Morphology of the larval mandible and maxilla in the subgenus Carrollia Lutz of Culex L. (Diptera: Culicidae) Author Liria, Jonathan Instituto de Zoología Tropical, Laboratorio de Biología de Vectores, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Apdo. 47058, Caracas 1041 - A, Venezuela; email: jnavarro @ strix. ciens. ucv. ve Author Navarro, Juan-Carlos Instituto de Zoología Tropical, Laboratorio de Biología de Vectores, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Apdo. 47058, Caracas 1041 - A, Venezuela; email: jnavarro @ strix. ciens. ucv. ve text Zootaxa 2003 2003-04-24 186 1 1 8 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.186.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.186.1.1 1175­5334 5014514

TABLE 3. Sumary of the maxillary structures of the Culex (Carrollia) species.

Structure	Bihaicola Group:		Iridescens Group:
	(Cx. bihaicola and Cx. rausseoi)	(Cx. iridescens and Cx. urichii)
1­Mx	Large (0.064­0.076 mm) thin and inserted beyond end of DMxS.	Idem
3­Mx	Present.	Idem
4­Mx	Very large (0.127­0.159 mm), little sclero­	Very	large (0.203­0.229	mm),
	tized, not branched and located poste­ rior, beyond laciniarastrum one (LR1).	strongly sclerotized, branched on the apex, medial to the maxillary body (MxBo)
7­Mx	Absent.	Idem
8­11­Mx	Short: 0.013­0.025 mm	Idem
MxBo	About as long as wide, square shape.	Idem
MSpA	Absent.	Idem
DMxS	Short with diagonal orientation on MxBo.	Idem
LR1	9 to 13 short spicules.	Large spicules
LR2	Present.	Idem
MPlp	Normal.	Idem
GSS	Absent.	Idem
MxB	Short: 0.140­0.178 mm	Idem