New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: culicidae) from bolívar state in South eastern Venezuela, with 27 new species for the state and 5 of them new in the country

Jesús Berti; Hernán Guzmán; Yarys Estrada; Rodrigo Ramírez

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2014.00268

New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: culicidae) from bolívar state in South eastern Venezuela, with 27 new species for the state and 5 of them new in the country

Front Public Health. 2015 Mar 13:2:268. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00268. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Jesús Berti¹, Hernán Guzmán¹, Yarys Estrada¹, Rodrigo Ramírez¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Entomology, Center for Endemic Diseases Studies , Maracay , Venezuela.

Abstract

This is the first part of a series of studies related to mosquito ecological and biogeographic aspects. A total of 69 mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) was collected in 16 localities sampled in the Gran Sabana Municipality, Canaima National Park, and Venezuela. Twenty-seven mosquito species are recorded for the first time from Bolívar State, Venezuela. Five of them species are reported for the first time in Venezuela: Anopheles malefactor Dyar and Knab (1907); Chagasia bonneae Root (1927); Chagasia ablusa Harbach (2009); Culex anduzei Lane (1944), and Uranotaenia leucoptera Theobald (1907). Their medical importance is commented, and ecological and epidemiological aspects are discussed. A checklist of the mosquito species reported in the Gran Sabana County is given.

Keywords: Bolívar State; Gran Sabana; Venezuela; emerging diseases; inventory; mosquitoes; vectors.