Culex (Melanoconion) crybda, Dyar, 1924 b: 184

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 : 15

34. crybda Dyar, 1924b:184 (M).

Holotype M: Atrato River , Murindó (Antioquia), Colombia ( NMNH) (Type locality here corrected to use the proper accent to "Murindó". Previous record under "Murindo").

Distribution in South America: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela.

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and relevant taxonomic and geographical information in Pecor et al. (1992), and Sallum & Forattini (1996). This species was included in the taxonomic revision of the Spissipes Section by Sallum & Forattini (1996). Recent geographical records in Sutil (1980); Dickerman et al. (1986); Walder et al. (1984); Molina et al. (2000); Barrera et al. (2002); Ferro et al. (2008); Suárez-Mutis et al. (2009); Hutchings et al. (2002, 2005, 2011, 2013).

Additional comments: Galindo (1969) stated this species is a potential vector of Bussuquara and Guama viruses.