Culex (Melanoconion) delpontei, Duret 1969 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 : 15-16

35. delpontei Duret 1969a:8 (M).

Holotype M: Las Palmas , Chaco, Argentina ( NMNH).

Distribution in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Republic of Paraguay.

Bibliographic sources: Known life stages and relevant taxonomic references in Pecor et al. (1992) and Sallum & Forattini (1996). The species was redescribed by Forattini and Sallum (1989b) and included in the taxonomic revision of Spissipes Section by Sallum & Forattini (1996), with significant information on bionomics. Later on Sallum et al. (2001) described the immatures (larva, pupa) of this species.

Ecological contributions in Mitchell et al. (1985, 1987) and Forattini et al. (1989, 1991, 1993b, 1995). Recent geographical records in Brewer et al. (1991); Rossi (2000); Rossi et al. (2002 a,b); Oscherov et al. (2007); Gomes et al. (2007, 2008); Ramos (2009); D’Avila (2011); Hoyos et al. (2011); Dantur-Juri et al. (2012); Ribeiro et al. (2012); Stein et al. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2013).

Additional comments: Mitchell et al. (1985) and Calisher et al. (1985) documented the isolation of several strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (subtype VI - enzootic) from Culex delpontei mosquitoes collected in Chaco Province, in Argentina. This species was also recorded as host to strains of new Bunyaviridae viruses named Antequera, Barranqueras and Resistencia viruses, in Argentina as well.