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Issue: Vol. 4999 No. 6: 15 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.6.2
Page range: 534-552
Abstract views: 776
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A new species of Wyeomyia (Diptera: Culicidae) from Heliconia flower bracts in northern South America

Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Avenida Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Avenida Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Laboratório Multidisciplinar de Ciências Biológicas (LMCB), Universidade Federal do Amapá – Campus Binacional do Oiapoque (UNIFAP), Rodovia BR 156, 3051, Bairro Universidade, 68980-000, Oiapoque, AP, Brazil.
Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Avenida Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Avenida Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Avenida Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Wyeomyia anthica systematics mosquito integrative taxonomy Sabethini Diptera

Abstract

A new species of the genus Wyeomyia, Wyeomyia (Decamyia) anthica sp. n., is described based on morphological and molecular analyses and is illustrated in larval, pupal and adult life stages. Among the four valid species of the subgenus Decamyia, the new species is closest to Wy. ulocoma (Theobald, 1903), from which it can be distinguished by morphological characters of the male genitalia, larval and pupal stages, and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene sequence. Wyeomyia ulocoma is recorded from Brazil for the first time.

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