Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) bhutanensis (Diptera: Culicidae), A New Species From Bhutan

Pradya Somboon; Rinzin Namgay; Ralph E Harbach

doi:10.1093/jme/tjac061

Uranotaenia (Pseudoficalbia) bhutanensis (Diptera: Culicidae), A New Species From Bhutan

J Med Entomol. 2022 Jul 13;59(4):1303-1307. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjac061.

Authors

Pradya Somboon^{1

2}, Rinzin Namgay², Ralph E Harbach³

Affiliations

¹ Center of Insect Vector Study, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
² Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Gelephu 31101, Bhutan.
³ Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.

PMID: 35608291
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac061

Abstract

A new species of the subgenus Pseudoficalbia of the genus Uranotaenia is described from larvae found in a hole in a log at high altitude in montane forest in the Mongar District of Bhutan. Based on morphology, the larvae are sufficiently distinct from other species of the subgenus to be described and formally named here as Uranotaenia bhutanensis Somboon, Namgay & Harbach, n. sp. The species is a member of the Bimaculata Series. The chaetotaxy of the fourth-instar larva is provided.

Keywords: larva; mosquito; taxonomy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bhutan
Culicidae*
Forests
Larva / anatomy & histology