''Chagasia bathana'' is a mosquito species in the genus ''
Chagasia
''Chagasia'' is one of the three mosquito genera in the subfamily Anophelinae. The other two genera are ''Anopheles'' Meigen (nearly worldwide distribution) and '' Bironella'' Theobald (Australia only). The subfamily consists of five species in t ...
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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.
[A mosquito with eight chromosomes: Chagasia bathana Dyar. Richard D. Kreutzer, Mosquito News, 1978, Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 554-558]
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retrieved 27 March 2016) The 2n=6 chromosome number is conserved in the entire family
Culicidae
Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning "gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "litt ...
, except in ''Chagasia bathana'' which has 2n=8.
See also
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List of organisms by chromosome count
The list of organisms by chromosome count describes ploidy or numbers of chromosomes in the cells of various plants, animals, protists, and other living organisms. This number, along with the visual appearance of the chromosome, is known as the ...
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
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Anophelinae
Insects described in 1928
Diptera of South America
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