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Issue: Vol. 1920 No. 1: 31 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1920.1.3
Page range: 41–50
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 46

Two new species of Culex subgenus Melanoconion (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Amazon forest

Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brasil
Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Dr. Arnaldo 715, 01246-904 São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Diptera Amazon basin Culicidae Culex (Melanoconion) new species

Abstract

Two new mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae), Culex (Melanoconion) phyllados n. sp. and Culex (Melanoconion) brachiatus n. sp. from the state of Amazonas, Brazil, are here validated and described based on morphological features of the male genitalia. Both species are morphologically more similar to both Culex coppenamensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne and Culex alinkios Sallum & Hutchings than to any other species of the Bastagarius Subgroup of the subgenus Melanoconion. Diagnostic characters for the identification of the adult male of both species are provided.

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