Chagasia bathana explained
Chagasia bathana is a mosquito species in the genus Chagasia.
It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela and French Guiana.
C. bathana is a mosquito species with eight chromosomes.[1] The 2n=6 chromosome number is conserved in the entire family Culicidae, except in Chagasia bathana which has 2n=8.[2]
See also
References
- Baerg, D. C. and M. M. Boreham. 1974. Experimental rearing of Chagasia bathana (Dyar) using induced mating, and description of the egg stage (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 11: 631-632.
- Dyar, H. G. 1928. pg. 244. In: D. P. Curry, A new anopheline mosquito, Anopheles (Chagasia) bathanus Dyar, discovered in the Canal Zone. American Journal of Tropical Medicine 8: 243-248.
- Fauran, P. and F. X. Pajot. 1974. Complement to the catalog of the Culicidae recorded from French Guiana (South America). Mosquito Systematics 6: 99-110.
- Gabaldon, A., J. Herrera, M. A. Perez-Vivas, and J. A. Rausseo. 1940. Estudio Sobre Anofelinos, Serie I. 6. Chagasia bathanus Dyar, 1928: Su Hallazgo en Venezuela y Nota Sobre Variaciones Morfológicas de las Pupas. Publicaciones División de Malariología, Caracas 5: 57-62.
- Komp, W. H. W. 1942. The anopheline mosquitoes of the Caribbean Region. The National Institute of Health Bulletin 179, 195 pp.
- Knight, K. L. and R. W. Chamberlain. 1948. A new nomenclature for the chaetotaxy of the mosquito pupa, based on a comparative study of the genera (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 15: 1-18
Notes and References
- A mosquito with eight chromosomes: Chagasia bathana Dyar. Richard D. Kreutzer, Mosquito News, 1978, Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 554-558 (article retrieved 27 March 2016)
- Book: Francesco Giannelli . Hall, Jeffrey C. . Dunlap, Jay C. . Friedmann, Theodore . Advances in Genetics, Volume 41 (Advances in Genetics) . Academic Press . Boston . 1999 . 2 . 0-12-017641-6 .
