Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus (Dyar & Knab, 1906)

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 : 18-19

52. erraticus ( Dyar & Knab, 1906a: 224) (L; Mochlostyrax ).

Lectotype (Larval exuviae): Baton Rouge , Louisiana, United States ( NMNH).

Distribution in South America: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Republic of Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Suriname, Venezuela. Type locality: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and geographical information in Pecor et al. (1992). Additional geographical records in Forattini et al. (1970); Sutil (1980); Walder et al. (1984); Salas et al. (2001); Alfonzo et al. (2005); Mendenhall et al. (2012); Parra-Henao & Suárez (2012); Del Ventura et al. (2013).

Synonyms:

leprincei Dyar & Knab, 1907a:202 (M,F). Lectotype M: Tabernilla , Canal Zone, Panama (NMNH).

egberti Dyar & Knab, 1907b: 214 (F). Lectotype M: Warner ´s Camp , Lake Okeechobee, Florida, United States (NMNH).

trachycampa Dyar & Knab, 1909b: 101 (M,F). Lectotype M: Las Cascadas , Canal Zone, Panama (NMNH).

peribleptus Dyar & Knab, 1918: 181 (M,F). Lectotype M: Parr Shoals , South Carolina, United States (NMNH).

pose Dyar & Knab, 1918a :182 (F). Holotype M: Dallas , Texas, United States (NMNH).

moorei Dyar, 1918a:108 (F). Lectotype M: Plantation Plaisance , Demerara, British Guiana (Georgetown, Guyana) (NMNH).

degustator Dyar, 1921b:39 (M). Lectotype M: Scott , Arkansas, United States (NMNH).

homoepas Dyar & Ludlow, 1921:46 (M). Holotype M: Jackson Barracks , New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (NMNH).

borinqueni Root, 1922: 400 (M,F, L). Lectotype M: Rio Piedras , (San Juan), Puerto Rico (NMNH).

tovari Evans, 1924:367 (M). Holotype M: Palo Negro , (Aragua), Venezuela (NHM).

Additional comments: This species has been incriminated as potential enzootic vector of Eastern equine encephalitis virus ( Cupp et al. 2003, 2004) and as a potential vector of West Nile virus ( Cupp et al. 2007) in the southern region of North America. Cohen et al. (2009) considered Cx. erraticus as a vector, both enzootic and epizootic, of Eastern equine encephalitis virus in southeastern United States given its opportunistic feeding patterns and its distribution.