189 - Mosquito taxonomy in Mexico: 200 years of history

Abstract: Based on historical and recent records, an updated list of 245 nominal species and three undescribed species from Mexico is presented. Since 1990, 17 species have been recorded for the first time in Mexico: Aedes guatemala, Ae. deserticola, Ae. brelandi, Ae. insolitus, Ae. melanimon, Ae. albopictus, Culex daumastocampa, Cx. metempsytus, Cx. erethyzonfer, Culiseta melanura, Limatus asulleptus, Sabethes gymnothorax, Trichoprosopon pallidiventer, Toxorhynchites moctezuma, Tx. septentrionalis, Uranotaenia socialis, and Wyeomyia chalcocephala; while the presence of Psorophora columbiae was confirmed in the Country. Five species were discovered and described: Ae. amaterui, Ae. lewnielseni, Cx. diamphidius, Shannoniana huasteca, and Tr. mixtli. Three species were discovered without describing or naming them yet: Ae. (Protomacleaya) sp. 1, Ae. (Ochlerotatus) sp. 2, and Wyeomyia sp. 3. One species name was resurrected from synonymy: Cs. dugesi; and 11 species were removed from the Mexican mosquito fauna: Anopheles atropos, Ae. stigmaticus, Ps. confinnis, Cx. jenningsi, Cx. imitator, Mansonia indubitans, Onirion personatum, Sa. tarsopus, Tr. pallidiventer, Tr. soaresi, and Tx. theobaldi. Currently, from the 32 political states of Mexico, only 12 have been systematically studied in terms of taxonomy and distribution of mosquito species.