''Haemagogus soperi'' is a species of mosquito found in the coastal plain region of

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.Roberto Leví-Castillo. 1955. ''Haemagogus soperi'' N. Sp. mosquito trasmisor de Fiebre Amarilla Selvática en el Ecuador (Diptera-Culicidae). ''Revista Ecuatoriana de Entomología y Parasitología'', 2(3-4 954-1955: 479-484; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/077800-20.PDF. The

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honors Dr. Frederick Lowe Soper. __TOC__

Bionomics

''H. soperi'' is known from the Pacific coastal lowlands of all five provinces of

;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.Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson: "Haemagogus » Haemagogus » soperi Leví-Castillo" in ''Systematic Catalog of Culicidae'',

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, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=17375, accessed 13 Feb 2016. the

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was collected in

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, Ecuador. Immatures develop in broken or cut

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internodes and have also been collected from

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s and bamboo stumps.

Medical importance

''H. soperi'' is said to readily attack humans and is suspected to be involved in the

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transmission cycle in the endemic regions of the western jungles of Ecuador.

References

Insects described in 1955 Insect vectors of human pathogens Yellow fever Aedini {{Culicidae-stub