Culex (Carrollia) secundus Bonne-Wepster & Bonne

FOURTH-INSTaR laRVaE aRE dISTINgUISHablE fROm THOSE Of THE IRIdEScENS SUbgROUp Of SUbgENUS Carrollia (SEE ValENcIa, 1973) bY HaVINg a SIpHONal INdEX gREaTER THaN 6.0; 5 OR 6 paIRS Of SETa 1-S, THE pROXImal 2 SETaE INSERT bEfORE THE ENd Of THE pEcTEN; SETa 1-C SHORT, STOUTER aNd cURVEd NEaR baSE; pEcTEN SpINES WITH bROad TEETH aNd WITH INdISTINcT maRgINal SpIcUlES; cOmb ScalES WITH INdISTINcT fRINgES TO apEX; SETa 8-P WITH SmOOTH bRaNcHES (FIg. 2A,B).

Bionomics and distribution. LaRVaE WERE cOllEcTEd fROm a plaSTIc bOTTlE WITH laRVaE Of Cx. (Culex) mollis DYaR & KNab, Cx. (Cux.) brethesi DYaR aNd Cx. (Cux.) coronator DYaR & KNab, aNd fROm a bambOO STamp WITH laRVaE Of Cx. (Cux.) mollis aNd Cx. (Cux.) tatoi CaSal & GaRcía. Culex secundus IS alSO REcORdEd IN BRazIl, COlOmbIa, COSTa RIca, EcUadOR aNd PaNama (WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013).

Collection data. MISIONES PROVINcE: EldORadO, 27-II-2016, 3L, 25-IV-2017, 1LE, PE. AlONSO cOll.; STEIN dET . SpEcImENS IMR.CUL 10-001 TO -004.