Culex pilosus (Dyar and Knab, 1906)
Male genitalia structures of Culex pilosus: A. Distal and proximal divisions of the subapical lobe of the gonocoxite; B. Gonostylus; C. Lateral plate; C. Tergum IX (Photos: A, B and D Sirivanakarn, 1982; C Duret, 1954).
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Formosa
- Misiones
- Santa Fe
Other distribution
Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
- agitator Dyar and Knab
- colombiensis Dyar
- cubensis (Dyar and Knab)
- curopinensis Bonne-Wepster and Bonne
- deceptor Dyar and Knab
- floridanus (Dyar and Knab)
- hesitator Dyar and Knab
- ignobilis Dyar and Knab
- jamaicensis (Grabham)
- mastigia Howard, Dyar, and Knab
- radiatus Senevet and Abonnenc
- reductor Dyar and Knab
Disease relations: Aura virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) was isolated in 1959 from a pool of Culex (Melanoconion) sp. near Belem (Brazil). The same virus was isolated from Ochlerotatus serratus in Misiones, Argentina (Sabattini et al. 1998). Ochlerotatus serratus and Aura virus overlap in distribution with Culex pilosus in Argentina.
The larva of this species was described by Pratt et al. from specimens collected in crabholes in Florida, and in a sluggish stream and in pools beside a stream. Adults have been collected resting on walls, in calf-baited and horse baited traps and with light traps.
Larvae were also found in a temporary pool with fresh clear standing water in a roadside ditch in full sun in Córdoba City, Argentina. The pool was approximately 6 m long and 1.5 m wide, with an average depth of 10 cm. Flooded grasses and emergent aquatic vegetation covered approximately 80% of the pool. Larvae were coexisting with Aedes albifasciatus and Culex maxi.
Larvae were also found in a temporary pool with fresh clear standing water in a roadside ditch in full sun in Córdoba City, Argentina. The pool was approximately 6 m long and 1.5 m wide, with an average depth of 10 cm. Flooded grasses and emergent aquatic vegetation covered approximately 80% of the pool. Larvae were coexisting with Aedes albifasciatus and Culex maxi.
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