Culex ( Microculex ) neglectus Lutz, 1904

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 : 528

Culex ( Microculex) neglectus Lutz, 1904

Culex neglectus Lutz, 1904 (in Bourroul 1904: 27) ( ♂, ♀). Holotype in USNM. Type locality: Serra da Cantareira , São Paulo, Brazil.

Rozeboom & Komp 1950: ( ♂ G); Lane & Whitman 1951: 364 ( ♂ G, ♀, Pe, le, lec. desig.); Belkin et al. 1971: 26 (ty. info).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 10): Tergum IX lobes less developed; length 1.5x width; distance between lobes 5x basal width; apex with 2 short, fine, simple setae; 2 short, fine, simple setae at external margin at basal level. Gonocoxite with group of simple setae, 1 short and leaf-like. Columnar process tubercle-like with group of widely distributed, medium-sized setae; apex with 2 strong, apically curved setae ( a and b), inserted at the same level; seta a slightly longer than seta b; external margin with 3 strong, straight, pointed setae. Gonostylus elongate, claw-like, pointed; broad leaf-like gonostylar claw with pointed apex. Aedeagus with thorn-like ventral process in medial area of lateral plate; dorsal process pointed; dorsolateral process sinuous, pointed. Aedeagal sclerite hook-like; apical process curved. Tergum X somewhat triangular in outline; paraproct short, dilated at base; crown with 7 curved, pointed blades.

Distribution: Brazil.

Material examined 8 ♂ G. SP-CP156; SP-CP158; SP-CP161; SP-CP162; SP-EC163; SP-EC165; SP-EC166; RJ-STA196.