New records of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) for Santa Catarina and Paraná (Brazil)

Abstract

We provide eight new mosquito species records for Santa Catarina (Limatus flavisetosus Oliveira Castro 1935, Mansonia flaveola (Coquillett 1906), Ma. titillans (Walker 1848), Psorophora forceps Cerqueira 1939, Sabethes xyphydes Harbach 1994, Toxorhynchites bambusicolus (Lutz & Neiva 1913), Tx. theobaldi (Dyar & Knab 1906) and Wyeomyia lassalli Bonne-Wepster & Bonne 1921) and three for Paraná (Ochlerotatus argyrothorax Bonne-Wepster & Bonne 1920, Uranotaenia pallidoventer Theobald 1903 and Wyeomyia pilicauda Root 1928). Additionally, we list all species in these eight genera recorded previously in the two states. The known distribution and possible epidemiological implications of the new species records are discussed.

First records of the occurrence of twelve species of Sabethini (Diptera, Culicidae) in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil

“…To check the originality of the species records in southern Brazil and Paraná, we consulted Lane and Cerqueira (1942), and the lists of entomological collections presented by Marchon-Silva et al (1996), Hutchings et al (2005), and Tissot and Navarro-Silva (2008). In addition, the lists compiled by Cardoso et al (2005Cardoso et al ( , 2010 for Rio Grande do Sul and Müller et al (2008) for Paraná and Santa Catarina were also consulted. The distribution of mosquito species is presented based on the main natural characteristics of Paraná, according to the Maack (1981) and Wons (1985).…”