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A new Aedes from Ecuador and the updating of the genus for the Country

Abstract:

It is recorded for the first time in Ecuador Aedes (Howardina) eleanorae Berlin, based on specimens collected as larvae Biological Reserve Colonso-Chalupas, Napo, Ecuadorian Amazon. Ae. eleanorae is the eighth bromelicolous species of the subgenus Howardina reported for Ecuador and the second for Biological Reserve. In addition, an update of the biodiversity of the genus Aedes for the country and the regional distribution is shown. The genus Aedes presents a richness of 24 species in the four bio-regions of Ecuador, with a greater diversity in the Amazon region, followed by both sides of Andean slopes (Sierra and the Coast). One species has strict coastal distribution, two species have been introduced into Galapagos and four have wide distribution. Aedes aegypti and Ae. taeniorhynchus, introduced in Galapagos are of great importance as vectors of pathogens to human and wildlife and represents a risk for its biodiversity.