Wyeomyia (Dodecamyia) aphobema Dyar, 1918

Stein, Marina, Alvarez, Carla N., Alonso, Ana C., Bangher, Débora N., Willener, Juana A. & Campos, Raúl E., 2018, New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) found in phytotelmata in Northern Argentina, Zootaxa 4399 (1), pp. 87-100 : 89

Wyeomyia (Dodecamyia) aphobema Dyar

OUR SpEcImENS HaVE all THE cHaRacTERS dEScRIbEd IN LaNE (1953), aNd WERE IdENTIfIEd USINg THE KEY bY THaT aUTHOR. THE IdENTIfIcaTION WaS baSEd ON malE gENITalIa aNd fOURTH-INSTaR laRVaE ( FIg. 2E,F,G,H ). MalES Of Wy. (Dod.) aphobema aRE IdENTIfIablE bY HaVINg THE gONOcOXITE WITH a ROW Of 8 STRONg SETaE aNd lONg, cURVEd, SpaRSE ONES ON THE mIdlINE; gONOSTYlUS SImplE, ONE-fOURTH THE lENgTH Of THE gONOcOXITE, SlIgHTlY THIcKENEd apIcallY; gONOSTYlaR claW WITH 2 dIffERENTIaTEd TEETH; NINTH TERgUm WITH a VERY NaRROW cONcaVE INTERlObUlaR SpacE, EacH lObE WITH 4 OR 5 bROad cURVEd SETaE WITH pOINTEd apIcES, THE mESal ONES lOWER ON THE lObE THaN THE OUTER ONES.

Bionomics and distribution. LaRVaE WERE cOllEcTEd fROm bROmElIad aXIlS. Wyeomyia aphobema IS alSO REcORdEd fROm BOlIVIa, BRazIl, COlOmbIa, EcUadOR, FRENcH GUIaNa, GUYaNa, PERU aNd SURINamE (WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013).

Collection data. MISIONES PROVINcE: EldORadO, 10-V-2016, 2M, LE, PE, MG, 16-VII-2016, 1F, LE, PE. AlONSO cOll.; MOTTa aNd STEIN dET . SpEcImENS IMR.CUL 10-006 TO -009.

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FIGURE 2. Specimens collected during the study. (A,B) Cx. secundus: larva (A) and detail of siphon (B); (C,D) Lu. allostigma: larva (C) and detail of siphon (D); (E, F, G,H) Wy. aphobema: detail of siphon (E) and male genitalia (F‒H). CS, comb scale; Gc, gonocoxite; GC, gonostylar claw; Gs, gonostylus; LPB, lateral palatal brushes; MP, median portion of gonocoxite; PS, pecten spine; Ppr, paraproct; S, siphon; 1-C, head seta 1; 1-S, siphonal setae; 8-P, prothoracic setae; VIII, X, abdominal segments VIII and X, respectively;IX-Te, tergum IX.Photos by Janinna Faraone (A, B and H), Carla N.Alvarez (C and D) andDébora N.Bangher (E‒G).