Aedes (Howardina) guatemala Berlin, 1969

Rivera-García, Karina D., Mendez-Andrade, Alejandro, Díaz-Osorio, Alicia C., Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio & Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, 2023, Description of the pupa, female and male genitalia of Aedes (Howardina) guerrero Berlin and first record of Ae. (How.) guatemala Berlin (Diptera: Culicidae) in Puebla, Mexico, Zootaxa 5360 (2), pp. 279-295 : 290-291

Aedes (Howardina) guatemala Berlin, 1969

Type locality: Yepocapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Additional references: Berlin (1969), Clark-Gil & Darsie (1983), Viveros-Santos et al. (2023).

Female ( Figs 9 , 10 ). Head: Vertex covered with decumbent scales; with a central stripe of dark scales and a lateral stripe of pale yellow scales on either side ( Fig. 9b ); antenna approximately 0.8–0.9 length of forefemur; maxillary palpus about 0.16 length of proboscis; clypeus without scales and setae. Thorax: Antepronotum covered with broad white scales; scutum with 2 dorsocentral stripes (4 in total) of golden-yellow scales; stripe of broad white scales on antealar area ( Fig. 9b ); pleura with patches of white scales on proepimeral, proepisternal, subspiracular, postspiracular (on upper part), prealar, upper mesokatepisternal (partially divided), lower mesokatepisternal, upper mesepimeral, lower mesepimeral and mesomeral areas ( Fig. 9a ). Legs: Fore- and midtarsomere 1 and hindtarsomeres 1 and 2 with basal bands of white scales ( Fig. 10a, b , respectively); mid- and hindfemora with a spot of white scales beyond middle and at the apex ( Fig. 10c ). Abdomen: Terga III–VI usually with basal bands of white scales; tergum VI with a small inverted triangular patch of white scales.

Bionomics. Pupa collected from a hollow in a species of Quercus .

Distribution. Aedes guatemala has been recorded in Guatemala ( Berlin 1969; Clark-Gil & Darsie 1983) and Mexico: Chiapas, Puebla ( Hernández-Triana et al. 2021; Viveros-Santos et al. 2022; this study).

Material examined. 1♀ Pe, MEXICO: Puebla, Amozoc, State Park General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río “Flor del Bosque”, Quercus forest (19° 01′ 20′′ N, 98° 06′ 46′ W), 2,408 m a.s.l., water accumulated in a hollow of a Quercus species, 28 September 2018.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Female of Aedes (Howardina) guatemala. a) Lateral view; b) head and scutum. Ds, Dorsocentral stripes, Sc, scutum; Ti-III, hindtibia; V, vertex.

FIGURE 10. Female of Aedes (Howardina) guatemala. a) Foretarsus; b) midleg; c) hindleg. Fe-II, midfemur; Fe-III, hindfemur; Ta-I, foretarsomere; Ta-II, midtarsomere; Ta-III, hindtarsomere; Ti-II, midtibia; Ti-III, hindtibia; subscripts 1–3, individual tarsomeres.