ABSTRACT
En este trabajo se señala por primera vez para Venezuela, la presencia de la especie Culex (Carrollia) anduzei Cerqueira & Lane, la cual estaba registrada solamente en Brasil. Con este nuevo registro, su distribución geográfica en América incluye Brasil y Venezuela. Por otro lado, se reporta por primera vez la presencia de la especie Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar en el estado Bolívar, Venezuela. Este es un vector de la Encefalitis Equina Venezolana.
In this work we report for the first time the presence of Culex (Carrollia) anduzei Cerqueira & Lane in Venezuela. With this new record the geographical distribution of this species in America includes Brazil and Venezuela. Also we report for the first time the presence of Culex (Melanoconion) dunni Dyar in Bolívar state, Venezuela. This is a vector of The Venezuelan Equine Encefalitis.
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Animals , Arbovirus Infections , Culex , Culicidae , Disease Vectors , Epidemiologic FactorsABSTRACT
Based on type examination, Culex (Melanoconion) theobaldi (Lutz, 1904) is redescribed. The species Cx. (Mel.) chrysonotum Dyar & Knab, 1908, was put back as synonym of theobaldi. Besides, examination of Cx. (Mel.) chrysothorax (Newstead & Thomas, 1910) type, leads to retiring as synonym of theobaldi and considered it as "species inquirenda".