Altitude records for anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae) from the Gran Sabana municipality, Bolivar State, Venezuela, and new relevant altitudinal data

Altitude records for mosquitos in the tribe Anophelini (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae) from the Gran Sabana municipality, Bolivar State, Venezuela are reported. New altitude registers include Chagasia ablusa Harbach, Chagasia bonneae Root and 12 species of Anopheles. The Gran Sabana is an undulating grass-dominated upland savanna covering an area close to 18,000 km(2), with altitudes ranging from 750 m to 1,450 m. Most of the Gran Sabana highlands have a humid submontane climate, with average annual temperatures ranging between 18 degrees C and 24 degrees C, and average annual rainfall between 2,000 and 3,500 mm. It has a very short dry season occurring from December to March.