A New Phytotelm Plant, Crinum moorei (Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae), for the Americas and Its Mosquito Inhabitant (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ecuador
- Authors
- Navarro Castro, Juan Carlos
- Format
- Article
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
A new phytotelm plant for the Americas is recorded for San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. In the leaf axils of Crinum moorei Hook. f. (Amaryllidaceae) were collected larvae and pupae of a common mosquito, Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) complosa (Dyar) (Diptera: Culicidae: Sabethini). This plant is a South African native, introduced into several countries, but never reported as a habitat for immature mosquitoes. We provide notes about its botanical and ecological characteristics, and also of the mosquito associated at this locality.
Universidad Central Del Ecuador
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1653/024.096.0374
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Language
- eng
- Topic
- LEAF AXILS
NATAL LILY
WYEOMYIA (DENDROMYIA) COMPLOSA
ECUADOR
- Repository
- Repositorio SENESCYT
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- openAccess