First Record of Mansonia dyari in the State of Morelos, Mexico, Based on Morphology and COI DNA Barcoding

Abstract

Collections of mosquitoes were conducted for the surveillance of species of medical importance in the state of Morelos, Mexico, in June 2017. Species collected included Mansonia ( Mansonia) dyari, which was identified using morphological characters and cytochrome c oxidase I DNA barcoding. Although 3 species of genus Mansonia have been previously reported in Mexico, this is the 1st confirmed record of Ma. dyari in Morelos State, where no Mansonia species had been recorded. Historical records of Ma. dyari and Ma. indubitans in Mexico were reviewed. Therefore, this record increases the number of mosquito species occurring in Morelos to 46. The specimens collected in this study were deposited in the Culicidae collection of the Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Unidad Laguna.

Updated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Mexico

“…In Mexico, Ma. indubitans has been previously reported by diverse authors in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz (Hernández-Guevara et al 2020) and in the states of Durango and Campeche (Hernández-Amparán et al 2020, Abella-Medrano et al 2020). Mexican records of Ma.…”

The Mosquitoes of Morelos, Mexico: DNA Barcodes, Distribution, Ecology and the Resurrection of the Name Culiseta dugesi Dyar and Knab (Diptera: Culicidae)

“…Ma: Martini[52]; VD: Vargas and Downs[53]; VM: Vargas and Martínez-Palacios[54]; Va: Vargas[55]; DV: Díaz-Nájera and Vargas[56]; Sc: Schick[57]; Za: Zavortink[58]; HB: Heinemann and Belkin[59]; IM: Ibáñez-Bernal and Martínez-Campos[60]; Vi: Villegas-Trejo et al[61]; Or: Ortega-Morales et al[62]; He: Hernández-Guevara et al[63]; F.R. : First recorded; NSR: New state record; NS: New species.…”