Culex (Melanoconion) bastagarius, Dyar & Knab, 1906 b: 170

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 : 12

15. bastagarius Dyar & Knab, 1906b:170 (M, L).

Lectotype M: Laventille, Trinidad ( NMNH).

Distribution in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Republic of Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Suriname, Venezuela. Type locality: Laventille, Trinidad.

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages, geographical and taxonomic references in Pecor et al. (1992). Some ecological notes in Forattini et al. (1989; 1987a,b; 1993a,b,c; 1997). Geographical records in Forattini et al. (1970); Sutil (1980); Forattini & Sallum (1991); Suarez et al. (1994); Luz & Lourenço - de - Oliveira (1996); Quintero et al. (1996); Pecor et al. (2000); Rossi et al. (2002); Fe et al. (2003); Gomes et al. (2007; 2008); Ferro et al. (2008); Sugimoto (2009); Ramos (2009); Suárez - Mutis et al. (2009); Cardoso et al. (2010); Julião et al. (2010); Viana et al. (2010); Hutchings et al. (2005; 2011); D’Avila (2011); Cardoso et al. (2011); Hoyos et al. (2011); Mendenhall et al. (2012); Ribeiro et al. (2012); Stein et al. (2012); Del Ventura et al. (2013); Cardo et al. (2013); Sá & Sallum (2013); Ribeiro (2014).

Synonyms:

vapulans Dyar, 1920:69 (M). Lectotype M: Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname (NMNH).

alfaroi Dyar, 1921a: 34 (M, L). Holotype M: Atirro , Costa Rica (NMNH).

innominatus Evans, 1924: 363 (M). Lectotype M: Itacoatiara , Amazonas, Brazil (NHM).

cuclyx Dyar & Shannon, 1924a: 48 (M). Holotype M: Cardenas River , Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, Panama (NMNH).

thomasi Evans, 1924: 372 (M). Holotype M: Manaus , Amazonas, Brazil (NHM).