Mansonia (fly)

Mansonia mosquitoes are large black or brown mosquitoes with sparkling on their wings and legs. They breed in ponds and lakes containing certain aquatic plants, especially the floating type like Pistia stratiotes and water hyacinth. The eggs are laid in star-shaped clusters on the undersurface of leaves of these plants. The larvae and pupae are found attached to the rootlets of these plants by their siphons. They obtain their air supply from these rootlets. When preparing to transform into adults, these pupae come to the surface of water and the fully formed adults emerge and escape. The control of Mansonia mosquitoes accomplished by removal or destruction of the aquatic host plants by herbicides.

A study published in 2013 determined that the species Mansonia dyari Belkin, Heinemann, and Page should be considered a potential vector of Rift Valley fever virus and would need to be controlled if the virus were introduced into an area where it occurs.

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Mansonia:

• Mansonia africana <small>(Theobald, 1901)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia amazonensis <small>(Theobald, 1901)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia annulata <small>Leicester, 1908</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia annulifera <small>(Theobald, 1901)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia bonneae <small>Edwards, 1930</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia cerqueirai <small>(Barreto & Coutinho, 1944)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia chagasi <small>(Lima, 1935)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia dives <small>(Schiner, 1868)</small>
• Mansonia dyari <small>Belkin, Heinemann & Page, 1970</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Mansonia flaveola <small>(Coquillett, 1906)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia fonsecai <small>(Pinto, 1932)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia humeralis <small>Dyar & Knab, 1916</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia iguassuensis <small>Barbosa, Silva & Sallum, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia indiana <small>Edwards, 1930</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia indubitans <small>Dyar & Shannon, 1925</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia leberi <small>Boreham, 1970</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia melanesiensis <small>Belkin, 1962</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia nigerrima <small>Theobald, 1910</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia papuensis <small>(Taylor, 1914)</small><span style="color:gray">^c</span>
• Mansonia perturbans <small>Walker</small><span style="color:gray">^{i g}</span>
• Mansonia pessoai <small>(Barreto & Coutinho, 1944)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia pseudotitillans <small>(Theobald, 1901)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia septempunctata <small>Theobald, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia suarezi <small>Cova Garcia & Sutil, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Mansonia titillans <small>(Walker, 1848)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Mansonia uniformis <small>(Theobald, 1901)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Mansonia wilsoni <small>(Barreto & Coutinho, 1944)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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