Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab

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 : 96

Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) theobaldi Dyar & Knab

OUR SpEcImENS HaVE all THE cHaRacTERS dEScRIbEd IN DaRSIE (1985), aNd THE SINglE fEmalE ( FIg. 5B ) aNd THE laRVal EXUVIaE WERE IdENTIfIEd USINg THE KEY bY THaT aUTHOR. THE fEmalE Of Tx. theobaldi maY bE dISTINgUISHEd fROm THE OTHER SpEcIES Of THE SUbgENUS Lynchiella bY HaVINg abdOmINal STERNa WITHOUT TUfTS Of REd ScalES, aNd mIdTaRSOmERE 3 aNd HINdTaRSOmERE 4 WITH WHITE ScalES.

Bionomics and distribution. A SINglE laRVa WaS cOllEcTEd fROm aN INTERNOdE Of a Guadua SpEcIES Of bambOO. CURRENT dISTRIbUTION IN CENTRal aNd SOUTH AmERIca: ARgENTINa, BElIzE, BOlIVIa, BRazIl, COlOmbIa, COSTa RIca, EcUadOR, El SalVadOR, GUaTEmala, HONdURaS, MEXIcO, NIcaRagUa, PaNama, PaRagUaY, TRINIdad aNd TObagO, VENEzUEla (WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013; ROSSI, 2015). Toxorhynchites theobaldi WaS REcORdEd pREVIOUSlY fROm BUENOS AIRES, CHacO, FORmOSa, MISIONES aNd SalTa pROVINcES. IT IS REcORdEd HERE fROm CORRIENTES PROVINcE.

Collection data. CORRIENTES PROVINcE: SaN CaYETaNO, RIacHUElO, 5-VI-2015, 1F, LE, PE. AlVaREz cOll. aNd dET. SpEcImENS IMR. CUL 22-004 .

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FIGURE 5. Specimens collected during the study. (A) Tx. bambusicola: female; (B) Tx. theobaldi: female; (C) Wy. codiocampa: terminal abdominal segments of the larva; (D,E) Wy. serratoria: female. S, sternum; Ta, tarsomeres; Ta-II, tarsomeres of midleg; Te, tergum; 4-X, seta 4-X (ventral brush) of abdominal segment X. Photos by Carla N. Alvarez (A‒C) and Raúl E. Campos (D and E).