Species info
Classification > Subfamily Culicinae > Tribe Culicini > Genus Culex > Subgenus Melanoconion
Culex serratimarge Root, 1927
Male genitalia structures of Culex serratimarge. A. Gonostylus of the gonocoxite; B. Subapical lobe of the gonocoxite; C. Tergum IX; D. Lateral plate (Photos: A,B,D: Duret, 1954; C: Root, 1927).
Male genitalia structures of Culex serratimarge. A. Gonostylus of the gonocoxite; B. Subapical lobe of the gonocoxite; C. Tergum IX; D. Lateral plate (Photos: A,B,D: Duret, 1954; C: Root, 1927).
Male genitalia structures of Culex serratimarge. A. Gonostylus of the gonocoxite; B. Subapical lobe of the gonocoxite; C. Tergum IX; D. Lateral plate (Photos: A,B,D: Duret, 1954; C: Root, 1927).
Larva of Culex serratimarge. A. Head; B. Siphon (Photo: Senevet & Abonnenc, 1939).
Larva of Culex serratimarge. A. Head; B. Siphon (Photo: Senevet & Abonnenc, 1939).
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Chaco
    • Corrientes
    • Formosa
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
 
Synonyms
  • Sin registros/no records .
Observations
Female unknown.
Habitat and breeding sites
Larvae were collected during May and October in Chaco Province, Argentina.
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References
  • DURET, J. P. 1953a. Las especies argentinas de Culex (Melanoconion) (Diptera-Culicidae). I. Introduccion. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 16 (3): 67-76.
  • DURET, J. P. 1953b. Notas sobre Culex argentinos. (Diptera-Culicidae). Revista de la Sanidad Militar Argentina 52 (2): 272-278.
  • DURET, J. P. 1954c. Las especies argentinas de Culex (Melanoconion) (Diptera: Culicidae). VII. Descripción de los Culex (Melanoconion) argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 16(4): 99-121.
  • CASTRO, M., GARCÍA, M., BRESSANELLO, M. D. 1959 (1960). Diptera Culicidae Culicinae, p. 547-562. En: J. F. R. Bejarano, E. Del Ponte and R. N. Orfila (ed.), Primeras Jornadas Entomoepidemiológicas Argentinas 2, Buenos Aires.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • ROSSI, G. C. 2015. Annotated checklist, distribution, and taxonomic bibliography of the mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) of Argentina. Check List 11 (4): 1712.
  • BANGHER, D. N. 2020. Revisión sistemática de Culex (Melanoconion) Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) en Argentina. Tesis Doctoral. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina.
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