Culex eduardoi Casal and García, 1968
Larva of Culex eduardoi Casal & García 1968 (Photo: Casal & García 1968).
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Chaco
- Chubut
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Formosa
- Neuquén
- Río Negro
- Salta
- Santa Cruz
Other distribution
Anguilla, Costa Rica
- Sin registros/no records .
Type locality: Canal 6 and Paraná de las Palmas, Estación Agropecuaria Delta, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 45F, 37M, 126L, 82 lpAd, García & Casal.
Disease relations: unknown.
Disease relations: unknown.
Larvae have been collected in puddles, associated with Culex dolosus and Culex maxi. In artificial containers, the species has been collected from disuses tires with other mosquito species such as Culex pipiens and Toxorhynchites theobaldi.
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- BURRONI, N., LOETTI, V., FREIRE, G., JENSEN, O., SCHWEIGMANN, N. 2007. New record and larval habitats of Culex eduardoi (Diptera: Culicidae) in an irrigated area of Patagonia, Chubut Province, Argentina. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 102 (2): 237-239.
- 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.
- GRECH, M., VISINTIN, A., LAURITO, M., ESTALLO, E., LORENZO, P., ROCCIA, I., KORIN, M., GOYA, F., LUDUEŃA ALMEIDA, F., ALMIRÓN, W. 2012. New records of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Neuquén and La Rioja provinces, Argentina. Revista de Saúde Pública 46 (2): 387-389.
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- CARDO, M. V., RUBIO, A., CARBAJO, A. E., VEZZANI, D. 2024. Exploring the range of Culex mosquitoes in Western Argentinean Patagonia, unveiling the presence of Culex pipiens bioform pipiens in South America. Parasitology Research 123:151.123:151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08166-5
