Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1915

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

Lutzia (Lutzia) allostigma Howard, Dyar & Knab

FOURTH-INSTaR laRVaE Of Lu. (Lut.) allostigma aRE dISTINgUISHablE fROm THOSE Of Lu. (Lut.) bigoti BEllaRdI (THE ONlY SpEcIES Of THE gENUS pREVIOUSlY REcORdEd IN ARgENTINa) bY HaVINg pEcTEN SpINES THaT dO NOT EXcEEd Half THE lENgTH Of THE SIpHON ( LaNE, 1953), THE dISTal ONES WEll SEpaRaTEd ( DYaR 1928) ( FIg. 2C,D ).

Bionomics and distribution. LaRVaE WERE cOllEcTEd fROm a TRUcK TIRE WITH laRVaE Of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (LINNaEUS), Ae. (Stg.) albopictus (SKUSE) aNd Lu. (Lut.) bigoti . Lutzia allostigma IS alSO REcORdEd fROm BElIzE, BRazIl, COlOmbIa, COSTa RIca, EcUadOR, FRENcH GUIaNa, GUYaNa, MEXIcO, NIcaRagUa, PaNama, PaRagUaY, PERU, SURINamE, VENEzUEla (WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013).

Collection data. MISIONES PROVINcE: EldORadO, 4-XI-2015, 2L. STEIN aNd BaNgHER cOll. ; STEIN dET. SpEcImENS IMR.CUL 10-005 aNd 10-025.

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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).