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Updated list of the mosquitoes of Colombia (Diptera: Culicidae).

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A revised list of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) known to occur in Colombia is presented. A total of 324 species from 28 genera of Culicidae are included. The species names are organized in alphabetical order according to the current generic and subgeneric classification, along with their authorship. The list is compiled in order to support mosquito research in Colombia. NEW INFORMATION: Our systematic review and literature survey found, by 16 February 2015, 13 records of culicid species previously overlooked by mosquito catalogs for Colombia: Anophelescostai da Fonseca & da Silva Ramos, 1939, An.fluminensis Root, 1927, An.malefactor Dyar & Knab, 1907, An.shannoni Davis, 1931, An.vargasi Galbadón, Cova García & Lopez, 1941, Culexmesodenticulatus Galindo & Mendez, 1961, Haemagoguscapricornii Lutz, 1904, Isostomyiaespini (Martini, 1914), Johnbelkinialeucopus (Dyar & Knab, 1906), Mansoniaindubitans Dyar & Shannon, 1925, Psorophorasaeva Dyar & Knab, 1906, Sabethesglaucodaemon (Dyar & Shannon, 1925), and Wyeomyiaintonca Dyar & Knab, 1909. Moreover, Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) luteoventralis Theobald, 1901 is recorded for Colombia for the first time. This work provides important insights into mosquito diversity in Colombia, using the current nomenclature and phylogenetic rankings.

Entities: Chemical Disease Species

Keywords: Nematocera; Neotropical Region; new records; species account

Year: 2015 PMID： 25829860 PMCID： PMC4355676 DOI： 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4567

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biodivers Data J ISSN： 1314-2828

Introduction

Currently, 3,543 species of are formally recognized and distributed over a diverse range of habitats around the world (Harbach 2015). Colombia, one of the world's megadiverse countries, has a highly diverse mosquito fauna and a high prevalence of mosquito-borne diseases (Morrone 2006, Foley et al. 2008, Hudson 2010, Montoya-Lerma et al. 2011). The tremendous variety of ecosystems in Colombia provides environmental conditions that favor the immigration, adaptation, development and persistence of a great diversity of mosquito species (Molina et al. 2000, Olano et al. 2001, Foley et al. 2007, Barreto et al. 2008, Brochero and Quiñones 2008). Six mosquito catalogs list species that occur in Colombia: Barreto-Reyes (1955) reported 164 species; Knight and Stone (1977) reported 250 species; Carrejo and González (1992) listed 260 recognized species; Walter Reed Medical Army (1998) reported also 260 species; and lastly, 289 species were reported in the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit mosquito catalog (Gaffigan et al. 2014). Recent changes in mosquito taxonomy, ranking of groups, and species names (Gaffigan et al. 2013, Harbach 2015) made it crucial to compile an updated list that follows the currently accepted classification, as well as includes new and overlooked species records for the country.

Materials and methods

The species list was compiled from information available in previously published mosquito catalogs for Colombia (Barreto-Reyes 1955, Knight and Stone 1977, Carrejo and González 1992, Walter Reed Medical Army 1998, Gaffigan et al. 2014) and other publications containing species reports not included in these catalogs (Kumm et al. 1946, Osorno-Mesa 1947, Lane 1953, Arnell 1976, Wilkerson 1990, Pecor et al. 1992, Harbach 1995, Barreto et al. 1996, Lounibos et al. 1998, Vélez et al. 1998, Molina et al. 2000, Ferro et al. 2003, Liria and Navarro 2003, Porter and Wolff 2004, González and Carrejo 2007, Ferro et al. 2008, Harbach and Howard 2009, Mendenhall et al. 2011, Barajas et al. 2013). The first record for Colombia of Theobald, 1901 is based on a female collected with CDC traps in September 2013 in a tropical dry forest in La Pintada (Antioquia) [N 05.63646, W 075.59002, 710m above sea level]. The specimen was identified using Lane (1953), Motta and Lourenço-de-Oliveira (1995), Judd (1998), Motta and Lourenço-de-Oliveira (2000) as references. The species presented in this list are arranged alphabetically by genus and subgenus. Species names are followed by their authorship and year of description, and the catalog or other source that first reported the species in Colombia. Our list follows the most recent mosquito classification compiled by Gaffigan et al. (2013) and Harbach (2015). Also, we follow the provisional 'sensu auctorum' placement of '', product of the polyphyletic assemblage of species reflected in the phylogeny reconstructed by Reinert et al. (2009). Junior synonyms, subspecies, biologically separate sibling species that lack formal names, and nomina dubia reported by Barreto-Reyes (1955) and Knight and Stone 1977 ( Peryassú, 1921, Aiken & Rowland, 1906, Theobald, 1901, (Martini, 1931)) are not included.

Checklists

List of mosquito species known to occur in Colombia

(Lynch Arribálzaga, 1878)

Notes

Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Wilkerson, 1991 Carrejo and González 1992 da Fonseca & da Silva Ramos, 1939 González and Carrejo 2007. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. Coquillett, 1902 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Root, 1927 González and Carrejo 2007. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. Wilkerson & Sallum, 1999 González and Carrejo 2007 Dyar & Knab, 1907 Wilkerson 1990. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. Lutz & Neiva, 1911 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lutz, 1903) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Curry, 1931 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1908 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Peryassú, 1908) Knight and Stone 1977 Theobald, 1901 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Davis, 1931 González and Carrejo 2007. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Komp, 1937 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Knight and Stone 1977 (Theobald, 1905) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1908 Knight and Stone 1977 Komp, 1937 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Zavortink, 1973 Knight and Stone 1977 Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1913 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Zavortink, 1973 González and Carrejo 2007 (Peryassú, 1908) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Osorno-Mesa, 1947 Osorno-Mesa 1947, Barreto-Reyes 1955 Antunes, 1937 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Gabaldón, Cova García & Lopez, 1941 Osorno-Mesa 1947. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. Wiedemann, 1820 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Lynch Arribálzaga, 1878 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Curry, 1932 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Gabaldón, Cova García & Lopez, 1941 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Chagas, 1907 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Root, 1926 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Causey, 1945 Lounibos et al. 1998 Brèthes, 1926 Knight and Stone 1977 Galvão & Damasceno, 1942 Knight and Stone 1977 Gabaldón, 1940 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Peryassú, 1922 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Chagas, 1907 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Gabaldón, Cova García & Lopez, 1940 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Root, 1926 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Neiva & Pinto, 1922 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Faran, 1979 Carrejo and González 1992 Edwards, 1930 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Theobald, 1902) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Shannon, 1933 Knight and Stone 1977 Harbach, 2009 Harbach and Howard 2009 Dyar, 1928 Knight and Stone 1977 Root, 1927 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lutz, 1904) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Peryassú, 1908) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Theobald, 1903) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891) Carrejo and González 1992 (Lane & Coutinho, 1940) Knight and Stone 1977 (Chagas, 1907) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Shannon, 1931) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Coquillett, 1904) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Theobald, 1912) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Duret, 1969 Knight and Stone 1977.The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. Theobald, 1903 Knight and Stone 1977. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. Root, 1927 Ferro et al. 2003 (Lutz, 1905) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Rozeboom & Komp, 1948 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Komp, 1936 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1907 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Mendenhall et al. 2011 Adames & Galindo, 1973 Knight and Stone 1977 Lane & Whitman, 1943 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Núñez Tovar, 1928 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1921 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Valencia, 1973 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1921 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Coquillett, 1906) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Lane & Whitman, 1943 Knight and Stone 1977 Lane, 1936 Knight and Stone 1977 Root, 1927 Carrejo and González 1992 Forattini, 1965 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1929 Knight and Stone 1977 Forattini, 1965 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Knight and Stone 1977 Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1925 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1921 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Duret, 1967 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Carrejo and González 1992 Dyar, 1907 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Theobald, 1901 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Lane, 1945 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Evans, 1923 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Theobald, 1901 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1918 Knight and Stone 1977 Say, 1823 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1928 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Lutz, 1905 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1907 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1921 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1922 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1918 Knight and Stone 1977 Sirivanakarn & Galindo, 1980 Knight and Stone 1977 Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1918 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Rozeboom & Komp, 1948 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Knight and Stone 1977 Senevet & Abonnenc, 1939 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1920 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920 Carrejo and González 1992 Anduze, 1949 Carrejo and González 1992 Dyar, 1924 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1928 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1918 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1920 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1923 Pecor et al. 1992 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1922 Knight and Stone 1977 (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Duret, 1968 Knight and Stone 1977 Duret, 1968 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1928 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1918 Lane 1953 Galindo & Mendez, 1961 Pecor et al. 1992 Komp & Rozeboom, 1951 Knight and Stone 1977 Komp, 1936 Knight and Stone 1977 Galindo & Mendez, 1961 Barreto et al. 1996. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. Dyar & Knab, 1919 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1923 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Sirivanakarn & Belkin, 1980 Ferro et al. 2003 Dyar, 1920 Knight and Stone 1977 (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Galindo & Blanton, 1954 Knight and Stone 1977 Rozeboom, 1935 Knight and Stone 1977 Root, 1927 Knight and Stone 1977 (Theobald, 1903) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1924 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1907 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1918 Pecor et al. 1992 (Lutz, 1904) Knight and Stone 1977 Komp, 1932 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1918 Knight and Stone 1977 Lane & Whitman, 1951 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1919 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1908 Knight and Stone 1977 Rozeboom & Komp, 1950 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar and Knab, 1907 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Theobald, 1903 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Dyar & Knab, 1907 Knight and Stone 1977 Anduze, 1942 Knight and Stone 1977 Theobald, 1903 Carrejo and González 1992 Lane & Whitman, 1943 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Lane, 1945 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Theobald, 1903 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Gaffigan et al. 2014 (Coquillett, 1906) Carrejo and González 1992 Adames, 1971 Knight and Stone 1977 Adames, 1971 Knight and Stone 1977 Theobald, 1901 Carrejo and González 1992 Adames, 1971 Knight and Stone 1977 Adames, 1971 Knight and Stone 1977 Belkin & Hogue, 1959 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1907 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1909 Knight and Stone 1977 Stone & Barreto, 1969 Knight and Stone 1977 (Lutz, 1904) Carrejo and González 1992 (Galindo, Carpenter & Trapido, 1953) Knight and Stone 1977 (Dyar & Shannon, 1924) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1921 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Osorno-Mesa, 1944 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Osorno-Mesa, 1944 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Lutz, 1904 Kumm et al. 1946. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. Dyar & Nuñez Tovar, 1927 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar, 1921 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Theobald, 1903 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1921 Knight and Stone 1977 (Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1913) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Brèthes, 1912 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Williston, 1896 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Berlin, 1969) Knight and Stone 1977 (Lutz, 1904) Gaffigan et al. 2014 (Berlin, 1969) Knight and Stone 1977 (Berlin, 1969) Knight and Stone 1977 (Berlin, 1969) Knight and Stone 1977 (Komp, 1936) Knight and Stone 1977 (Coquillett, 1902) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar & Knab, 1907) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Theobald, 1901) (Dunn, 1918) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Martini, 1914) Molina et al. 2000. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Molina et al. 2000. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. (Fabricius, 1805) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Knight and Stone 1977 (Theobald, 1903) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Theobald, 1901 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1915 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Bellardi, 1862 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1916 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Shannon, 1925 Ferro et al. 2008. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. (Theobald, 1901) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Walker, 1848) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Barreto & Coutinho, 1944) Knight and Stone 1977 (Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920) Knight and Stone 1977. Species belonging to subgenus '' sensu auctorum. (Schick, 1970) Knight and Stone 1977. Species belonging to subgenus '''sensu auctorum. (Gordon & Evans, 1922) Knight and Stone 1977. Species belonging to subgenus '' sensu auctorum. (Schick, 1970) Knight and Stone 1977. Species belonging to subgenus ''' sensu auctorum. (Dyar, 1922) Barreto-Reyes 1955. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. (Coquillett, 1906) Knight and Stone 1977. Species belonging to subgenus ''' sensu auctorum. (Dyar, 1922) Barreto-Reyes 1955. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. (Boshell-Manrique, 1939) Barreto-Reyes 1955. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. (Walker, 1856) Barreto-Reyes 1955. Species belonging to subgenus '' sensu auctorum. (Anduze & Hecht, 1943) Carrejo and González 1992. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. (Schick, 1970) Knight and Stone 1977. Species belonging to subgenus ''' sensu auctorum. (Wiedemann, 1828) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Wiedemann, 1821) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar & Knab, 1907) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Arnell, 1976) Arnell 1976 (Arnell, 1976) Knight and Stone 1977 (Dyar & Knab, 1907) Knight and Stone 1977 (Theobald, 1903) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Arnell, 1976) Knight and Stone 1977 (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Knight and Stone 1977 (Arnell, 1976) Knight and Stone 1977 (Rondani, 1848) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Cerqueira & Costa, 1946) Gaffigan et al. 2014 (Dyar, 1922) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Theobald, 1903) Carrejo and González 1992 (Theobald, 1901) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lutz, 1904) Knight and Stone 1977 (Lutz, 1904) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Coquillett, 1906) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar & Knab, 1907) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Fabricius, 1805) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Peryassú, 1908) Knight and Stone 1977 (Theobald, 1907) Barajas et al. 2013 (Coquillett, 1902) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (von Humboldt, 1819) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Theobald, 1901) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Duret, 1971 Knight and Stone 1977 Duret, 1971 Knight and Stone 1977 (Coquillett, 1904) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Fabricius, 1794) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Fabricius, 1805) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (von Humboldt, 1819) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Liria and Navarro 2003. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. (Theobald, 1905) Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1907 Gaffigan et al. 2014 Harbach, 1995 Harbach 1995 (Coquillett, 1906) Carrejo and González 1992 Harbach, 1995 Harbach 1995 Theobald, 1903 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Neiva, 1908 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Fabricius, 1805) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Peryassú, 1922 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1908 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lutz, 1904) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (von Humboldt, 1819) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar and Shannon, 1925) Molina et al. 2000. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. (Dyar & Knab, 1907) Knight and Stone 1977 (Theobald, 1903) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Skuse, 1895) Vélez et al. 1998. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. (Linnaeus, 1762) Knight and Stone 1977 (Lutz & Neiva, 1913) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Knight and Stone 1977 (Fabricius, 1787) Knight and Stone 1977 (Knab, 1907) Knight and Stone 1977 (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Gaffigan et al. 2014 (Dyar & Knab, 1906) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Levi-Castillo, 1953 Carrejo and González 1992 Lutz, 1905 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Rondani, 1848) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Antunes, 1942 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Antunes, 1937) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lutz, 1905) Barreto-Reyes 1955 Theobald, 1903 Carrejo and González 1992 Dyar & Knab, 1907 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Theobald, 1901 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar & Knab, 1913 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Theobald, 1907) Carrejo and González 1992 Theobald, 1901 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Duret, 1970 Knight and Stone 1977 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Knight and Stone 1977. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. Dyar & Knab, 1908 Barreto-Reyes 1955. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. (Dyar & Knab, 1919) Barreto-Reyes 1955. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. (Dyar & Nunez Tovar, 1927) Barreto-Reyes 1955. The subgeneric affiliation of this species is uncertain. Lane, 1945 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Edwards, 1922 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Lane & Cerqueira, 1942 Knight and Stone 1977 Lane, 1953 Knight and Stone 1977 (Theobald, 1903) Carrejo and González 1992 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar, 1928) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar & Knab, 1908) Knight and Stone 1977 Theobald, 1901 Species newly recorded for Colombia (see Material & methods for detailed locality information). Dyar, 1922 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1918 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Lane & Cerqueira, 1942 Knight and Stone 1977 Porter & Wolff, 2004 Porter and Wolff 2004 Dyar & Knab, 1910 Porter and Wolff 2004. Species previously overlooked by other mosquito catalogs for Colombia. Dyar & Knab, 1906 Carrejo and González 1992 Dyar & Knab, 1907 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lutz, 1904) Barajas et al. 2013 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Lutz, 1905) Carrejo and González 1992 Dyar & Knab, 1906 Barreto-Reyes 1955 Dyar, 1919 Carrejo and González 1992 (Williston, 1896) Carrejo and González 1992 (Dyar & Knab, 1907) Barreto-Reyes 1955 (Dyar & Knab, 1908) Carrejo and González 1992

Discussion

This paper comprises the most complete and up-to-date list of mosquito species known to occur in Colombia, with a total of 324 species and 28 genera listed according to the latest nomenclature and classification. Our systematic review and literature survey found, by 16 February 2015, 13 records of culicid speciesoverlooked by previous mosquito catalogs for Colombia. These are: , and (cited by González and Carrejo 2007), (cited by Wilkerson 1990), (cited by Osorno-Mesa 1947), (cited by Barreto et al. 1996), (cited by Kumm et al. 1946), , and (cited by Molina et al. 2000), (cited by Ferro et al. 2008), (cited by Liria and Navarro 2003 and (cited by Porter and Wolff 2004). In addition, we record for the first time from Colombia. This species was originally described by Theobald (1901) from three females caught on human bait in Paraná state (Brazil). is the type species of the subgenus Theobald, 1903 (Motta and Lourenço-de-Oliveira 1995). This species had been previously collected in Brazil, French Guiana, British Guiana, and Venezuela (Gaffigan et al. 2014); however, it has rarely been reported in biological, ecological and taxonomic studies in South America (Motta and Lourenço-de-Oliveira 1995). Although this report represents the most comprehensive list of mosquito species for Colombia, the 324 species included in this updated listing are unlikely to be a complete inventory of the Colombian mosquito fauna. Biodiversity data suggest that around 1,000 mosquito species will eventually be described from southern U.S.A. to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (Belkin et al. 1965, Foley et al. 2008). Colombia, with its diversity of landscapes, is highly species-rich and is a potential hotspot of mosquito endemism (Foley et al. 2008). Furthermore, ongoing and rapid development in Colombia is expected in the next decade with a loss of habitat associated with the growth of urban centers, which will undoubtedly have an impact on species diversity (Montoya-Lerma et al. 2011). Moreover, the finding of new species to the Colombian fauna such as indicates that future sampling may reveal further species records which could help improve the taxonomy and provide a more accurate estimate of Colombia's mosquito diversity. This work provides important insights into the mosquito diversity of Colombia. We expect it to serve as a useful platform for future work on the mosquitoes of Colombia as well as provide a context for non-vector species.

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