Sabethes shannoni, (Lane & Cerqueira, 1942)

shannoni ( Lane & Cerqueira, 1942) View in CoL

(subgenus Peytonulus )

Type locality. Petrópolis , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Bionomics. Its larval habitat of this species is typically bamboo internodes. In Panama, larvae of Sa. shannoni have been found in association with Culex ( Carrollia) antunesi Lane & Whitman, 1943 , a Cx. ( Culex ) species, Li. durhamii , Onirion sirivanakarni ( Duret, 1982) , Sa. ( Pey.) identicus , Sa. ( Pey.) handrognatus, a Shannoniana species, Trichoprosopon castroi Lane & Cerqueira, 1942 , Tr. pallidiventer ( Lutz, 1905) , a Toxorhynchites ( Lynchiella) species and a species of Wyeomyia ( Wyeomyia) ( Harbach, 2002) . Immature stages were found in perforated bamboo internodes ( Guadua latifolia (Bonpl.) Kunth ) in French Guiana ( Talaga et al. 2015), and in cut bamboo in association with Haemagogus ( Conopostegus) leucocelaenus ( Dyar & Shannon, 1924) and Wyeomyia ( Wyeomyia) arthrostigma ( Lutz, 1905) in Brazil ( Nascimento-Pereira et al. 2021). Besides bamboo, immature stages of Sa. shannoni have been found in water accumulated in axils of a terrestrial bromeliad in association with Cx. ( Mcx.) imitator Theobald, 1903, Johnbelkinia ulopus ( Dyar & Knab, 1906a), Li. durhamii , a Toxorhynchites ( Lynchiella) species, a species of Weyomyia ( Histatomyia) and Wy. ( Wyo.) pertinans Williston, 1986 ( Harbach & Howard 2002). Females of Sa. shannoni bite humans during daytime inside forest ( Guimarães et al. 2000b), but rarely in open fields ( Guimarães et al. 2000a).

Arbovirus infection records. None.

Occurrence in Brazil. States of Acre, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia and São Paulo ( Lane & Cerqueira 1942; Forattini et al. 1986a, 1986b; Guimarães et al. 2000 a, 2000b; Harbach & Howard 2002; Talaga et al. 2015; Santos et al. 2019; Nascimento-Pereira et al. 2021).

Occurrence in other countries. Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama and Nicaragua ( Wilkerson et al. 2021).