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Issue: Vol. 3323 No. 1: 24 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3323.1.4
Page range: 57–63
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the female, pupa, and larva of Culex (Melanoconion) bahiensis Duret, and redescription of the male (Diptera: Culicidae)

Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av. Vélez Sársfield 1611, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, CCT La Plata, CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Calle 2 Nº 584, B1902CHX, La Plata, Argentina
Diptera Cx. (Melanoconion) bahiensis Culex Melanoconion redescription Argentina

Abstract

We describe for the first time the female, pupa, and larva of Culex (Melanoconion) bahiensis and also redescribe the male and illustrate the male genitalia and the pupa and larva. This is the first record of the species for Argentina.

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