Culex (Carrollia) secundus Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1919

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 : 88

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.

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FIGURE 2. Specimens collected during the study. (A,B) Cx. secundus: larva (A) and detail of siphon (B); (C,D) Lu. allostigma: larva (C) and detail of siphon (D); (E, F, G,H) Wy. aphobema: detail of siphon (E) and male genitalia (F‒H). CS, comb scale; Gc, gonocoxite; GC, gonostylar claw; Gs, gonostylus; LPB, lateral palatal brushes; MP, median portion of gonocoxite; PS, pecten spine; Ppr, paraproct; S, siphon; 1-C, head seta 1; 1-S, siphonal setae; 8-P, prothoracic setae; VIII, X, abdominal segments VIII and X, respectively;IX-Te, tergum IX.Photos by Janinna Faraone (A, B and H), Carla N.Alvarez (C and D) andDébora N.Bangher (E‒G).