NO. 3557 SUBGENUS CULEX—BRAM 103 
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—The lectotype male terminalia and _ six 
other male specimens from the Bahama Islands. 
DistriButTion.— Reported only from the Bahama Islands. 
Culex (Culex) spinosus Lutz, 1905 
Figures 3la, b 
Culex (Culex) spinosus Lutz, 1905, p. 26. 
SystpeMatics.—This species is a member of the salinarius complex. 
The primary distinguishing characteristic is the large, distinctive 
basal process. The ventral cornu and external process are also useful 
diagnostic characters. 
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 rounded terminally; median rod 
broader and longer than basal rod and terminating in a prominent 
hook; apical rod not as broad as, but longer than the median rod, also 
terminating in a prominent hook; leaf moderate in size, obovate, 
exhibiting distinct longitudinal striations; two accessory setae present, 
one shorter than the leaf and prominently hooked terminally, the 
other very long, pointed, and gently curved. Dististyle normal. 
Tenth sternite crowned with a dense tuft of short, pointed spines; 
basal arm moderate in length, gently curved; two or three cercal setae 
present in a compact group. External process gradually tapering to 
a blunt point; exceeding the ventral cornu in length. Ventral cornu 
dentiform, very similar in size and shape to the teeth of the median 
process. Median process with about four to six sharply pointed, 
distinct teeth. Basal process sharply pointed distally, acutely bent 
so as to be directed posteriorly; robust basally, but long and slender 
apically; reaching almost to the ventral cornu. 
Larva: After Lane (1953). Antennal tuft located in a constriction 
near the cuter third; antennal shaft spiculate. Postclypeal head hair 
4 short, single; frontal head hairs 5, 6, and 7 multiple, long, barbed. 
Body glabrous. Comb with numerous scales in a patch; each scale 
rounded apically and fringed with subequal spinules. Siphonal index 
4.5 to 6.0; four triple siphonal tufts inserted on the siphon beyond the 
pecten. Pecten with about 12 teeth on the basal third of the siphon; 
each tooth without coarse barbs on one side. Anal segment com- 
pletely ringed by the saddle, which is densely spiculate on the entire 
surface, 
