Species info
Classification > Subfamily Culicinae > Tribe Culicini > Genus Culex > Subgenus Culex
Culex coronator Dyar and Knab, 1906
Female of Culex coronator (Photo: M. Laurito).
Female of Culex coronator (Photo: M. Laurito).
Female of Culex coronator (Photo: M. Laurito).
Lectotype male of Culex coronator. A, pin-mounted specimen from St. Joseph, Trinidad before dissection of its genitalia. B, microscope slide bearing the dissected genitalia. C, detail of the gonocoxopodite. D, detail of the lateral plate of the phallosome. Abbreviations: ACl, apical cluster of setae; DA, dorsal arm; FSe, filiform setae; Gc, gonocoxopodite; Gs, gonostylus; LA, lateral arm; RSe, rod-like setae; SL, subapical lobe; VA, ventral arm (Photo: Laurito et al. 2017).
Lectotype male of Culex coronator. A, pin-mounted specimen from St. Joseph, Trinidad before dissection of its genitalia. B, microscope slide bearing the dissected genitalia. C, detail of the gonocoxopodite. D, detail of the lateral plate of the phallosome. Abbreviations: ACl, apical cluster of setae; DA, dorsal arm; FSe, filiform setae; Gc, gonocoxopodite; Gs, gonostylus; LA, lateral arm; RSe, rod-like setae; SL, subapical lobe; VA, ventral arm (Photo: Laurito et al. 2017).
Lectotype of Culex coronator. A, microscope slide bearing the larval exuviae. B, detail of segment X and subapical spines of the siphon. Abbreviations: S, siphon; SaS, subapical spines; X, segment X (Photo: Laurito et al. 2017).
Lectotype of Culex coronator. A, microscope slide bearing the larval exuviae. B, detail of segment X and subapical spines of the siphon. Abbreviations: S, siphon; SaS, subapical spines; X, segment X (Photo: Laurito et al. 2017).
Puddle semipermanent where the immature stages of Culex coronator develop (Photo: M. Laurito).
Puddle semipermanent where the immature stages of Culex coronator develop (Photo: M. Laurito).
Permanent puddle where the immature stages of Culex coronator develop (Photo: M. Laurito).
Permanent puddle where the immature stages of Culex coronator develop (Photo: M. Laurito).
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Catamarca
    • Chaco
    • Córdoba
    • Corrientes
    • Entre Ríos
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • La Rioja
    • Misiones
    • Río Negro
    • Salta
    • Tucumán
Record
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela
 
Synonyms
  • mooseri Vargas and Martínez Palacios
  • camposi Dyar
  • ousqua Dyar
  • usquatus Dyar
  • usquatissimus Dyar
Observations
Disease relations: Culex coronator was detected naturally infected with Río Negro virus (Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis complex) in Chaco, Argentina (Pisano et l., 2010) and with West Nile Virus in the United States. The Saint Louis Encephalitis virus was isolated from Culex coronator specimens in Brazil (Vasconcelos et al., 1991).

Laurito et al. (2017a) synonymized Culex camposi, Culex ousqua, Culex usquatus and Culex usquatissimus with Culex coronator based on morphological and molecular data.
Habitat and breeding sites
Immature stages were collected from shaded, grass-covered puddles and puddles between rocks in rivers and stream beds, as well as in phytotelamata in Acrocomia aculeata in northeastern provinces of Argentina (Alvarez et al. 2024).
Links
References
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  • VISINTÍN, A. M., LAURITO, M., STEIN, M., RAMÍREZ, P., MOLINA, G., LORENZO, P. R., ALMIRÓN, W. R. 2010. Two new mosquito species and six new provincial records in Argentina. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 26 (1): 91-94.
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  • PISANO, M. B., RÉ, V. E., DÍAZ, L. A., FARÍAS, A., STEIN, M., SANCHEZ-SECO, M. P., TENORIO, A., ALMIRÓN, W. R., CONTIGIANI, M. S. 2010a. Enzootic Activity of Pixuna and Rio Negro Viruses (Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis complex) in a Neotropical Region of Argentina. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. DOI: 10.1089=vbz.2008.0156.
  • ROSSI, G. C. 2015. Annotated checklist, distribution, and taxonomic bibliography of the mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) of Argentina. Check List 11 (4): 1712.
  • LINARES, M. A., LAURITO, M., VISINTIN, A. M., ROSSI, G. C., STEIN, M., ALMIRÓN, W. R. 2016. New mosquito records (Diptera: Culicidae) from northwestern Argentina. Check List 12 (4): art 1944
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  • 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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