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Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) bambusicola Lutz & Neiva OUR SpEcImENS HaVE all cHaRacTERS dEScRIbEd IN DaRSIE (1985), aNd THE SOlE fEmalE (FIg. 5A) WaS IdENTIfIEd USINg THE KEY bY THaT aUTHOR. THE fEmalE Of Tx. bambusicola HaS all TaRSOmERES WITH daRK ScalES. FOR THE IdENTIfIcaTION Of THE SpEcImENS cOllEcTEd IN THE pRESENT STUdY, WE USEd THE cHaRacTERISTIcS Of THE adUlT fEmalE, fUNdamENTallY bEcaUSE THE SpEcIES Of THE gENUS Toxorhynchites aRE VERY SImIlaR IN THE mORpHOlOgY Of THE malE gENITalIa aNd fOURTH-INSTaR laRVaE (LaNE, 1953; Da COSTa LIma et al., 1962). Bionomics and distribution. A SINglE laRVa WaS cOllEcTEd fROm a bROmElIad aXIl WITH laRVaE Of Cx. (Mcx.) imitator THEObald, Tx. (Lyn.) haemorrhoidalis separatus (LYNcH ARRIbálzaga) aNd a SpEcIES Of Wy. (Phoniomyia). CURRENT dISTRIbUTION IN CENTRal aNd SOUTH AmERIca: ARgENTINa, BOlIVIa, BRazIl, COlOmbIa, EcUadOR, PaNama, PaRagUaY, PERU, SURINamE, VENEzUEla (WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013). Toxorhynchites bambusicola WaS REcORdEd pREVIOUSlY fROm MISIONES PROVINcE. IT IS REcORdEd HERE fROm CORRIENTES PROVINcE. Collection data. CORRIENTES PROVINcE: SaN CaYETaNO, RIacHUElO, 20-I-2016, 1F, LE, PE. AlVaREz cOll. aNd dET. SpEcImENS IMR. CUL 22-003. |
