NO. 3557 SUBGENUS CULEX—BRAM 95 
DistrisuTion.—Carpenter and LaCasse (1955) reported this species 
from southern Canada southward to the Gulf of Mexico. Martinez 
Palacios (1952) reported Culex restuans from five states in Mexico. 
Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett, 1904 
Figures 28c, d 
Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett, 1904, p. 73. 
SysTEMATICS.—Culez salinarius is similar to C. archegus, C. dolosus, 
and C. spinosus, all of which exhibit a basal process, which is pointed, 
sharply bent, and directed posteriorly. It differs, however, by having 
a dentiform ventral cornu and by the distinctive and diagnostic 
external process. 
SALIENT CHARACTERS.—Adult female: See table 1. 
Male terminalia: Basistyle conical, slightly longer than twice the 
basal width; clothed with fine setae in addition to the normal, long 
setal pattern. Apical lobe of the basistyle prominent, undivided, 
and also clothed with fine setae. Appendicles of the apical lobe as 
follows: basal rod strong, straight, and blunt; median rod longer 
and broader than the basal rod and terminating in a prominent 
hook; apical rod not as broad as, but longer than the median rod 
and also hooked apically; leaf moderate in size, obovate; two accessory 
setae present, one prominently hooked, the other gently curved and 
pointed. Dististyle normal. Tenth sternite crowned with a dense 
tuft of short, pointed spines; basal arm moderate in length, strongly 
recurved; four cercal setae present in a compact group. External 
process broad, with a prominent knob midway on the inner surface, 
then slightly curved and tapering to a point; considerably exceeding 
the ventral cornu in length. Ventral cornu dentiform, similar in 
size and shape to the teeth of the median process. Median process 
with about five strong, sharply pointed teeth. Basal process very 
broad, sharply pointed, and bent so as to be directed posteriorly and 
reaching to about the ventral cornu. 
Larva: Antennal tuft located in a constriction near the outer third; 
antennal shaft spiculate basally. Postclypeal head hair 4 short, 
single; upper frontal head hair 5 long, three to six branched, barbed; 
lower frontal head hair 6 long, three or four branched, barbed; pre- 
antennal head hair 7 long, multiple, barbed. Mentum with about 
15 teeth; the apical tooth broader and longer than the lateral teeth. 
Thorax glabrous. Comb with numerous scales in a patch; each 
scale rounded apically and fringed with subequal spinules. Siphonal 
index 6.0 to 7.0; four pairs of double or triple siphonal tufts present 
on the siphon beyond the pecten. Pecten with 10 to 16 teeth on the 
basal fourth of the siphon; each tooth with two to five coarse barbs 
on one side. Anal segment completely ringed by the saddle. 
