First record of Aedeomyia squamipennis (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1878) (Diptera: Culicidae) in the state of Maranhão: epidemiological implications and distribution in Brazil

By

Nascimento Pereira, Agostinho C.
Pereira Filho, Adalberto A.
Brito, Gustavo A.
Brito, Gustavo Almeida
Moraes, Jorge L. P
Rebêlo, José Manuel Macário

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-4-4

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

2084--10

Subjects

Avian malaria , biomes transition , Epidemiology , Mosquito , Neotropical region , South America , vector

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2084

 

Abstract

We record Aedeomyia squamipennis from the state of Maranhão, Brazil (municipalities of Bacurituba, Barra do Corda, Cajapió, Governador Nunes Freire, and Santo Amaro do Maranhão). We show that this species is well distributed in the state. The potential in the epidemiology of avian malaria and arboviruses is discussed briefly in connection with its discovery in Santo Amaro do Maranhão, due to the great number of bird species on Lake Santo Amaro. Finally, we present the known distribution of the species in Brazil.