Culex (Phytotelmatomyia) castroi Casal & García, 1967

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 : 92-93

Culex (Phytotelmatomyia) castroi Casal & García

LaRVaE Of Cx. (Phy.) castroi aRE VERY SImIlaR TO THE laRVaE Of Cx. (Phy.) renatoi LaNE & RamalHO , bUT maY bE dISTINgUISHEd bY HaVINg SETa 8-P SHORT aNd mUlTIplE bRaNcHEd, SETa 1-C bRaNcHEd OR fORKEd. SETa 1-C IS SImplE IN Cx. renatoi , aNd THE pEcTEN SpINES HaVE dENTIclES ( FIg. 4C,D ). OUR SpEcImENS Of Cx. castroi HaVE all cHaRacTERS dEScRIbEd IN CaSal & GaRcía (1967) aNd ROSSI & HaRbacH (2008).

Bionomics and distribution. LaRVaE aNd pUpaE WERE cOllEcTEd fROm THE aXIlS Of Eryngium SpEcIES (DIcOTYlEdONEaE: ApIacEaE ) ( MaRTINEz, 2005; CampOS, 2010) WITH laRVaE Of Cx. (Phy.) renatoi LaNE & RamalHO .

Current distribution in South America: Argentina and Uruguay ( ROSSI & HaRbacH, 2008). Culex castroi HaS bEEN fOUNd pREVIOUSlY IN BUENOS AIRES, CORRIENTES, ENTRE RíOS, MISIONES aNd RíO NEgRO pROVINcES. IT IS REcORdEd HERE fROm CHacO PROVINcE.

Collection data. CHacO PROVINcE : CHacO NaTIONal PaRK aNd COlONIa BENíTEz, 27- IX-2009 9 LE, 9PE, 7F, 2M, 7 - XI-2016 3 L. CampOS, CazORla aNd AlVaREz cOll.; CampOS aNd AlVaREz dET. SpEcImENS IMR.CUL 20-001 TO -003; ILPLA.CUL 20-004 TO -012.

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FIGURE 4. Specimens collected during the study. (A, B) Culex davisi: thorax of larva showing prothoracic seta 1‒7-P, (B) terminal abdominal segments of the larva; (C,D) Cx. castroi: larva head, (D) thorax and detail of pecten spine; (E,F) Cx. renatoi: female with white scales on midlobe of scutellum; (G,H) Sa. undosus: larva (G) showing two hooks on VII (seta 1- VII), and male genitalia (H). Gc, gonocoxite; Gs, gonostylus; P, proboscis; PS, pecten spine; S, siphon; Stm, scutellum; Ta, tarsomeres; 1-C, head seta 1; 8-P and 14-P, prothoracic setae; VII, VIII, X, abdominal segments VII, VIII and X, respectively; IX-Te, tergum IX; 1a‒e, siphonal setae; 1‒4, setae 1‒4-X. Photos by Janinna Faraone (G and H), Carla N. AlVaREz (A‒F) and Raúl E. Campos (E and F).