Culex ( Microculex ) lanei Oliveira Coutinho & Forattini, 1962

Culex ( Microculex) lanei Oliveira Coutinho & Forattini, 1962 View in CoL

Culex ( Microculex) lanei Coutinho & Forattini, 1962: 210 View in CoL ( ♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le). Type locality: Bertioga (Itaguaré), Santos, São Paulo, Brazil . Type material in FSP-USP .

Belkin et al. 1971: 26 (ty. info.); das Dores Cotrim & Galatti 1977: 192 ( ♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 17): Tergum IX lobes poorly developed, narrow; basal area broad; each lobe with 4–12 simple setae, each seta more than 3x length of lobe. Area between lobes hill-like. Gonocoxite elongate; subapical lobe with 5 simple, straight setae; 2 more strongly developed. Columnar process glabrous on internal margin; external margin with 2 fine, straight setae; apical area with 2 medium-sized, straight setae ( a and b), seta a inserted basal to seta b. Gonostylus medium-sized, narrow and curved; ventral and dorsal surfaces straight; broad, leaf-like gonostylar claw with pointed apex. Aedeagus with dorsolateral process; ventral process hook-like; dorsolateral and dorsal processes pointed.Aedeagal sclerite curved, hook-like; ventral and dorsal surfaces straight. Tergum X asymmetrical; somewhat triangular in outline; connected to paraproct. Paraproct robust; crown with 7 simple, slightly curved, pointed blades.

Distribution: Brazil.

Material examined: 10 ♂ G. SP-BG47; SP-UBA3; RJ-STA6; RJ-STA196; SP-PR202; FSP-LESP1444; RJ-STA177; RJ-STA51; RJ-STA53; FSP-E11933.