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Issue: Vol. 1527 No. 1: 16 Jul. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1527.1.5
Page range: 45–52
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Mansonia (Mansonia) iguassuensis sp. nov. (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brasil

Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Veterinária, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Veterinária, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Diptera Culicidae Mansonia iguassuensis new species morphology systematics

Abstract

A new species, Mansonia (Mansonia) iguassuensis sp. nov., is described and defined based on morphological characters of adult male and female, male genitalia, fourth-instar larvae and pupae. Descriptions were based on specimens collected in the states of Paraná and São Paulo. Female and male genitalia, fourth-instar larvae and pupae are illustrated.

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