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 xhyphydes Harbach, 1994 (subgenus Sabethinus ) Type locality . Boracéia Field Station , Salesópolis , São Paulo , Brazil . Bionomics . Immature stages of this species develop in bamboo internodes ( Prado 1935 ; Heinemann & Belkin 1979 ) where they were found associated with Cx. ( Car .) iridescens , Sa. ( Pey. ) aurescens , Shannoniana fluviatilis ( Theobald, 1903 ) , a species of Shannoniana , Tr. pallidiventer , a species of Toxorhynchites ( Lynchiella ) and a species of Wyeomyia ( Wyeomyia ) ( Harbach 1994 ) . In the present study, one female was collected biting a human at ground level in forest in the daytime ( Coleção de Culicidae 2023 ). Arbovirus infection records . None. Occurrence in Brazil . States of Espírito Santo , Minas Gerais *, Paraná , Rio de Janeiro , Rio Grande do Sul , Santa Catarina and São Paulo ( Cardoso et al . 2005 ; Anjos & Navarro-Silva 2008 ; Müller et al . 2008 ; Tissot & Navarro-Silva 2008 ; Abreu et al . 2019 ; Stanzani et al . 2023 ). *New record . State of Minas Gerais , Belmiro Braga , Fazenda Santa Mafalda ( 22º 00′ 57.8″ S 43º 22′ 2.9″ W ), coll. Neves M.S.A.S. , Silva-do-Nascimento, T.F. , Motta, M.A. , 31/I/2018 , from progeny brood, 1♀ (voucher CCULI 5207) . Occurrence in other countries . Colombia ( Wilkerson et al . 2021 ).