Mochlostyrax (Melanoconion) pilosus, Dyar & Knab, 1906

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 : 27-28

102. pilosus ( Dyar & Knab, 1906a: 224) (L, Mochlostyrax ).

Lectotype Larval exuviae (with associated pupal exuviae, M): Santa Lucrecia, (Veracruz), Mexico ( NMNH).

Distribution in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Republic of Paraguay, Republic of Suriname, Venezuela. Type locality: Santa Lucrecia, (Veracruz), Mexico

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and several taxonomic and geographical references in Pecor et al. (1992). Some ecological notes in Forattini et al. (1981; 1986a, b; 1987b; 1990; 1993b,c; 1994; 1997). Additional geographical records in Forattini et al. (1970; 1973; 1988); Sutil (1980); Peyton et al. (1983); Lourenço de Oliveira (1984); Lourenço de Oliveira et al. (1986); Brewer et al. (1991); Naves et al. (1996; 1998); Pecor et al. (2000); Rossi et al. (2002b); Gomes et al. (2007); Anjos and Navarro - Silva (2008); Barbosa et al. (2008); Tissot & Silva (2008); Pires et al. (2009); Ramos (2009); Sugimoto (2009); D’Oria et al. (2010); Cardoso et al. (2010; 2011); D’Avila (2011); Hutchings et al. (2011; 2013); Stein et al. (2011); Laporta (2012); Ribeiro et al. (2012); Del Ventura et al. (2013); Linton et al. (2013); Rossi & Lestani (2014).

Synonyms:

cubensis ( Dyar & Knab, 1906a:225) (L; Mochlostyrax ). Syntypes L: Havana, Cuba (NE) .

floridanus ( Dyar & Knab, 1906b:171) (L; Mochlostyrax ). Syntypes L: Estero , Florida, United States (NE) .

jamaicensis ( Grabham, 1906:318) (M, F, L; Mochlostyrax ). Lectotype M: Kingston, (Surrey), Jamaica (NMNH).

agitator Dyar & Knab, 1907b:100 (nom. nov. for cubensis Dyar & Knab , non Bigot, 1857).

hesitator Dyar & Knab, 1907c:205 (M, F). Lectotype M: Las Cascadas , Canal Zone, Panama (NMNH).

ignobilis Dyar & Knab, 1909a:39 (Adult). Lectotype M: San Antonio de los Banos, (Havana), Cuba (NMNH).

reductor Dyar & Knab, 1909c:257 (nom. nov. for jamaicensis Grabham , non Theobald, 1901).

deceptor Dyar & Knab, 1909c:257 (Adult) . Lectotype M: Fort White , Florida, United States (NMNH).

mastigia Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1913 : Fig. 90 (M). Lectotype M: San Antonio de los Banos, (Havana), Cuba (NMNH).

curopinensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920:177 (M). Lectotype M: Republic of Suriname ( ITH). colombiensis Dyar, 1924b:184 (M). Holotype M: Colombia ( NMNH) .

radiatus Senevet & Abonnenc, 1939: 120 (M, L). Holotype M: Cayenne and Saut-Tigre, (Inini), French Guiana (MNHP).