Culex (Melanoconion) dunni, Dyar 1918 b: 123

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 : 16

38. dunni Dyar 1918b:123 (M,F).

Lectotype M: Mandingo River (Canal Zone), Panama ( NMNH).

Distribution in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Republic of Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Suriname, Venezuela. Type locality: Mandingo River (Canal Zone), Panama.

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and relevant taxonomic and geographical information in Pecor et al. (1992). Some ecological contributions in Forattini et al. (1987b; 1993a,b,c) and Gabaldon et al. (1977). Additional geographical records in Forattini et al. (1970); Sutil (1980); Walder et al. (1984); Groot et al. (1996); Rossi (1997); Kobayashi (1999); Pecor et al. (2000); Mendez et al. (2001); Moncayo et al. (2001); Salas et al. (2001); Barrera et al. (2002); Rossi et al. (2002b); Jones et al. (2004); Alfonzo et al. (2005); Gomes et al. (2007, 2008); Barbosa et al. (2008); Ferro et al. (2008); Johnson et al. (2008); Ramos (2009); Sugimoto (2009); Hutchings et al. (2011); Berti et al. (2013); Del Ventura et al. (2013); Andrews et al. (2014).

Synonyms:

ruffinis Dyar & Shannon, 1924b:143 (M). Holotype M: Barro Colorado Island , Gatun Lake, Canal Zone, Panama (NMNH).

exedrus Root, 1927:580 (M,F). Lectotype M: Porto das Caixas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (NMNH).