Research on the mosquitoes of Angola - Systematic Catalog of ...

SUMMARY
In this paper, the writers revise our present knowledge on the genus
Cule¾ in Angola. Other than the available information from the literature,
are included all the unpublished data gathered by the writers and
their team during several years of entomological work throughout the
country and based upon the identification of more than 8,400 Culex specimens.
The previous list of the Angolan Culex is now increased from
34 presumed members to 47, with the addiction of the following species,
subspecies and forms here recorded for the first time in Angola: C. (M.)
salisburiensis salisburiensis, C. (E.) lingianus, C. (E.) wigglesworthi,
C. (C.) aurantapex }in}aensis, C. (C.) chorleyi, C. (C.) ethiopicus, C. (C.)
invidiosus type form, C. (C.) per/idiosus, C. (C.) ?er/uscus, C. (C.)
pruina pruina, C. (C.) pruina eschirasi, C. (C.) toroensis, and C. (C.)
weschei ? gediensis. Our knowledge on the geographical distribution of
the species of Culex in Angola is also considerably increased with, on
the whole, 447 new locality records.
Keys to females and to fourth instar larvae of the Angolan representatives
of the genus are also presented, which are intended to account
for the variations found in our series.
Under each Culex taxon, its previously known distribution, the material
examined by the writers and the Angolan localities from which the
mosquito is now known are indicated, and some notes on taxonomy and
bioecology are added. Distribution maps for each taxon are also presented
and considered from a zoogeographical viewpoint.
Lastly, the medical importance of Angolan Culex, especially as
vectors of arthropod-borne animal viruses, is briefly revised.
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