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Issue: Vol. 4576 No. 1: 1 Apr. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.7
Page range: 140–150
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Notes on the Toxorhynchites of Mexico: redescription of Tx. moctezuma (Dyar & Knab) and new record for Tx. grandiosus (Williston) in Veracruz (Diptera: Culicidae)

Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL) Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91070, México.
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL) Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91070, México.
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL) Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91070, México.
Diptera Veracruz mosquito description taxonomy morphology chaetotaxy

Abstract

Description of the pupa and redescriptions of the larva, female, male and male genitalia of Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) moctezuma (Dyar & Knab) are presented based on specimens from Mexico, providing information that helps to distinguish this species from other species within the subgenus Lynchiella. Additionally, we report the first finding of Tx. (Lyn.) grandiosus (Williston) in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.

 

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