Haemagogus clarki

Haemogogus clarki is an arboreal mosquito native to southern Central America and northern South America.[1] It is deep brown in color with conspicuous patterns of silver scales on the scutum and pleuron.[2] The specific epithet honors Dr. Herbert C. Clark, former Director of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory.[1]

Haemagogus clarki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Culicidae
Genus:
Haemagogus
Subgenus:
Conopostegus
Species:
H. clarki
Binomial name
Haemagogus clarki
Galindo, Carpenter and Trapido, 1952

Bionomics

Haemagogus species breed primarily in treeholes and cut or broken bamboo internodes above ground level, but are often found in bromeliads and fallen fruits and occasionally in ground pools and rockholes[2][1] in tropical rain forest, open deciduous and second growth forests, and coastal mangrove associations.[2] The native range of Haemagogus clarki includes Costa Rica, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela.[1][3]

Medical importance

Adult females have been recorded biting humans during daylight hours,[1] usually attacking the lower body.[2]

The genus Haemagogus plays a primary role in the transmission of sylvan ("jungle") yellow fever in Central and South America; in laboratory transmission experiments, all species of Haemagogus tested have been found capable of harboring the virus or transmitting it by bite.[2]

References
  1. Pedro Galindo, Stanley J. Carpenter and Harold Trapido. 1952. The Taxonomic Status of the Aedes leucocelaenus Complex with Descriptions of Two New Forms (Diptera, Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 45(4): 529-542; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/046000-2.pdf.
  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. Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson: "Haemagogus » Conopostegus » clarki (Galindo, Carpenter and Trapido)" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=15777, accessed 13 Feb 2016.


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