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 Author Neves, Maycon Sebastião Alberto Santos 0000-0001-7190-5489 Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21040 - 900, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. mayconsn@ioc.fiocruz.br Author Motta, Monique Albuquerque 0000-0001-9997-3838 Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21040 - 900, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. mmotta@ioc.fiocruz.br Author Maciel-De-Freitas, Rafael Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21040 - 900, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. & Department of Arbovirology and Entomology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht Straβe 74, PLZ 20395, Hamburg, Germany. Author Xavier, Alexandre Da Silva 0000-0003-2669-2466 Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21040 - 900, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. axavier@ioc.fiocruz.br Author Lourenço-De-Oliveira, Ricardo 0000-0003-0423-5694 Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21040 - 900, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. lourenco@ioc.fiocruz.br Author Silva-Do-Nascimento, Teresa Fernandes 0000-0002-9895-7198 Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21040 - 900, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. teresa.nascimento@ioc.fiocruz.br text Zootaxa 2024 2024-02-05 5406 2 253 287 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.3 1175-5326 10618240 F8B20BCE-9D3C-46AD-8CDE-FFDEF7CD989B intermedius (Lutz, 1904) (in Bourroul, 1904 ) (subgenus Sabethinus ) Type locality . Near São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil . Bionomics . Immature stages of this species occur in bamboo internodes, usually with small holes produced by beetles or other animals ( Davis 1944b ). Larvae of different species of mosquitoes such as Culex ( Carrollia ) iridescens ( Lutz, 1905 ) , Cx. ( Microculex ) neglectus Lutz, 1904 (in Bourroul, 1904 ), another Cx. ( Mcx. ) species and a species of Toxorhynchites ( Lynchiella ) have been found in association with larvae of this species ( Heinemann & Belkin 1979 ). In the Atlantic Forest, females of Sa. intermedius were captured during all months, except June (dry season) ( Guimarães & Arle 1984 ), with 35% of them feeding on human blood at ground level in contrast to 65% in the forest canopy ( Guimarães et al . 1985 ). Besides humans, females of Sa . intermedius have been collected with avian and horse bait ( Harbach 1994 ). Arbovirus infection records . This species has been found naturally infected with Tucunduba and Xiburema viruses in Brazil ( Hervé et al . 1986 ). Occurrence in Brazil . States of Amapá , Amazonas, Espírito Santo , Goiás , Mato Grosso , Minas Gerais , Paraná , Rio de Janeiro , Rio Grande do Sul , Rondônia , Santa Catarina , São Paulo and Tocantins ( Lane & Cerqueira 1942 ; Lane 1953 ; Forattini et al . 1968 , 1986a , 1986b , 1973 ; Guimarães & Arlé 1984 ; Guimarães et al . 1985 , 2000 a , 2000b, 2000c ; Guimarães & Victório 1986 ; Carvalho et al . 1997 ; Hutchings et al . 2005 ; Anjos & Navarro-Silva 2008 ; Tissot & Navarro-Silva 2008 ; Dos Santos Silva et al . 2010 , 2017 ; Cardoso et al . 2010 ; Alencar et al . 2011 , Alencar & Gil-Santana 2015 ; Moreno et al . 2011 ; Mascheretti et al . 2013 ; Laporta & Sallum, 2014 ; Müller et al . 2014 ; Abreu et al . 2019 ; Cunha et al . 2019 ; Stanzani et al . 2023 ). Occurrence in other countries . Bolivia , Argentina , Colombia and French Guiana ( Wilkerson et al . 2021 ).