Sabethinus cerqueirai, Nascimento-Pereira, Neves, Lourenco-de-Oliveira & Motta, 2021

Neves, Maycon Sebastião Alberto Santos, Motta, Monique Albuquerque, Maciel-De-Freitas, Rafael, Xavier, Alexandre Da Silva, Lourenço-De-Oliveira, Ricardo & Silva-Do-Nascimento, Teresa Fernandes, 2024, Illustrated identification key to females of the genus Sabethes Robineau-Desvoidy recorded from Brazil (Diptera: Culicidae), in dichotomous and interactive formats, including an updated list of species and new records for the states, Zootaxa 5406 (2), pp. 253-287 : 266

cerqueirai Nascimento-Pereira, Neves, Lourenço-de-Oliveira & Motta, 2021

(subgenus Sabethes )

Type locality. Igarapé do Leão , Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Bionomics. Immature stages of this species occur mainly in tree holes but can also be found in other phytotelmata, such as epiphytic bromeliads and traveller’s palms ( Phenakospermum , Strelitziaceae ). Females were collected landing on humans in forest during the daytime (08:00‒15:00) ( Cerqueira 1961).

Arbovirus infection records. None.

Occurrence in Brazil. States of Amazonas, Paraná and São Paulo ( Forattini et al. 1986a, 1988; Hutchings et al. 2005, 2010, 2011; Moreno et al. 2011; Cunha et al. 2019; Silva et al. 2019).

Occurrence in other countries. None.