Sabethes amazonicus, Gordon & Evans, 1922

Neves, Maycon Sebastião Alberto Santos, Motta, Monique Albuquerque, Maciel-De-Freitas, Rafael, Xavier, Alexandre Da Silva, Lourenço-De-Oliveira, Ricardo & Silva-Do-Nascimento, Teresa Fernandes, 2024, 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, Zootaxa 5406 (2), pp. 253-287 : 264-265

amazonicus Gordon & Evans, 1922

(subgenus Sabethes )

Type locality (corrected). Manaus , Amazonas, Brazil.

Bionomics. Adults of Sa. amazonicus has been collected at various localities in the Amazon rainforest biome of northern and midwestern Brazil ( Gordon & Evans 1922; Edwards 1928), and have been collected in the forest canopy at heights above ground level between 10‒20 m ( Ferreira Neto et al. 1970; Dégallier et al. 1998). One female was captured in a Surinamese forest biting during the daytime ( Bonne & Bonne-Wepster 1925).

Arbovirus infection records. None.

Occurrence in Brazil, States of Amazonas, Amapá, Maranhão, Mato Grosso and Pará ( Bonne & Bonne-Wepster 1925; Edwards 1928; Lane & Cerqueira 1942; Lane 1953; Ferreira Neto et al. 1970; Xavier & Mattos 1989; Dégallier et al. 1998; Hutchings et al. 2005, 2011, 2013; Souto et al. 2011).

Occurrence in other countries. Ecuador, Peru and Suriname ( Wilkerson et al. 2021).