Culex ( Microculex ) reducens Lane & Whitman, 1951

Oliveira-Christe, Rafael & Marrelli, Mauro Toledo, 2025, Descriptions of the male genitalia of species of Culex (Microculex) (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil, and a dichotomous identification key for those species, Zootaxa 5717 (4), pp. 517-543 : 519

Culex ( Microculex) reducens Lane & Whitman, 1951

Culex ( Microculex) reducens Lane & Whitman, 1951: 354 ( ♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le). Holotype in USNM. Type locality: Guanabara , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Belkin et al. 1971: 26 (ty. loc. info.); Xavier, 1973: 159 (ty. info.).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 2): Tergum IX lobes semicircular, slightly curved apically; distance between lobes twice basal width; apex with 5 simple, short, straight, widely distributed setae. Gonocoxite oblong; subapical lobe with 5 simple, setae, 3 longer than the others. Columnar process glabrous; 2 strong, straight, pointed setae at apex ( a and b), inserted at same level; seta a shorter than seta b. Ventromesal surface with 3 simple, straight setae. Gonostylus elongate, curved; slightly convex ventral surface; broad, leaf-like gonostylar claw with pointed apex.Aedeagus with claw-like ventral process close to apical area; dorsal and dorsolateral processes pointed. Aedeagal sclerite narrow, hook-like with sharp internal curve. Proctiger with tergum X connected to paraproct, with pointed outline; paraproct short, broad basal area; crown with 7 curved, pointed blades.

Distribution: Brazil.

Material examined: 16 ♂ G. SP-VL/APA16; RJ-STA132; SP-EC102; SP-EC96; SP-EC100; SP-CANT28; SP-CP124; SP-EC104; SP-CP124; SP-CANT123; SP-EC155; RJ-STA138; SP-VL/APA157; RJ-STA168; SP-EC134; SP-PR90.