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Issue: Vol. 5443 No. 2: 22 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.2.7
Page range: 253-262
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Description of the larva and pupa of Culex (Melanoconion) dureti Casal & Garcia and redescription of the adult male (Diptera: Culicidae)

Instituto de Medicina Regional; Universidad Nacional del Nordeste; Resistencia and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Nordeste; Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas; Físicas y Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET-UNC); Córdoba; Argentina
Instituto de Medicina Regional; Universidad Nacional del Nordeste; Resistencia and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Nordeste; Argentina
Diptera Argentina Bastagarius Group mosquito systematics

Abstract

Culex (Melanoconion) dureti Casal & García, 1968 was described based on the adult male. In this article, we describe and illustrate the pupa and the fourth-instar larva and provide a redescription of the adult male. Diagnostic characters of the male genitalia and fourth-instar larva are also provided to separate Cx. dureti from closely related species. Possible phylogenetic relationships of the immature stages of the Inhibitator Group are discussed. Information on distribution and bionomics of the species is also provided. The female remains unknown.

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