Culex (Microculex) davisi Kumm, 1933

Stein, Marina, Alvarez, Carla N., Alonso, Ana C., Bangher, Débora N., Willener, Juana A. & Campos, Raúl E., 2018, New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) found in phytotelmata in Northern Argentina, Zootaxa 4399 (1), pp. 87-100 : 89-92

Culex (Microculex) davisi Kumm

LaRVaE Of Cx. (Mcx.) davisi aRE SImIlaR TO THE laRVaE Of Cx. (Mcx.) pleuristriatus THEObald, bUT maY bE dISTINgUISHEd bY THE pROTHORacIc fORmUla (4-6) -1- (4-6) - (2-3) -1-1- (3-5) aNd SIpHONal INdEX 7.52 ( FIg. 4A,B ). OUR SpEcImENS WERE IdENTIfIEd USINg THE KEY bY DaRSIE (1985) aNd EXHIbIT THE cHaRacTERISTIcS dEScRIbEd bY COTRIm & GalaTI (1977).

Bionomics and distribution. LaRVaE WERE cOllEcTEd fROm bROmElIad aXIlS WITH laRVaE Of Cx. (Mcx.) imitator THEObald. CURRENT dISTRIbUTION IN SOUTH AmERIca: ARgENTINa, BRazIl, PaRagUaY (WalTER REEd BIOSYSTEmaTIcS UNIT, 2013). Culex davisi WaS REcORdEd pREVIOUSlY fROm CHacO aNd CORRIENTES pROVINcES aNd IS REcORdEd HERE fROm FORmOSa PROVINcE.

Collection data. FORmOSa PROVINcE: HERRadURa, 23-I-2017, 3L. AlVaREz aNd STEIN cOll. aNd dET. SpEcImENS IMR.CUL 15-001 TO -003.

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FIGURE 4. Specimens collected during the study. (A, B) Culex davisi: thorax of larva showing prothoracic seta 1‒7-P, (B) terminal abdominal segments of the larva; (C,D) Cx. castroi: larva head, (D) thorax and detail of pecten spine; (E,F) Cx. renatoi: female with white scales on midlobe of scutellum; (G,H) Sa. undosus: larva (G) showing two hooks on VII (seta 1- VII), and male genitalia (H). Gc, gonocoxite; Gs, gonostylus; P, proboscis; PS, pecten spine; S, siphon; Stm, scutellum; Ta, tarsomeres; 1-C, head seta 1; 8-P and 14-P, prothoracic setae; VII, VIII, X, abdominal segments VII, VIII and X, respectively; IX-Te, tergum IX; 1a‒e, siphonal setae; 1‒4, setae 1‒4-X. Photos by Janinna Faraone (G and H), Carla N. AlVaREz (A‒F) and Raúl E. Campos (E and F).