Chagasia bathana

Chagasia bathana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Subfamily:	Anophelinae
Tribe:	Anophelini
Genus:	Chagasia
Species:	C. bathana
Binomial name
	Chagasia bathana; (Dyar, 1928)
Synonyms
	Anopheles bathanus Dyar, 1928

Chagasia bathana is a mosquito species in the genus Chagasia.

It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela and French Guiana.

C. bathana is a mosquito species with eight chromosomes.^[1] The 2n=6 chromosome number is conserved in the entire family Culicidae, except in Chagasia bathana which has 2n=8.^[2]

^ A mosquito with eight chromosomes: Chagasia bathana Dyar. Richard D. Kreutzer, Mosquito News, 1978, Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 554-558 (article retrieved 27 March 2016)
^ Francesco Giannelli; Hall, Jeffrey C.; Dunlap, Jay C.; Friedmann, Theodore (1999). Advances in Genetics, Volume 41 (Advances in Genetics). Boston: Academic Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-12-017641-6.

[1] A mosquito with eight chromosomes: Chagasia bathana Dyar. Richard D. Kreutzer, Mosquito News, 1978, Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 554-558 (article retrieved 27 March 2016)

[AinG41-2] Francesco Giannelli; Hall, Jeffrey C.; Dunlap, Jay C.; Friedmann, Theodore (1999). Advances in Genetics, Volume 41 (Advances in Genetics). Boston: Academic Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-12-017641-6.

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