%0 Journal Article %T Primeiro registro do g¨ºnero Toxorhynchites Theobald (Diptera, Culicidae) em Mata Atlantica, Vi£¿osa, Minas Gerais %A Albeny %A Daniel Sim£¿es %A Rosa %A Cassiano Sousa %A Ata¨ªde %A L¨ªvia Maria Silva %A Vilela %A Evaldo Ferreira %J Revista Ceres %D 2010 %I Universidade Federal De Vi?osa %R 10.1590/S0034-737X2010000200007 %X the occurrence of the genus toxorhynchites (diptera, culicidae) was evaluated during the months march and april 2007 in fragments of atlantic forest in the city of vi£¿osa, minas gerais state, brazil. a total of 500 oviposition traps were used in the experiment. this is the first record of the genus toxorhynchites in vi£¿osa and the first record of the species t. pusillus (costa lima, 193 1) and t. theobaldi (dyar & knab, 1906) in minas gerais state. in this scientific note, the species reported as first record and their distribution are described and discussed. %K mosquitoes %K forest fragment %K toxorhynchites pusillus %K toxorhynchites theobaldi. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-737X2010000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en