Culex (Phytotelmatomyia) renatoi Lane & Ramalho

OUR SpEcImENS HaVE all cHaRacTERISTIcS dEScRIbEd IN LaNE & RamalHO (1960) aNd ROSSI & HaRbacH (2008). THE adUlT fEmalE IS SHOWN IN (FIg. 4E,F). THE fEmalE Of Cx. renatoi maY bE dISTINgUISHEd Of THE fEmalE Of Cx. castroi bY HaVINg THE pRObOScIS WITH a mESIal RINg Of WHITE ScalES; WHITE ScalES OVER THE jOINTS Of THE HINdTaRSOmERES; aNd THE mEdIaN lObE Of ScUTEllUm WITH SIlVERY-WHITE ScalES.

Bionomics and distribution. A SINglE laRVa WaS cOllEcTEd fROm THE aXIl Of aN Eryngium SpEcIES WITH laRVaE Of Cx. (Phy.) castroi . THE IdENTIfIcaTION WaS baSEd ON THE fEmalE REaREd fROm THE laRVa. CURRENT dISTRIbUTION IN CaRIbbEaN aNd SOUTH AmERIca: ANTIgUa aNd BaRbUda, ARgENTINa, BRazIl (WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013). Culex renatoi WaS REcORdEd pREVIOUSlY fROm BUENOS AIRES aNd ENTRE RíOS. IT IS REcORdEd HERE fROm CHacO PROVINcE.

Collection data. CHacO PROVINcE: CHacO NaTIONal PaRK, 27-IX-2009, 1F, LE, PE. CampOS aNd CazORla cOll.; CampOS dET. SpEcImENS ILPLA. CUL 20-013 .