Culex (Melanoconion) adamesi, Sirivanakarn & Galindo, 1980: 26

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

2. adamesi Sirivanakarn & Galindo, 1980:26 (M, F, P, L).

Holotype M: across canal from Summit , "Empire Firing Range", Canal Zone, Panama ( NMNH).

Distribution in South America: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru. Type locality: across canal from Summit, "Empire Firing Range", Canal Zone, Panama.

Bibliographic sources: The original description recorded the species occurring in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and Panama ( Sirivanakarn & Galindo, 1980). Taxonomic contributions registered 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 Dickerman et al. (1986); Forattini et al. (1988); Need et al. (1993); Souto et al. (1996); Barrera et al. (2002); Pecor et al. (2000); Moncayo et al. (2001); Jones et al. (2004); Navarro & Weaver (2004); Hutchings et al. (2005; 2008; 2011; 2013); Ferro et al. (2003, 2008); Barbosa et al. (2008); Gomes et al. (2008); Johnson et al. (2008); D’Avila (2011); Confalonieri & Costa- Neto (2012); Andrews et al. (2014).

Additional comments: The species has been reported as a natural enzootic vector (most likely a secondary vector) of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (subtype ID) in Colombia ( Ferro et al. 2003).