Culex (Melanoconion) educator, Dyar & Knab, 1906 a

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 : 17

42. educator Dyar & Knab, 1906a:217 (L).

Syntype (Larval exuviae with associated F): Rio Aranjuez , near Puntarenas, Costa Rica ( NMNH) .

Distribution in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Republic of Suriname, Venezuela. Type locality: Rio Aranjuez, near Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and relevant taxonomic and geographical information in Pecor et al. (1992). This species is well reviewed with all stages described and notes on distribution and bionomics in Forattini & Sallum (1993b). Some ecological contributions in Forattini et al. (1991). Additional geographical records in Forattini et al. (1970); Sutil (1980); Peyton et al. (1983); Lopes (2002); Rossi et al. (2002b); Visintin et al. (2009; 2010); Hoyos et al. (2011); Parra - Henao & Suárez (2012); Stein et al. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013); Del Ventura et al. (2013).

Synonyms:

apeteticus Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1913 : Fig. 91 (M). Lectotype M: Upper Pequini River , Panama (NMNH).

aneles Dyar & Ludlow, 1922:63 (M,F). Lectotype M: Cardenas River , Canal Zone, Panama (NMNH).

keenani Galindo & Mendez, 1961: 2 (M). Holotype M: Pacora , Panama (NMNH).