateral hairs of abdominal segment I; D. Lateral view of terminal abdominal segments; E. Trumpet of pupa; F. Tergum IX; G. Dorsal view of the phallosome; H. Lateral view of the phallosome; I. Lateral view of the disityle (Photo: Gallindo et al., 1954).
Larva, pupa and male genitalia structures of Uranotaenia geometrica. A. Dorsal and ventral views of head; B. Dorsal and ventral views of prothorax; C. Lateral hairs of abdominal segment I; D. Lateral view of terminal abdominal segments; E. Trumpet of pupa; F. Tergum IX; G. Dorsal view of the phallosome; H. Lateral view of the phallosome; I. Lateral view of the disityle (Photo: Gallindo et al., 1954).
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Chaco
    • Corrientes
    • Entre Ríos
    • Misiones
    • Salta
Record
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
 
Synonyms
  • Sin registros/no records .
Habitat and breeding sites
Immature stages have been collected from large open swamps with abundant growth of different types of aquatic vegetation.
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References
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  • DURET, J. P. 1952. Nueva contribución al conocimiento de la distribución geográfica de los culicidos argentinos. Revista de la Sanidad Militar Argentina 51: 345-356.
  • LANE, J. 1953. Neotropical Culicidae. Vol. I, II. Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. 1112 pp.
  • CASTRO, M., GARCÍA, M., BRESSANELLO, M. D. 1959 (1960). Diptera Culicidae Culicinae, p. 547-562. En: J. F. R. Bejarano, E. Del Ponte and R. N. Orfila (ed.), Primeras Jornadas Entomoepidemiológicas Argentinas 2, Buenos Aires.
  • PROSEN, A. F., MARTÍNEZ, A., CARCAVALLO, R. U. 1960. La familia Culicidae (Diptera) en la ribera fluvial de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Anales del Instituto de Medicina Regional, Resistencia 5 (2):101-113.
  • KNIGHT, K. L., STONE, A. 1977. A catalog of the mosquitoes of the world (Diptera: Culicidae), 2nd ed. Thomas Say Foundation, Entomological Society of American 6: 1-611.
  • MITCHELL, C. J., DARSIE, R. F. JR. 1985. Mosquitoes of Argentina. Part II. Geographic distribution and bibliography (Diptera, Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics 17 (4): 279-362.
  • CAMPOS, R. E., MACIÁ, A. 1998. Culicidae. Cap. 28. En Morrone, J. J. & Coscarón, S. (Eds.) Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos: Una pespectiva biotaxonómica. (pp. 291-303). La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ediciones Sur.
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  • DANTUR JURI, M. J., VILLARROEL MARTINEZ, E. I., FLORES, G. C., STEIN, M., MUREB SALLUM, M. A. . 2020. New records of mosquito species in northwestern Argentina. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 36 (3):201–203.
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