Culex (Melanoconion) vaxus, Dyar, 1920 a

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 : 34

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scientific name	Culex (Melanoconion) vaxus
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134. vaxus Dyar, 1920a: 73 View in CoL (M, L).

Lectotype M: Republic of Suriname ( NMNH).

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

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and relevant references in Forattini & Sallum (1993b) who resurrected the species from synonymy with Culex educator . This paper calls attention to previous misidentifications of Cx. vaxus with Cx. educator and Cx. theobaldi , which could consequently misinform about the real distribution of the species.

Geographical records of the species are found in Lopes & Lozovei (1995); Hutchings et al. (2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013); Montes (2005); Paula & Gomes (2007); Gomes et al. (2007; 2008); Ramos (2009); Suárez - Mutis et al. (2009); Sugimoto (2009); D´ Avila (2011); Laporta (2012); Müller et al. (2012); Ribeiro et al. (2012); Medeiros - Sousa et al. (2013b); Sá & Sallum (2013); Sant’Ana (2013); Rossi (2015). Ecological notes in Forattini et al. (1993a; 1997).

Synonyms:

bibulus Dyar, 1920a: 74 (M, L). Holotype M: Republic of Suriname (NMNH).