Penicillium species in mosquitoes from two Brazilian regions

Penicillium species were isolated from 1073 adult mosquitoes and larvae of Aedes spp., Anopheles spp,, Culex spp. and Mansonia spp, captured in the no rthern and southeastern regions of Brazil. In a total of 24 collections, 19 8 Penicillium strains were identified in 13 species: Penicillium canescens, P. chrysogenum, P. citrinum, P. corylophilum, P. decumbens, P. expansum, P . fellutanum, P. implicatum, P. janthinellum, P. oxalicum, P. purpurogenum, P. viridicatum? and P. waksmanii. The total isolation frequency of the Pen icillium species in the investigated mosquitoes was: Anopheles spp. (51.5%) , Aedes spp. (15.1%), Culex spp. (23.7%) and Mansonia spp. (10.1%). The Pen icillium species with the highest incidence in the mosquito genera were: P. corylophilum, P. janthinellum, P. fellutanum and P. waksmanii. The highest number of mosquitoes were captured in the state of Rio de Janeiro, followe d by Rondonia and Minas Gerais.