Culex ( Microculex ) inimitabilis Dyar & Knab, 1906a

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 : 526

Culex ( Microculex) inimitabilis Dyar & Knab, 1906a

Culex ( Microculex) inimitabilis Dyar & Knab, 1906a: 221 (Le). Holotype in USNM. Type locality: Trinidad.

Pessoa & Galvão 1936: 86 (Le); Lane 1953 ( ♂ G, ♀, Pe, Le); Stone & Knight 1957: 51 (ty. info.); Belkin & Heinemann 1976: 272 ( Granada).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 9): Essentially like those of Cx. aphylactus . Tergum IX lobes developed; length 2x basal width; distance between lobes 4x basal width; apex with 2 or 3 long, simple, straight setae 2x lobe length. Gonocoxite oblong; subapical lobe with group of setae, 1 leaf-like. Columnar process short, robust; apex with 2 apically curved setae ( a and b), inserted at same level; seta a shorter than seta b; ventromesal surface with 3 simple, straight setae. Gonostylus curved, elongate, claw-like; apex pointed; broad, leaf-like gonostylar claw with pointed apex. Aedeagus with strong, knob-like ventral process; short dorsal process; pointed dorsolateral process. Tergum X outline asymmetrical; basal plate broad; paraproct elongate; dilated at basal level; crown with 5 curved, pointed blades.

Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Granada, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Material examined: 4 ♂ G. STA11; FSP089; FSP-13279; FSP-13280.