Species info
Classification > Subfamily Culicinae > Tribe Uranotaeniini > Genus Uranotaenia > Subgenus Uranotaenia
Uranotaenia lowii Theobald, 1901
Female of Uranotaenia lowii (Photo: W. Ferrari).
Female of Uranotaenia lowii (Photo: W. Ferrari).
Female of Uranotaenia lowii (Photo: W. Ferrari).
Scutellum and mesopostnotum of Uranotaenia lowii (Photo: W. Ferrari).
Scutellum and mesopostnotum of Uranotaenia lowii (Photo: W. Ferrari).
Male of Uranotaenia lowii (Photo: M. Laurito).
Male of Uranotaenia lowii (Photo: M. Laurito).
Larva, pupa and male genitalia structures of Uranotaenia lowii. 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. Dorsal view of the phallosome; G. Lateral view of the disityle; H. Lateral view of the phallosome, I. Tergum IX (Photo: Gallindo et al., 1954).
Larva, pupa and male genitalia structures of Uranotaenia lowii. 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. Dorsal view of the phallosome; G. Lateral view of the disityle; H. Lateral view of the phallosome, I. Tergum IX (Photo: Gallindo et al., 1954).
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Chaco
    • Córdoba
    • Corrientes
    • Entre Ríos
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • Santa Fe
    • Santiago del Estero
    • Tucumán
Record
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands
 
Synonyms
  • continentalis Dyar and Knab
  • minuta Theobald
  • monilis Shannon and Del Ponte
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.
  • GALINDO, P., BLANTON, F. S., PEYTON, E. L. 1954. A revision of the Uranotaenia of Panama with notes on other American species of the genus (Diptera, Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 47: 107-177.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • ROSSI, G. C. 2015. Annotated checklist, distribution, and taxonomic bibliography of the mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) of Argentina. Check List 11 (4): 1712.
  • APUMAITA, J. M., LINARES, M. A., MOLINA, G. A., VISINTIN, A. M., ROSSI, G. C., STEIN, M., SICHES, J. A., ALMIRÓN, W. R. 2023. Update of the geographical distribution and new records of the fauna of Culicidae (Diptera) of northwestern Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 82 (1): 68-77.
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