Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) vexator ( Coquillett, 1907 )

Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio & Durán-Luz, Juana, 2022, An actualized catalogue of the Psychodidae (Diptera) of Mexico and their known distribution by state, Zootaxa 5104 (3), pp. 347-408 : 370-371

Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) vexator ( Coquillett, 1907)

vexator Coquillett, 1907: 102 (as Flebotomus ). Type locality: United States of America, Maryland, Montgomery County, Plummer’s Island .

Phlebotomus vexator Coquillett : Shannon (1926, taxonomy), Dyar (1929, taxonomy), Theodor (1933, taxonomy), Hall (1936, Louisiana record), Dampf (1938, mentioned), Mangabeira & Galindo (1944, redescription, California records), Rozeboom (1944, listed), Addis (1945b, keys), Packchanian (1946, Virginia record), Barretto (1947, catalogue), Dampf (1947c, taxonomy, Sonora record), Thurman et al. (1949, listed), Vargas & Díaz-Nájera (1953b, distribution), Quate (1955, keys, references), Ortiz & Álvarez (1963, listed), Eads et al. (1965, listed), Roberts (1965, Mississippi record), Ortiz,1965b (listed), Quate (1965, Nearctic catalogue), Downes (1972, Ontario record), Fairchild & Harwood (1961, Washington records, keys), Harwood (1965, Washington and Canada records).

Phlebotomus (Brumptomyia) vexator Coquillett : Fairchild (1955, species group Brumpti, series vexator, listed).

Syn. Phlebotomus vexator occidentalis Fairchild & Hertig, 1957: 334 . Type locality: United States of America, California, Modoc County, Alturas trap station; Mono County, Topaz Lake. Young & Perkins (1984, subspecies not recognized).

Lutzomyia vexator or vexatrix (Coquillett) : Barretto (1962, listed), Theodor (1965, as species group Vexatrix), Rosabal & Miller (1970, keys, Louisiana record), Young (1972, Florida and Texas records), Chaniotis (1974, Montana record), Aitken et al. (1977, Connecticut record), Eads (1978, references), Steyskal (1979, appropriate name), Williams (1999, listed as species group Vexator, distribution).

Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) vexatrix (Coquillett) : Forattini (1971, 1973, taxonomy).

Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) vexator (Coquillett) : Martins et al. (1978, listed, distribution), Young & Perkins (1984, taxonomy, distribution), Young & Duncan (1994, taxonomy, distribution), Ibáñez-Bernal (2000 a, 2003, taxonomy, distribution), Ibáñez-Bernal (2005a, 2005b, keys).

Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) vexator (Coquillett) : Galati (2003, classification, listed), Shimabukuro et al. (2017, list, distribution), Galati (2018, listed, keyed), Galati (2021, classification, keys).

General distributio n. Canada, United States of America, Mexico ( Shimabukuro et al. 2017; Galati 2018, 2021).

Distribution in Mexico. Sonora ( Dampf 1944; Vargas & Díaz-Nájera 1953b).