Culex (Melanoconion) conspirator, Dyar & Knab, 1906 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 : 14

28. conspirator Dyar & Knab, 1906a:217 (L).

Lectotype (larval exuviae and associated pupal exuviae F): Almoloya , Oaxaca, Mexico ( NMNH).

Distribution in South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela. Type locality: Almoloya, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and taxonomic and geographical information in Pecor et al. (1992). Recent geographical records in Sutil (1980); Suarez et al. (1994); Alfonzo et al. (2005); Del Ventura et al. (2013).

Synonyms:

holoneus Dyar, 1921a: 35 (M). Holotype M: Orotina , Costa Rica (NMNH).

dysmathes Dyar & Ludlow, 1921: 47 (M, F). Lectotype M: Cativa , Canal Zone, Panama (NMNH).

psadaemon Dyar, 1921c: 100 (M). Holotype M: San Jose , Costa Rica ( NMNH).

merodaemon Dyar, 1921c:100 (M). Holotype M: Orotina , Costa Rica (NMNH).

fatuator Dyar & Shannon, 1924a:47 (M). Holotype M: Cardenas River , Canal Zone, Panama (NMNH).

meroneus Dyar, 1925a: 22 (M). Holotype M: Barranquilla , (Atlántico), Colombia (NMNH). (Type locality here modified to use the correct geographic area. Previous record under: Barranquilla (Magdalena )).

macaronensis Dyar & Nunez Tovar, 1927:153 (M). Holotype M (genitalia only): Macaro , Venezuela (NMNH).

inducens Root, 1928 (in Dyar, 1928: 307) (M, F). Lectotype M: ( Maracay , Aragua), Venezuela (NMNH).