First Record of Psorophora ferox In Durango State, Mexico

Abstract

During August-November of 2018, mosquito collections were conducted with the intention of monitoring the presence of arboviruses in Durango State, Mexico. Species collected included Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox. In Mexico, 24 species of the genus Psorophora have been previously reported, whereas in the state of Durango, only 2 species have been reported: Psorophora (Grabhamia) columbiae and Ps. (Gra.) signipennis. This is the 1st record of Ps. ferox and the subgenus Janthinosoma in Durango. With the addition of Ps. ferox to the list of mosquito species found in Durango, the number of mosquito species occurring in the state stands at 31.

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

“…The biodiversity of arthropods includes over 47,800 species of insects, of which approximately 8,500 belong to the order Diptera (Ibáñez-Bernal 2017). Mexico is 14 th place among the countries with the largest number of mosquito species (Duarte-Andrade et al 2019). In previous catalogs of Mexican mosquito species, Darsie (1996) reported 225 species, while Ibáñez-Bernal (2017) reported 243.…”