Species info
Classification > Subfamily Culicinae > Tribe Toxorhynchitini > Genus Toxorhynchites > Subgenus Lynchiella
Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Dyar and Knab, 1906)
Toxorhynchites theobaldi (pupa) (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Toxorhynchites theobaldi (pupa) (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Toxorhynchites theobaldi (pupa) (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Toxorhynchites theobaldi (larva) (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Toxorhynchites theobaldi (larva) (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Female of Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Photo: Stein et al. 2018).
Female of Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Photo: Stein et al. 2018).
Treehole, breeding site of Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Treehole, breeding site of Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Merostachys clausseni, breeding site of Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Photo: R. E. Campos)
Merostachys clausseni, breeding site of Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Photo: R. E. Campos)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Chaco
    • Corrientes
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • Misiones
    • Salta
Record
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
 
Synonyms
  • ambiguus Dyar and Knab
  • ferox Wiedemann
  • fluminensis Peryassu
  • moengoensis Bonne-Wepster and Bonne
  • posticatus Lutz and Neiva
  • wiedemanni Dyar and Knab
Habitat and breeding sites
Larvae were collected from the internodes of Guadua species of bamboo (Stein et al., 2018). Larvae of Toxorhynchites theobaldi species were collected from Aechmea distichantha, Tillandsia australis, and a tree hole in urban and suburban environments. Recently, Alvarez et al. (2024) collected immature stages of the species also in Guadua chacoensis as well as in Bambusa vulgaris var. vittata. They were found with larvae of Culex imitator and Toxorhynchites guadeloupensis in suburban environments, while in urban environments, with Stegomyia aegypti (Apumaita et al., 2023).
Links
References
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  • 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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  • 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. 1994. Presencia de Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi (Diptera: Culicidae) en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 53 (1-4): 120.
  • 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.
  • CAMPOS, R. E., SPINELLI, G., MOGI, M. 2011. Culicidae and Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Nematocera) inhabiting phytotelmata in Iguazú National Park, Misiones province, subtropical Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 70 (1-2): 111-118.
  • RUBIO, A., VEZZANI, D. 2011. Cubiertas de auto abandonadas como sitios de cría de Culex eduardoi (Diptera: Culicidae) en el Parque Provincial Pereyra Iraola, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 70 (1-2): 119-122.
  • STEIN, M., HOYOS, C. B., ORIA, G. I., BANGHER, D., WEINBERG, D., ALMIRÓN, W. R. 2012. New records of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) for the provinces of Chaco and Formosa, Argentina. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 28 (4): 307-308.
  • ROSSI, G. C., MARTÍNEZ, M. 2013. Lista de especies y clave ilustrada para la identificación de larvas de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) halladas criando en recipientes artificiales en Uruguay. Boletín de la Sociedad Zoológica del Uruguay (2ª época) 22 (2): 49-65.
  • ROSSI, G. C. 2015. Annotated checklist, distribution, and taxonomic bibliography of the mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) of Argentina. Check List 11 (4): 1712.
  • STEIN, M., ALVAREZ, C. N., ALONSO, A. N., BANGHER, D. N., WILLENER, J. A., CAMPOS, R. E. 2018. New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) found in phytotelmata in Northern Argentina. Zootaxa 4399 (1): 87-100.
  • 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.
  • ALVAREZ, C. N., CAMPOS, R. E., STEIN, M. 2024. Phytotelmata in native and exotic plants and their mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) assemblages: Diversity and first records of plant-mosquito associations in a subtropical region of Argentina. Ecología Austral 34: 496-511. https://doi.org/10.25260/EA.24.34.3.0.2373.
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