Culex (Melanoconion) akritos, Forattini & Sallum, 1995: 125

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 : 10-11

3. akritos Forattini & Sallum, 1995:125 (M,F).

Holotype M: Experimental Station , Pariquera-Açu County, São Paulo, Brazil ( FSP – USP).

Distribution in South America: Brazil.

Bibliographic sources: Taxonomic description and known life stages in Forattini & Sallum (1995); plus an important taxonomic contribution in Sallum & Forattini (1996). Ecological notes can be foun in Forattini et al. (1989). Recent geographical records in Forattini & Sallum (1991); Ramos (2009); D’Avila (2011); Laporta (2012); Sá & Sallum (2013), Sant’Ana (2013) and Chaves et al. (2014).

Additional comments: Calisher et al. (1983) documented the isolation of strains of Guama serogroup bunyaviruses and other ungrouped viruses from specimens that likely represent Culex akritos from the coastal region of São Paulo State, Brazil.

4. albinensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920: 173 (M, F, L). Lectotype M: Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname ( ITH).

Distribution in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Republic of Paraguay, Republic of Suriname, Venezuela.

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages, taxonomic and geographical references in Pecor et al. (1992). Adittional geographical records in Forattini et al. (1970; 1973); Sutil (1980); Walder et al. (1984); Suarez et al. (1992); Navarro & Liria (2000); Fé et al. (2003); Alfonzo et al. (2005); Hutchings et al. (2011); Stein et al. (2012); Del Ventura et al. (2013), Rossi (2015).

Synonyms:

maroniensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920: 175 (M). Holotype M: Republic of Suriname ( ITH).

gordoni Evans, 1924: 369 (M). Holotype M: Bosque , Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ( NHM).