Sabethes conditus, Moses, Howard & Harbach, 2000

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 : 267

conditus Moses, Howard & Harbach, 2000

(subgenus Sabethoides )

Type locality. Aragua, Ocumare de la Costa, Puerto Ocumare, E of (19PFM3459), near sea level, Venezuela.

Bionomics. The type specimen of Sa. conditus was collected as a larva from a small hole located 0.6 m above ground level in the trunk of a leguminous tree ( Moses et al. 2000) together with Culex (Anoedioporpa) conservator Dyar & Knab, 1906b . In the present study, females were frequently collected biting humans at ground level in forest during the daytime ( Coleção de Culicidae 2023).

Arbovirus infection records. None.

Occurrence in Brazil. States of Amazonas, Mato Grosso *, Minas Gerais *, Paraná and Rondônia ( Moses et al. 2000; Hutchings et al. 2011; Silva et al. 2019).

*New records. State of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães (15º 19’ 40.1” S 55º 52’ 36.8” W), coll. Nascimento-Pereira, A.C., 11/V/2018, reared from larvae collected in tree hole, 1♂ G (voucher CCULI5031). State of Minas Gerais, Corinto, Road BR-496, Km 100, edge of Bicudo River (18º 06′ 29.4″ S 044º 32′ 18.3″ W), coll. Neves, M.S.A.S., Silva-do-Nascimento, T.F., Motta, M.A., 08‒13/ XII/2018, progeny brood; 8♂, 2♂ G, 3♀ (vouchers CCULI5029-5030, CCULI5032-5037, CCULI5146-5148, CCULI5161-5162) .

Occurrence in other countries. Venezuela ( Wilkerson et al. 2021).