Catalog of the subgenus Melanoconion of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) for South America Author Torres-Gutierrez, Carolina Author Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb text Zootaxa 2015 2015-10-07 4028 1 1 50 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.1 19283c46-0f5f-457b-ab0c-1e6c8fdd9b36 1175-5326 289703 31CA1483-9A4B-4B31-AC85-DD574C7FAB25 3. akritos Forattini & Sallum, 1995:125 (M,F). Holotype M: Experimental Station , Pariquera-Açu County , São Paulo , Brazil ( FSP – USP ). Distribution in South America : Brazil. Bibliographic sources: Taxonomic description and known life stages in Forattini & Sallum (1995) ; plus an important taxonomic contribution in Sallum & Forattini (1996) . Ecological notes can be foun in Forattini et al. (1989) . Recent geographical records in Forattini & Sallum (1991) ; Ramos (2009) ; D’Avila (2011) ; Laporta (2012) ; Sá & Sallum (2013) , Sant’Ana (2013) and Chaves et al. (2014) . Additional comments: Calisher et al . (1983) documented the isolation of strains of Guama serogroup bunyaviruses and other ungrouped viruses from specimens that likely represent Culex akritos from the coastal region of São Paulo State , Brazil . 4. albinensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920: 173 (M, F, L). Lectotype M: Paramaribo , Republic of Suriname ( ITH ). Distribution in South America : Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Republic of Paraguay, Republic of Suriname, Venezuela. Bibliographic sources: Known life stages, taxonomic and geographical references in Pecor et al. (1992) . Adittional geographical records in Forattini et al. (1970; 1973); Sutil (1980) ; Walder et al. (1984) ; Suarez et al. (1992) ; Navarro & Liria (2000) ; Fé et al. (2003) ; Alfonzo et al. (2005) ; Hutchings et al. (2011) ; Stein et al. (2012) ; Del Ventura et al. (2013) , Rossi (2015) . Synonyms: maroniensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920: 175 (M). Holotype M: Republic of Suriname ( ITH ). gordoni Evans, 1924: 369 (M). Holotype M: Bosque , Manaus , Amazonas , Brazil ( NHM ).