Species info
Classification > Subfamily Culicinae > Tribe Culicini > Genus Culex > Subgenus Carrollia
Culex secundus Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920
Female of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Female of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Female of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Culex secundus: male and female heads and claws; female thorax, wing, legs and genitalia (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Culex secundus: male and female heads and claws; female thorax, wing, legs and genitalia (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Female cibarial armature of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Female cibarial armature of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Male genitalia structures and pupa of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Male genitalia structures and pupa of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Head and prothorax of the larva of Culex secundus (Photo: Stein et al. 2018).
Head and prothorax of the larva of Culex secundus (Photo: Stein et al. 2018).
Larval siphon of Culex secundus (Photo: Stein et al. 2018).
Larval siphon of Culex secundus (Photo: Stein et al. 2018).
Larva of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
Larva of Culex secundus (Photo: Valencia, 1973).
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama
 
Synonyms
  • Sin registros/no records .
Habitat and breeding sites
Larvae have been found primarily in cut or broken bamboo and fallen leaves, palm and fronds, artificial containers (plastic bottle) and from a ground seepage. It has been recorded with: Culex brethesi, Culex chidesteri, Culex corniger, Culex coronator, Culex mollis, Culex tatoi, Haemagogus spegazzinii, Limatus durhamii, Trichoprosopon pallidiventer, Toxorhynchites sp., Sabethes undosus, Wyeomyia aporonoma.
References
  • VALENCIA, J. D. 1973. Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae) XXXI. A revision of the subgenus Carrolia of Culex. Contribution of the American Entomological Institute 9 (4): 1-134.
  • STEIN, M., ALVAREZ, C. N., ALONSO, A. N., BANGHER, D. N., WILLENER, J. A., CAMPOS, R. E. 2018. New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) found in phytotelmata in Northern Argentina. Zootaxa 4399 (1): 87-100.
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