Gallinipper

There are 18 species of Psorophora cited for Argentina, and of those, 11 are present in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When publishing a species sheet, it should be clarified how the specimens were differentiated from the other species. Del Ponte, Castro, and Garcia published a key in 1951.

According to Belkin et al. (1970), what is called P. ciliata in Argentina and neighboring countries may actually belong to a different species than the one found further north on the continent. But until more studies examine the issue in detail, P. ciliata remains the official name for these specimens.

Comment by: Lucas Rubio