Culex (Melanoconion) ribeirensis, Forattini & Sallum, 1985: 171

Torres-Gutierrez, Carolina & Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb, 2015, Catalog of the subgenus Melanoconion of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) for South America, Zootaxa 4028 (1), pp. 1-50 : 29

112. ribeirensis Forattini & Sallum, 1985: 171 (M, F, L, P).

Holotype M: Ribeira Valley , Pariquera-Açu, São Paulo, Brazil ( FSP).

Distribution in South America: Argentina, Brazil.

Bibliographic sources: Relevant references in Pecor et al. (1992). Detailed description of adults and immatures can be found in Forattini & Sallum (1985). This species was included in the Revision of the Spissipes Section by Sallum & Forattini (1996) with notes on bionomics.

Some ecological notes of the species in Forattini et al. (1981; 1986a, b; 1987a,b; 1989a,b; 1991; 1993a,b,c; 1995) & Forattini & Gomes (1988). Geographical records in Lourenço de Oliveira (1984); Lourenço de Oliveira et al. (1985); Lourenço de Oliveira & Silva (1985); Lourenço de Oliveira & Heyden (1986); Natal (1986); Forattini & Sallum (1987a); Gomes et al. (1987, 2007, 2008); Forattini et al. (1988); Lopes et al. (1995); Forattini et al. (1997); Costa (2000); Lopes (2002); Taipe - Lagos & Natal (2003); Barghini et al. (2004); Navarro & Weaver (2004); Cardoso et al. (2005, 2011); Bona & Navarro-Silva (2008); Santos - Neto & Lozovei (2008); Tissot & Silva (2008); Ramos (2009); Sugimoto (2009); Guedes (2010); Hutchings et al. (2011); D´ Avila (2011); Guedes (2012); Ribeiro et al. (2012); Sá & Sallum (2013); Chaves et al. (2014); Guedes & Navarro-Silva (2014); Rossi & Lestani (2014); Silva et al. (2014).