THE TYPE SPECIMENS OF MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) DEPOSITED IN THEENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF THE INSTITUTE-OSWALDO-CRUZ, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Authors
MARCHONSILVA V LOURENCODEOLIVEIRA R DEALMEIDA MD DASILVAVASCONCELOS A COSTA J
Citation
V. Marchonsilva et al., THE TYPE SPECIMENS OF MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) DEPOSITED IN THEENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF THE INSTITUTE-OSWALDO-CRUZ, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 91(4), 1996, pp. 471-478
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine
Journal title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz → ACNP
ISSN journal
00740276
Volume
91
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
471 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(1996)91:4<471:TTSOM(>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A list of type specimens of 100 mosquito species deposited in the Ento mological collection of the Institute Oswaldo Cruz is presented. II in cludes five holotypes belonging to the subfamily Anophelinae; 56 holot ypes of Culicinae and two of Toxorhynchitinae. A lectotype is designat ed for Toxorhynchites fluminensis. The holotypes of six nominal specie s - Psorophora chiquitana, Psorophora circunflava, Psorophora melanota , Psorophora lanei, Wyeomyia brucei and Uranotaenia noctivaga - previo usly considered non existent or of unknown location were found in the collection.