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

RIBEIRO, H. & RAMOS, H. Cunha -- <strong>Research</strong> on the mosquitoes o[ Angola -- X
species most often recorded as associates were An. cydippis (in 5 breeding
places), C. annulioris (4), C. univittatus (3) and An. argenteolobatus,
An. squamosus, C. duttoni and C. tigripes (2, each).
C. argenteopunctatus kingi is known to be mainly a zoophilic mosquito,
though it may bite man in the outside (35).
7.5.4- Culex (Culex) aurantapex jinjaensis Edwards, 1941
New record for Angola of both the species and subspecies.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. LOMBE RIVER (W of Malanje), 1 $, 3 $
plus 6 larvae, II-1970; CALAI, 1 larva, 30.XI.1%5.
TAXONOMIC NOTES. Angolan adult and larval specimens agree quite
well with the descriptions of var. finjaensis of Edwards (8).
According to Hopkins (24), larvae of the type form are indistin-
guishable from those of var. jinjaensis. Larvae from the Lombe River,
bowever, are surely attributable to the Uganda-Zambia form, to which
quite probably also belong the larva from Calai.
According to the available evidence in Angola, larvae of jinjaensis
can be separated from those of C. annulioris, C. bitaeniorhynchus and
C. ethiopicus if one takes into account the chactotaxy of abdominal
seg. VIII (see larval key).
DISTRIBUTION. Map 8 shows the only two Angolan localities known
for finjaensis.
BIOEOOLOGICAL NOTES. Two breeding places were recorded for
jinjaensis: a pool at the edge of the Cubango River and the margins of
Lombe River. In both instances the water was clean and limpid, only
shaded by emergent grasses. In the first of the larval biotopes, the pH
of the breeding water was 6.5.
C. poicilipes was an associated species in both instances, while An.
coustani, C. simpsoni (form A) and Ficalbia mal/eyti were recorded
only once.
Estud., Ens. e Doc.- 134 73