Culex ( Microculex ) intermedius Lane & Whitman, 1951

Culex ( Microculex) intermedius Lane & Whitman, 1951 View in CoL

Culex ( Microculex) intermedius Lane & Whitman, 1951: 348 View in CoL ( ♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le). Holotype in USNM. Type locality: Guanabara , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Belkin et al. 1971: 26 (ty. info.); Xavier 1973: 159 (info.); das Dores Cotrim & Galati 1977: 188 ( ♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 18): Tergum IX lobes protruding; distance between lobes similar to basal width; apex with 6 simple, straight setae twice the length of tergal lobes. Gonocoxite oblong; subapical lobe with 5 simple, wavy setae, 2 slightly longer than the others; 1 short seta in basal area of subapical lobe. Columnar process medium in length; 2 straight, pointed setae inserted at apex ( a and b); seta a inserted basal and similar to seta b. External margin of columnar process with 4 or 5 setae; ventromesal region with 4 fine, simple, wavy setae, 2 longer than the others. Gonostylus elongate, pointed; ventral surface with convex outline; broad, leaf-like gonostylar claw with pointed apex.Aedeagus with ventral, hook-like process; dorsolateral and dorsal processes pointed. Aedeagal sclerite smaller than that of other species, broad, hook-like. Tergum X sinuous, connected to paraproct. Paraproct wide at base; crown with 8 pointed, curved blades.

Distribution: Brazil.

Material examined: 4 ♂ G. SP-VL/APA129; RJ-STA144; RJ-STA143; RJ-STA146.