Chagasia bathana is a mosquito species in the genus Chagasia.

Chagasia bathana
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C. bathana
Binomial name
Chagasia bathana
(Dyar, 1928)
Synonyms

Anopheles bathanus Dyar, 1928

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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Francesco Giannelli; Hall, Jeffrey C.; Dunlap, Jay C.; Friedmann, Theodore (1999). Advances in Genetics, Volume 41 (Advances in Genetics). Boston: Academic Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-12-017641-6.
  • 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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