7 44 American Entomo/ogica! - Systematic Catalog of Culicidae

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24 Ott 1920, A. Alfaro (USNM, 23938). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in
grassy margins of streams].
23. Culex (Mel.) holoneus Dyar, 1921 [= conspirator]. TYPE: Holotype d,
Orotina (Alajuela), elev. 300 m, 1’7 Ott 1920, A. Alfaro (USNM, 23939). BIO-
NOMICS: [Larvae probably in various types of permanent ground waters].
24. Culex (Mel.) pasadaemon Dyar, 1921 [= conspirator]. TYPE: Holotype
Cc, San Jose (San Jose ‘) , 5 Jan 1921, A. Alfaro (USNM, 24083).
MICS: [Larvae probably in various types of permanent ground waters].
BIONO-
25. Culex (Mel.) merodaemon Dyar, 1921 [= conspirator]. TYPE: Holotype
d with genitalia slide (1391), Orotina (Alajuela), 20 Dee 1920, A. Alfaro
(USNM, 24082; see Stone and Knight 1957a: 53). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably
in various types of permanent ground waters].
26. Culex (Mel.) educator Dyar & Knab, 1906. TYPE: Syntype larvae (337)
all in poor condition, Rio Aranjuez near Puntarenas (Puntarenas), 12 Sept 1905,
F. Knab (USNM; no lectotype selected by Stone and Knight 1957a: 48). BIONO-
MICS: Larvae in reeds at the edge of an old stream bed disconnected from the
stream.
27. Culex (Mel. ) elevator Dyar & Knab, 1906. TYPE: Lectotype larval skin
with head capsule missing (355a) associated with pupal skin and adult female, 2
miles west of Puerto Limon (Limon), 30 Sept 1905, F. Knab (USNM; selection
of Stone and Knight 1957a: 48). BIONOMICS: Larvae in a pool of clear spring
water containing vegetable debris at the head of a small stream.
28. Culex (Mel.) limacifer Komp, 1936. TYPE: Holotype d genitalia only
(adult male lost), Chase (Limon), Feb 1928, W. H. W. Komp (USNM). BIO-
NOMICS: [Larvae probably in various types of permanent ground pools].
*29. Culex (Mel.) trifidus Dyar, 1921. TYPE: Lectotype d with genitalia
slide (1436), Rio Tiribi (San Jose), 7 Jan 1921, A. Alfaro (USNM; selection of
Rozeboom and Komp 1950: 97; see Stone and Knight 1957a: 57).
[Larvae probably in permanent ground waters].
BIONOMICS:
*30. Culex (Aedinus) latisquama (Coquillett, 1906). TYPE: Lectotype d
(344c), Puerto Limon (Limon), 25 Sept 1905, F. Knab (USNM, 8298; selection
of Rozeboom and Komp 1950: 92; see Stone and Knight 1957a: 52). BIONOMICS:
Larvae in crabholes along the seashore.
crabholes.
Adults rest in the upper parts of the
31. Culex (Carrollia) metempsytus Dyar, 1921. TYPE: Lectotype d, Alajuela
(Alajuela), 4 July 1921, A. Alfaro (USNM, 24863; selection of Stone and
Knight 1957a: 53). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in treeholes, bamboo or
plant parts on the ground].
“32. Deinocerites epitedeus (Knab, 1907). TYPE: Lectotype Cr (344a) with
genitalia slide (286), Puerto Limon (Limon), 30 Sept 1905, F. Knab (USNM,
10291; selection of Stone and Knight 1957c: 197). BIONOMICS: Larvae in crabholes
on side of a hill beyond’the reach of tide water, the contained water being
fresh, furnished by a small rivulet. The water surface was at a depth of several
feet below the orifices of the holes.
holes.
The adults rest in the upper parts of
33. Dixella shannoni (Lane, 1942). TYPE: Holotype d, Higuito, San Mateo
(Alajuela), date not specified, P. Schild (USNM). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably
in vegetation in stream margins or in other permanent ground waters].
List of Localities
ALAJUELA
Alajuela: 14. Aedes (F.) homoeopus; 16. Aedes (F.) heteropus; 31. Culex