Brief Communication • Rev. Saúde Pública 46 (2) • Apr 2012 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102012005000007   copy

New records of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Neuquén and La Rioja provinces, Argentina

Novo registro de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) nas províncias de Neuquén e La Rioja, Argentina

Nuevos registros de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) en las provincias de Neuquén y La Rioja, Argentina

Marta Grech Andrés Visintin Magdalena Laurito Elizabet Estallo Pablo Lorenzo Irene Roccia Maximiliano Korin Facundo Goya Francisco Ludueña-Almeida Walter Almirón About the authors

The presence of Aedes aegypti is reported beyond its current limit of distribution in Argentina, in the city of Neuquén, Neuquén Province. Ovitraps were placed to collect Ae. aegypti eggs between December 2009 and April 2010. The geographical distribution of Culex eduardoi, Psorophora ciliata and Ps. cingulata is extended with new records from two provinces.

Insect Vectors; Aedes aegypti; Culex eduardoi; Psorophora ciliata; Psorophora cingulata; Argentina; Aedes aegypti

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