Culex ( Microculex ), 1907

Oliveira-Christe, Rafael & Marrelli, Mauro Toledo, 2025, Descriptions of the male genitalia of species of Culex (Microculex) (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil, and a dichotomous identification key for those species, Zootaxa 5717 (4), pp. 517-543 : 536

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.4.3

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scientific name

Culex ( Microculex )
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Culex ( Microculex) View in CoL sp. 4

Male genitalia ( Fig. 21): Tergum IX lobes medium-sized; distance between lobes 4x basal width; apex with 2 fine, short, straight setae. Gonocoxite oblong; subapical lobe with 2 simple setae. Columnar process developed; apex with 2 developed, straight, discretely apically curved setae ( a and b), seta a inserted basal to seta b; ventromesal surface with group of simple setae. Gonostylus curved, pointed; broad, leaf-like gonostylar claw with pointed apex. Aedeagus with rounded ventral process; dorsal process developed; dorsoventral process pointed, long. Aedeagal sclerite hook-like; internal surface with a set of thorn-like spicules. Tergum X with sinuous outline; basal plate elongate, narrow; paraproct elongate, dilated at basal level; crown with 4 curved, pointed blades.

Distribution: Specimens collected in Magé District ( Rio de Janeiro State).

Material examined: 1 ♂ G. FSP–1998 (without locality).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Genus

Culex

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