New records and updated checklist of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Lao People's Democratic Republic, with special emphasis on adult and larval surveillance in Khammuane Province

Maysa T Motoki; Khamsing Vongphayloth; Leopoldo M Rueda; Elliott F Miot; Alexandra Hiscox; Jeffrey C Hertz; Paul T Brey

doi:10.1111/jvec.12331

New records and updated checklist of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Lao People's Democratic Republic, with special emphasis on adult and larval surveillance in Khammuane Province

J Vector Ecol. 2019 Jun;44(1):76-88. doi: 10.1111/jvec.12331.

Authors

Maysa T Motoki^{1

2}, Khamsing Vongphayloth¹, Leopoldo M Rueda², Elliott F Miot^{1

3

4

5}, Alexandra Hiscox⁶, Jeffrey C Hertz⁷, Paul T Brey¹

Affiliations

¹ Medical Entomology and Vector-Borne Disease Unit, Institut Pasteur du Laos, Samsenthai Rd., Ban Kao-gnot, P.O. Box 3560, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
² Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Entomology Department, Smithsonian Institution, MSC MRC 514, Suitland, MD, U.S.A.
³ Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Cellule Pasteur UPMC, Paris, France.
⁴ Insect-Virus Interactions Group, Department of Genomes and Genetics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁵ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2000, Paris, France.
⁶ Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁷ U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 2, Sembawang, Singapore.

PMID: 31124228
DOI: 10.1111/jvec.12331

Abstract

A list of mosquitoes from the Nakai Nam Theun National Protected Area along the Nam Theun, Nam Mon, Nam Noy, and Nam On rivers, Nakai District, Khammuane Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is presented. Fifty-four mosquito taxa were identified, including 15 new records in the Lao PDR. A fragment of the mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, barcode region, was generated for 34 specimens, and together with four specimens already published, it represented 23 species in eight genera. In addition, an updated checklist of 170 mosquito taxa from Lao PDR is provided based on field collections from Khammuane Province, the literature, and specimens deposited in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History (SI-NMNH), Washington, DC, U.S.A. This paper provides additional information about the biodiversity of mosquito fauna in Lao PDR.

Keywords: Culicidae; DNA barcode; Khammuane Province; Lao PDR; mosquito species list; mosquito surveillance.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Culicidae / classification*
Culicidae / genetics
Laos
Larva / classification
Phylogeny
Species Specificity