D.m.erebennus is most often now considered a subspecies of melanurus, a far northern melanistic geographic variant of the widespread tropical/subtropical cribos. E. Indigos are being considered a separate species due to their geographic isolation, plus the labial and other minor scalation differences. This change in thinking began with an article by Joseph Collins that actually had no data or evidence for making the suggestion (it had been suggested more tentatively much earlier), but it has stuck and more recent research supports it.
Craig

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• Introducing "Dixie" my new erebennus.... - jcampbell, Fri Jul 15 13:22:08 2005
• RE: Congratulations Justin! - epidemic, Fri Jul 15 15:35:55 2005
• 2 questions - A.C., Fri Jul 15 18:15:37 2005
• RE: 2 questions - simias, Fri Jul 15 19:25:03 2005
• RE: 2 questions - epidemic, Sun Jul 17 17:04:02 2005
• thanks for the info, Jeff np - A.C., Wed Jul 20 22:54:44 2005
• Thanks for the correction Jeff - Hatchling Rubidus Pics Yet? n/p - jcampbell, Mon Jul 18 19:02:40 2005
• RE: Introducing "Dixie" my new erebennus.... - steve fuller, Sat Jul 16 06:22:18 2005
• RE: Introducing "Dixie" my new erebennus.... - DeanAlessandrini, Sun Jul 17 21:03:17 2005
• Dean...are you saying that's one of yours??? - Mike Meade, Mon Jul 18 01:30:17 2005
• yes Mike... - DeanAlessandrini, Wed Jul 20 07:40:33 2005
• Thanks Dean.... - Mike Meade, Wed Jul 20 09:41:43 2005
• THANKS GUYS... More.... - jcampbell, Mon Jul 18 14:13:18 2005