[Review of genus Coquilletidia (Diptera: Culicidae) in Madagascar and description of the larva of Cq. grandidieri (Blanchard, 1905)]

Arch Inst Pasteur Madagascar. 2002;68(1-2):100-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The genus Coquilletidia includes some of the mosquitoes involved in the transmission of numerous arbovirosis. Adults are locally abundant and very aggressive for men. In Madagascar, thus genus concerns 3 species among which 2 are endemic and had not been described at larval stage this far. The authors describe a single larva of Coquilletidia collected at Ankazobe in the Middle West of Madagascar, at an altitude of 1200 meters. The geographical distribution of Coquilletidia adults collected in various bio-climatic zones in Madagascar, combined with observed morphological characters, permit us to attribute this larva to Cq. grandidieri.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Altitude
  • Animals
  • Arbovirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Arbovirus Infections / transmission
  • Arbovirus Infections / virology
  • Climate
  • Culicidae / anatomy & histology
  • Culicidae / classification*
  • Culicidae / growth & development
  • Culicidae / virology
  • Endemic Diseases / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Insect Vectors / anatomy & histology
  • Insect Vectors / classification*
  • Insect Vectors / growth & development
  • Insect Vectors / virology
  • Larva / growth & development
  • Larva / virology
  • Madagascar / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Population Density