Culex (Microculex) aureus Lane & Whitman 1951
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Culex (Microculex) aureus Lane & Whitman, 1951
Culex (Microculex) aureus Lane & Whitman, 1951: 349 (♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le).
Holotype in USNM. Type locality: Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Belkin et al. 1971: 25 (ty, info); Xavier 1973: 159 (info.); das Dores Cotrim & Galati 1977: 177 (♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le); Oliveira-Christe et al. 2020 (info.)
Male genitalia (Fig. 15): Tergum IX lobes protruding; basal width similar to distance between lobes; apex with 3–8 simple setae. Gonocoxite oblong; subapical lobe less developed than those of Cx. pleuristriatus, Cx. albipes and Cx. lanei; 5 simple, straight setae, 2 of which more strongly developed; 1 short seta in basal area of subapical lobe. Columnar process robust, glabrous; 2 straight, well developed setae at apex (a and b), both inserted at same level; seta b longer than seta a. Ventromesal surface with 3 or 4 fine, straight setae. Gonostylus curved, narrow; ventral and dorsal surfaces neither convex nor concave; broad, leaf-like gonostylar claw with pointed apex. Aedeagus with dorsolateral process; ventral process hook-like; dorsolateral and dorsal processes pointed. Aedeagal sclerite hook-like; ventral and dorsal surfaces straight. Tergum X symmetrical, resembling an ellipse, connected to paraproct. Paraproct robust; basal portion dilated; crown with 6–8 curved, pointed blades.
Distribution: Brazil.
Material examined: 7 ♂ G. SP-EC112; SP-SM204; FSP-LESP2; FSP-LESP224; FSP-E5680; FSP-E5681; FSP-E5679.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- USNM
- Scientific name authorship
- Lane & Whitman
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Culicidae
- Genus
- Culex
- Species
- aureus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Culex (Microculex) aureus Lane, 1951 sec. Oliveira-Christe & Marrelli, 2025
References
- Lane, J. & Whitman, L. (1951) The subgenus " Microculex " in Brazil (Diptera: Culicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 11 (3), 341-366.
- Belkin, J. N., Schick, R. X. & Heinemann, S. J. (1971) Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae) XXV: Mosquitoes originally described from Brazil. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 7 (5), 1-64.
- Xavier, S. H. (1973) Mosquito types of Brazil. Mosquito Systematics, 5 (2), 159-160.
- das Dores Cotrim, M. & Galati, E. A. B. (1977) Revisao da serie Pleuristriatus do subgenero Microculex Theobald, 1907 (Diptera, Culicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 20 (34), 169-205.
- Oliveira-Christe, R., Medeiros-Sousa, A. R., Fernandes, A., Ceretti-Junior, W. & Marrelli, M. T. (2020) Distribution of Culex (Microculex) (Diptera: Culicidae) in forest cover gradients. Acta Tropica, 202, 105264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105264