Culex ( Microculex ) pleuristriatus Theobald, 1903

Culex ( Microculex) pleuristriatus Theobald, 1903 View in CoL

Culex ( Microculex) pleuristriatus Theobald, 1903: 177 View in CoL ( ♀). Holotype in USNM. Type locality: São Paulo, Brazil.

Kumm 1933: 563 ( ♂ G, ♀, Le); Senevet & Abonnenc 1939 ( ♂, Le); Lane &Whitman 1951: 347 (Pe, Le); Oliveira Coutinho & Forattini 1962: 223 ( ♂ G, Pe, Le); Belkin et al. 1968: 19 (lec. desig.); das Dores Cotrim & Galati 1977: 171 ( ♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 19): Tergum IX lobes elongate; external margin convex. Each lobe with 5 simple setae; distance between lobes equal to basal width; discrete pointed aspect at apex. Gonocoxite oblong; subapical lobe with 5 equivalent setae always larger than the columnar process; presence of 1 short seta at base of subapical lobe. Columnar process with 2 evident, strong setae ( a and b), seta a inserted basal to seta b; both robust, filiform, apically pointed. Four or 5 setae inserted in base of columnar process; 2 more robust than the others. Gonostylus elongate, curved at apex; dorsal surface concave; ventral surface convex; broad, leaf-like gonostylar claw with pointed apex. Aedeagus with dorsolateral process; ventral process hook-like; dorsolateral and dorsal processes pointed. Aedeagal sclerite curved, pointed, hook-like. Tergum X symmetrical, connected to paraproct. Paraproct elongate with 7 simple, curved, pointed blades.

Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Granada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Material examined: 27 ♂ G SP-CP140; SP-EC151; SP-EC154; RJ-STA174; RJ-STA187; SP-VL/APA25; SP-J/APA11; SP-UBA2; RJ-STA26; SP-UBA4; RJ-STA178; SP-J/APA13; SP-J/APA31; SP-PR50; SP-SM206; SP-STS205; SP-STS208; SP-STS210; RJ-STA1; RJ-STA19; SP-CH199; RJ-STA23; RJ-STA192; RJ-STA7; FSP- E5674; FSP-E5678; FSP-11934.

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