Author:
Ayala-Sulca Yuri,Carrasco-Badajoz Carlos,Huicho-Yanasupo Naum,Zamalloa-Vilca Carlos,Arque-Chunga Wilfredo,Ortega-Morales Aldo I.,Ramírez Rina,Fernadez-Salas Ildefonso
Abstract
ABSTRACT
On October 9, 2019, mosquito collections were conducted to update the mosquito species of medical importance in the Apurímac River Valley, Canayre, in the state of Ayacucho, Peru. Species collected included Culex (Carrollia) iridescens, which had been previously reported only in Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil, this being the first national report of this species in Peru and the first species within the genus Culex in Ayacucho. With the addition of Cx. iridescens to the mosquito fauna of Peru, there are currently 182 species in the country. Specimens collected during this study were deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Natural History Museum of the National University of San Cristobal Huamanga in Ayacucho, Peru.
Publisher
The American Mosquito Control Association
Subject
Insect Science,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Medicine,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics