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Culicidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) from the Western Brazilian Amazon: Querari

Adult and immature specimens of Culicidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha) were collected in Querari, Municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, State of Amazonas, Brazil. Adults were captured using traps (CDC and Malaise) and nets (sweeping). Larvae and pupae were collected from puddles of water (on the ground and on rocks) and from leaf axils of arboreal and terrestrial Bromeliales. A species list of the family Culicidae is presented which includes 42 new distributional records for the region. The species found belong to the genera Ochlerotatus, Anopheles, Coquillettidia, Culex, Haemagogus. Johnbelkinia, Limatus, Psorophora, Sabethes, Trichoprosopon, Uranotaenia and Wyeomyia.

Culicidae; Amazonia; Distribution


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