Revue du genre Coquilletidia (Diptera : Culicidae) a Madagascar et description de la larve de Cq. grandidieri (Blanchard; 1905)

ABSTRACT

"Review of the genus Coquilletidia (Diptera Culicidae) in Madagascar and description of the larva of Cq.grandidieri (Blanchard; 1905)"" The genus Coquilletidia includes some of the mosquitoes involved in the transmission of numerous arbovirosis. Adults are locally abundant and very aggressive for men. In Madagascar; thus genus concerns 3 species among which 2 are endemic and had not been described at larval stage this far. The authors describe a single larva of Coquilletidia collected at Ankazobe in the Middle West of Madagascar; at an altitude of 1200 meters.The geographical distribution of Coquilletidia adults collected in various bio-climatic zones in Madagascar; combined with observed morphological characters; permit us to attribute this larva to Cq. grandidieri."