Arana-Guardia R., García-Suárez O., Martínez-Duque P., Tolsá-García M. J., Vigueras-Galvan A. L., Roche Benjamin, Roiz David, Suzán G., Talaga S. (2024). First record of the tribe orthopodomyiini in the Yucatan Peninsula. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 40 (2), p. 109-111. ISSN 8756-971X.
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First record of the tribe orthopodomyiini in the Yucatan Peninsula
Arana-Guardia R., García-Suárez O., Martínez-Duque P., Tolsá-García M. J., Vigueras-Galvan A. L., Roche Benjamin, Roiz David, Suzán G., Talaga S.
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Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 2024,
40 (2), p. 109-111 ISSN 8756-971X
Updating the mosquito fauna occurring in a specific area is crucial, given that certain species serve as vectors capable of transmitting zoonotic arboviruses. This scientific note presents the first records of mosquitoes of the tribe Orthopodomyiini in the Yucatan Peninsula. Immature mosquitoes were collected on 2 occasions inside a tures, were obtained and identified as Orthopodomyia kummi based on external characteristics of females and males. This species has been recorded in Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and marginally in the United States, but its presence in the Yucatan Peninsula had gone unnoticed until now. The knowledge about mosquitoes of the genus Orthopodomyia is limited, and their epidemiological importance remains uncertain. Therefore, further studies could provide insights into the ecological and infection dynamics associated with this species.
