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14. Wyeomyia (W. ) ablabes Dyar & Knab, 1908 [= mitchellii]. TYPE: Lectotype
d (421.103) with genitalia slide (302), Cordobamz), Dee 1907,
Jan and Mar 1908, F. Knab (USNM, 11986; selection of Stone and Knight
1957b: 120). BIONOMICS: Larvae in bromeliads.
15. Wyeomyia (W.) stonei Vargas & Martinez Palacios, 1953. TYPE: Holotype
d (6285-l), Poana, Teapa, (Tabasco), 26 Mar 1946, M. Macias (ISET).
BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in bromeliads] .
16. Sabethes (S.) ortizi Vargas & Diaz Najera, 1961. TYPE: Holotype o’
with genitalia slide_Aldea El Naranjo, road to Ruins of Palenque (Chiapas),
26 Mar 1958, A. Diaz Najera (ISET). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in
treeholes with small lateral opening]. Holotype taken while attempting to bite
(man or horse) in a thicket, humid and very shaded.
17. Uranotaenia coatzacoalcos Dyar & Knab, 1906. TYPE: Syntypes 2 larvae,
in very poor condition, Santa Lucrecia [Jesus Carranza] (Veracruz), 20
June 1905, F. Knab (USNM; see Stone and Knight 1957c: 200).
Larvae in ditch with reeds along railroad tracks.
BIONOMICS:
18. Uranotaenia basalis Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1913 [= coatzacoalcos].
TYPE: Holotype $, Cordoba (Veracruz), 9 Jan 1908, F. Knab (USNM, 12259).
BIONOMICS: Larva in pool among rocks in a stream bed.
19. Psorophora (Psorophora) virescens Dyar & Knab, 1906 [= howardii].
TYPE: Holotype 0 (309g), Almoloya (Oaxaca), 19 July 1905, F. Knab (USNM,
9966; see Stone and Knight 1955: 287).
pools, usually of a muddy nature.
BIONOMICS: Larvae in temporary
20. Psorophora (P.) simplex Martini, 1935 [= howardii]. TYPE: Lectotype
9, Valle de1 Yaqui (Sonora), 18 Aug 1927, A. Dam-selection of Mattingly
1955: 28).
poo Is].
BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in open grassy temporary rain-
21. Psorophora (P. ) stonei Vargas, 1956. TYPE: d, ?, larva, Mazatlan
(Sinaloa) (ISET).
pools].
BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in open grassy temporary
22. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) Pisces Lassmann, 1944 [= champerico].
TYPE: Lectotype d genitalia slide, Tempoal (Veracruz), July 1944 (USNM;
selection of Stone and Knight 1955: 285). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in
temporary rain or floodwater pools in wooded areas].
23. Psorophora (J.) posticatus (Wiedemann, 1821) [= ferox]. TYPE: Holotype
adult, locality and date not specified (NMW). BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably
in
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temporary rainpools or in overflow pools along streams in wooded
areas].
24. Psorophora (J. ) mexicana (Bellardi, 1859). TYPE: ?, locality and
date not specified, Salle (LU).
rainpools in wooded areas].
BIONOMICS: [Larvae probably in temporary
25. Psorophora (J .) totonaci Lassmann, 1951. TYPE: Holotype d, Cerro
Guzman, Veracruz (Veracruz), 19 June 1946, G. Lassmann (USNM, 61293).
BIONOMICS: Larvae in shaded rainpools.
26. Psorophora (J. ) varipes (Coquillett, 1904). TYPE: Lectotype si,
Las PeEas [Puerto Vallarta] (Jalisco), 18 July 1903, A. Dug& (USNM, 7341).
BIONOMICS: Larvae probably in temporary rain and floodwater pools in
wooded areas I .
27. Psorophora (Grabhamia) toltecum Dyar & Knab, 1906) [= confinnis].
TYPE: Holotype 9 (286), Tehuantepec (Oaxaca), 29 June 1905, F. Knab
(USNM, 9973; see Stone and Knight 1955: 286).
porary ground pools of a variety of types.
BIONOMICS: Larvae in tem-