Culex (Melanoconion) lopesi, Sirivanakarn & Jakob, 1979: 139

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 : 23

78. lopesi Sirivanakarn & Jakob, 1979: 139 (M).

Holotype M: Porto do Rio Ribeira , Iguape , São Paulo, Brazil ( NMNH) (Type locality here modified by adding " Rio " and " São Paulo " according to correct geographical information and Portuguese orthography).

Distribution in South America: Argentina, Brazil.

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and geographical references in Pecor et al. (1992). The redescription of the species was published by Forattini & Sallum (1990) with complete description of adults and immatures. The species was included in the revision of the Spissipes Section by Sallum & Forattini (1996) with information on bionomics. Ecological contributions in Forattini et al. (1986b, 1987a, 1989a, 1991, 1993, 1995). Geographical records in Sirivanakarn & Jakob (1981); Calisher et al. (1982); Gomes et al. (1987); Forattini et al. (1988); Ramos (2009); Hutchings et al. (2011), Rossi (2015).