Classification > Subfamily
Culicinae
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Mansoniini
> Genus
Coquillettidia
> Subgenus
Rhynchotaenia
Coquillettidia albifera (Prado, 1931)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
Other distribution
Brazil, Ecuador
- Sin registros/no records .
Buenos Aires: Paraná de las Palmas, XII-63 to III-64, many F, M, García & Casal.
Castro & Bressanello (1952b) were unable to determine whether specimens collected in Argentina were Coquillettidia albifera or Coquillettidia chrysonotum.
Indeed, Lane (1953) stated, "There are no precise characters to separate the females [of albifera] from chrysonotum." Knight & Stone (1977) reported this species only from Brazil (Mitchell & Darsie, 1985).
Larva and pupa unknown.
Castro & Bressanello (1952b) were unable to determine whether specimens collected in Argentina were Coquillettidia albifera or Coquillettidia chrysonotum.
Indeed, Lane (1953) stated, "There are no precise characters to separate the females [of albifera] from chrysonotum." Knight & Stone (1977) reported this species only from Brazil (Mitchell & Darsie, 1985).
Larva and pupa unknown.
Eggs usually adhere to aquatic plants and larvae get air from them. Adults are large, aggressive biters and mostly zoophilic, but opportunistic in their preferences.
- CASTRO, M., BRESSANELLO, M. 1952b. Revisión de las especies de "Taeniorahynchus (Rhynchotaenia)" (Dipt. Cul.). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 12 (3): 229-246.
- LANE, J. 1953. Neotropical Culicidae. Vol. I, II. Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. 1112 pp.
- GARCÍA, M., CASAL, O. H. 1965. Culicidae (Diptera) del Delta del Paraná II. Apuntes sistemáticos y biológicos. Delta Paraná 5 (8): 5-16.
- 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.
- ROSSI, G. C. 2015. Annotated checklist, distribution, and taxonomic bibliography of the mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) of Argentina. Check List 11 (4): 1712.
