carus (Townes, 1945: 118) (Tendipes) .

Type locality: “La Mucuy, Merida, Venezuela ”. HT M (Townes). Distr.: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil. Refs.: Townes, 1945: 118 (orig. desc., as Tendipes (Tendipes) carus); Lichtenberg, 1979: 93 (desc. pupa, as Goeldichironomus pseudopictus); Contreras-Lichtenberg, 1982: 175 for synonyms and desc. larva; Spies & Reiss, 1996: 70 (cat.); Nazarova et al., 2004: 284 (new rec. to Colombia).