Wyeomyia (Miamyia) codiocampa 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

Wyeomyia (Miamyia) codiocampa Dyar & Knab

OUR SpEcImENS WERE IdENTIfIEd USINg THE KEY bY LaNE (1953). THE laRVa Of Wy. (Mia.) codiocampa IS SImIlaR TO THE laRVa Of Wy. (Mia.) serrata (LUTz) bUT maY bE dISTINgUISHEd bY HaVINg SETa 4-X WITH 8 OR 9 SHORT bRaNcHES ( FIg. 5C ). Bionomics and distribution. LaRVaE WERE cOllEcTEd fROm THE INTERNOdES Of a Guadua SpEcIES Of bambOO WITH laRVaE Of Toxorhynchites aNd Sa. (Pey.) identicus DYaR & KNab. CURRENT dISTRIbUTION IN CENTRal aNd SOUTH AmERIca: ARgENTINa, BRazIl, COlOmbIa, EcUadOR, PaNama, PaRagUaY, TRINIdad aNd TObagO (WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013; ROSSI, 2015). Wyeomyia codiocampa WaS REcORdEd pREVIOUSlY fROm MISIONES PROVINcE. IT IS REcORdEd HERE fROm CORRIENTES aNd FORmOSa pROVINcES.

Collection data. FORmOSa PROVINcE: HERRadURa, 9- II-2015, 1 L, 2F, LE, PE, 2M, LE, PE, MG. AlVaREz, ORIa, STEIN aNd RamíREz cOll.; AlVaREz aNd STEIN dET. SpEcImENS IMR. CUL 22-011 TO - 015. CORRIENTES PROVINcE: SaN CaYETaNO, RIacHUElO, XII-2011, 3 F, LE, PE, IV-2012, 7 F, LE, PE, 1M, LE, PE, VI-2012, 10 F, LE, PE, X-2012, 2 F, LE, PE, 4M, LE, PE, 29-IV-2015 1L, 1M, LE, PE, 5-VI-2015 1L, 6-VII-2015 1L, 1F, LE, PE, 20- I-2016, 1 L. AlVaREz, STEIN aNd CampOS cOll.; AlVaREz aNd STEIN dET. SpEcImENS IMR. CUL 22-005 TO 010 ; ILPLA.CUL 22-003 TO -030.

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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).