Check List 13(2): e19686, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2084
First record of Aedeomyia squamipennis (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1878) (Diptera: Culicidae) in the state of Maranhão: epidemiological implications and distribution in Brazil
expand article infoAgostinho C. Nascimento Pereira‡, Adalberto A. Pereira Filho§, Gustavo A. Brito|, Jorge L. P. Moraes, José M. M. Rebêlo
‡ Laboratório de Diptera Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil§ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil| Laboratório de Entomologia e Vetores Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Brazil¶ Laboratório de Entomologia e Vetores Departamento de Biologia Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Brazil

Corresponding author: Agostinho Nascimento Pereira ( ac.nascimentopereira@outlook.com )

© 2017 Agostinho Nascimento Pereira, Adalberto Pereira Filho, Gustavo Brito, Jorge Moraes, José M. Rebêlo.
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Citation: Nascimento Pereira A, Moraes J, Pereira Filho A, Brito G, Brito G, Rebêlo J (2017) First record of Aedeomyia squamipennis (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1878) (Diptera: Culicidae) in the state of Maranhão: epidemiological implications and distribution in Brazil. Check List 13(2): 2084. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2084
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Abstract
We record Aedeomyia squamipennis from the state of Maranhão, Brazil (municipalities of Bacurituba, Barra do Corda, Cajapió, Governador Nunes Freire, and Santo Amaro do Maranhão). We show that this species is well distributed in the state. The potential in the epidemiology of avian malaria and arboviruses is discussed briefly in connection with its discovery in Santo Amaro do Maranhão, due to the great number of bird species on Lake Santo Amaro. Finally, we present the known distribution of the species in Brazil.
Keywords
avian malaria; biomes transition; epidemiology; mosquito; Neotropical Region; South America; vector