Culex saltanensis Dyar, 1928
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Catamarca
    • Chaco
    • Córdoba
    • Corrientes
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • La Pampa
    • La Rioja
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • San Juan
    • San Luis
    • Santa Fe
    • Santiago del Estero
    • Tucumán
Record
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela
 
  • beauperthuyi Anduze
Type locality: Camp Santa de Salta, Salta Province, Argentina.

Disease relations: females of Culex saltanensis are considered the primary vector of Plasmodium juxtanucleare, which affects chickens
(Consoli and de Oliveira 1994) and are also efficient experimental vectors of Plasmodium cathemerium, another avian parasite (de Oliveira & Castro 1991). The species is susceptible to SLEV and competent for its transmission in laboratory conditions (Beranek et al. 2020).
Immature stages have been collected in water accumulated in land depressions and puddles originated by rainfalls or overflowing, between rocks. Larvae also develop in artificial concrete ponds with high sun exposure, and water with a large number of algae and organic matter in suspension (Linares et al. 2016). Larvae were collected from artificial breeding sites like disused tires and pools of water created by excessive urban irrigation (Díaz Nieto et al. 2020). Larvae were found coexisting with Ochlerotatus albifasciatus larvae in natural and artificial breeding sites (Díaz Nieto et al. 2020). Females were captured on humans, occasionally inside houses, and with chicken-baited traps.
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  • LAURITO, M., VISINTIN, A. M., LORENZO, P. R., BERRÓN, C. I., DIEZ, N., ALMIRÓN, W. R. 2013b. New records of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Catamarca and Santa Fe provinces, Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 72 (3-4): 215-217.
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  • BERANEK, M. 2019. Mosquitos Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) posibles vectores del virus St. Louis Encephalitis (Flavivirus) en ambientes urbanos y rurales de la provincia de Córdoba. Tesis Doctoral. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales.
  • BERANEK, M. D., QUAGLIA, A. I., PERALTA, G. C., FLORES, F. S., STEIN, M., DIAZ, L. A. ALMIRÓN, W. R., CONTIGIANI, M. S. . 2020. Culex interfor and Culex saltanensis (Diptera: Culicidae) are susceptible and competent to transmit St. Louis encephalitis virus (Flavivirus: Flaviviridae) in central Argentina. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneTrans 1–5.
  • BERANEK, M. D., QUAGLIA, A. I., PERALTA, G., FLORES, F. S., STEIN, M., DÍAZ, L. A., ALMIRÓN, W. R., CONTIGIANI, M. 2020. Culex interfor and Culex saltanensis (Diptera: Culicidae) are susceptible and competent to transmit St. Louis encephalitis virus (Flavivirus: Flaviviridae) in central Argentina. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/traa058
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