title: Taxonomical and biological notes on Sabethes (Peytonulus) fabricii Lane & Cerqueira (Diptera: Culicidae).
abstract: Morphological features that remained uncertain in previous identification keys and descriptions of Sabethes fabricii were evaluated based on species type material and two recently collected males. As a result, the following features of Sa. fabricii should be considered: proboscis with a white ventral spot beyond the middle and variably enlarged to the apex, possibly spatulate in males; setae over root of wing yellowish and may be occasionally brownish, mainly in their basal portion; and proctiger ending in four teeth. Additionally, the first record of bamboo as a natural breeding site for Sa. fabricii as well as the first register of this species in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil are reported here.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alencar
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gil-Santana
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D009033:Culicidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male