Haemagogus_soperi

<i>Haemagogus soperi</i>

Haemagogus soperi

Species of mosquito

Haemagogus soperi is a species of mosquito found in the coastal plain region of Ecuador.[1] The specific epithet honors Dr. Frederick Lowe Soper.[1]

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Bionomics

H. soperi is known from the Pacific coastal lowlands of all five provinces of Ecuador;[2][1][3] the type specimen was collected in Los Ríos Province, Ecuador.[3]

Immatures develop in broken or cut bamboo internodes and have also been collected from leaf axils and bamboo stumps.[2][1]

Medical importance

H. soperi is said to readily attack humans and is suspected to be involved in the yellow fever transmission cycle[2] in the endemic regions of the western jungles of Ecuador.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Roberto Leví-Castillo. 1955. Haemagogus soperi N. Sp. mosquito trasmisor de Fiebre Amarilla Selvática en el Ecuador (Diptera-Culicidae). Revista Ecuatoriana de Entomología y Parasitología, 2(3-4[1954-1955]): 479-484; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/077800-20.PDF.
  2. [2]
    J. Hal Arnell. 1973. Mosquito Studies (Diptera, Culicidae) XXXII. A revision of the genus Haemagogus. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 10(2): 1-174; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MQ0316.pdf.
  3. [3]
    Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson: "Haemagogus » Haemagogus » soperi Leví-Castillo" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=17375, accessed 13 Feb 2016.


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