Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) vindicator (Dampf, 1944) vindicator Dampf, 1944b: 248 (as Phlebotomus). Type locality: Mexico, Morelos, Cuautla. Phlebotomus vindicator Dampf: Dampf (1947b), Fairchild & Hertig (1957, references, keys). Lutzomyia vindicator or vindicatrix (Dampf): Barretto (1962, listed), Theodor (1965, classification), Williams (1999, listed as species group Vexator, distribution). Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) vindicatrix (Dampf): Forattini (1971, taxonomy), Forttini (1973, taxonomy). Lutzomyia (Helcocyrtomyia) vindicator (Dampf): Martins et al. (1978, listed, distribution), Young & Duncan (1994, taxonomy, distribution), Ibáñez-Bernal (2000a, diagnosis), Ibáñez-Bernal (2003, taxonomy, distribution), Ibáñez-Bernal (2005a, 2005b, keys). Micropygomyia (Coquillettimyia) vindicator (Dampf): Galati (2003, listed, keys), Ibáñez-Bernal & Ibarra-Juárez (2016, Michoacán record), Galati (2018, listed, keyed), Galati (2021, classification, keys). General distributio n. Mexico (Shimabukuro et al. 2017; Galati 2018, 2021). Distribution in Mexic o. Distrito Federal (= currently Ciudad de México), Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí (Ibáñez-Bernal 2003; Godínez-Álvarez & Ibáñez-Bernal 2010), Jalisco (Lozano-Sardaneta & CañedaGuzmán 2015), Michoacán (Ibáñez-Bernal & Ibarra-Juárez, 2016).

Published as part of Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio & Durán-Luz, Juana, 2022, An actualized catalogue of the Psychodidae (Diptera) of Mexico and their known distribution by state, pp. 347-408 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6332122