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Issue: Vol. 4273 No. 1: 1 Jun. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.1.3
Page range: 31–49
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A new species of Aedes Meigen subgenus Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribálzaga (Diptera: Culicidae) from the coastal wetlands of the desert in northern Chile: morphological and molecular identification

Instituto de Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación. Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Sección Parasitología, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile
Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Sección Parasitología, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile
Departamento de Ciencias, Facultad de Educación y Ciencias, Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencias y Tecnología, Santiago, Chile
Centro de Investigación en Recursos Naturales y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Avenida Viel 1497, Santiago, Chile, Santiago, Chile
Diptera new species COI taxonomy Chile Neotropical Region

Abstract

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sallumae González & Reyes n. sp. is described and validated using morphological characters of the adult male and female, male genitalia and immature stages, and its cytochrome oxidase unit 1 mitochondrial gene sequence (COI). Aedes (Och.) sallumae is morphologically close to Ae. (Och.) albifasciatus (Macquart). However, these species can be distinguished based on characters of the males and females, male genitalia and fourth-instar larvae. Aedes (Och.) sallumae was collected in the geographically isolated desert zone of northern Chile, the Atacama Desert. This isolation suggests allopatric speciation, with Ae. (Och.) sallumae divergent from its sister species Ae. (Och.) albifasciatus. Molecular characterization showed a difference of more than 8% between these species, supporting their recognition as different species.

 

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