Anopheles dravidicus Christophers, 1924

INDO-ORIENTAL REGION

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Etymology: Dravidians (Sanskrit for early inhabitants of India). 

Type locality: Nilgiri Hills [Madras], India

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England (NHMUK)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

None

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neocellia Series - Oriental - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neocellia Series - Oriental - Larva

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Bhutan,India, Laos, Nepal, People’s Republic of China, Thailand, Vietnam. 

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES:

Christophers 1924c: 297 (A; as variety) 

Rattanarithikul & Green 1987 (1986): 261 (from current synonyms of maculatus; lectotype designation) 

Darsie & Pradhan 1990 (F, L; taxonomy, keys, bionomics, distribution; Nepal)

Harrison et al. 1991 (1990): 223 (distribution)

Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (F*, L*; bionomics, distribution, keys)

Qu & Zhu 2008 (distribution; People’s Republic of China)

Morgan et al. 2009 (molecular phyl; Neocellia Series)

Namgay et al. 2018 (bionomics, distribution; Bhutan)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Christophers, S.R. (1924c). Some further varieties of Indian species of Anopheles with notes on the species A. pallidus Theobald and A. philippinensis Ludlow. Indian Journal of Medical Research (Calcutta), 12(2), 295–301.

Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Pradhan, S.P. (1990). The mosquitoes of Nepal: Their identification, distribution and biology. Mosquito Systematics, 22(2), 69–130.

Harrison, B.A., Rattanarithikul, R., Peyton, EL, & Mongkolpanya, K. (1991). Taxonomic changes, revised occurrence records and notes on the Culicidae of Thailand and neighboring countries. Mosquito Systematics, 22(for 1990)(3), 196–227.

Morgan, K., O’Loughlin, S.M., Mun-Yik, F., Linton, Y.-M., Somboon, P., Min, S., . . . Walton, C. (2009). Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Neocellia Series of Anopheles mosquitoes in the Oriental Region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(3), 588–601.

Namgay, R., Drukpa, T., Wangdi, T., Pemo, D., Harbach, R.E., & Somboon, P. (2018). A checklist of the Anopheles mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Bhutan. Acta Tropica, 188, 206–212.

Qu, F., & Zhu, H. (2008). On a checklist of the anopheline mosquitoes in China with rectification for some specific names. Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, 26(3), 210–216.

Rattanarithikul, R., & Green, C.A. (1987). Formal recognition of the species of the Anopheles maculatus group (Diptera: Culicidae) occurring in Thailand, including the descriptions of two new species and a preliminary key to females. Mosquito Systematics, 18(for 1986)(3–4), 246–278.

Rattanarithikul, R., Harrison, B.A., Harbach, R.E., Panthusiri, P., & Coleman, R.E. (2006b). Illustrated keys to the mosquitoes of Thailand. IV. Anopheles. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 128(Suppl. 2), 2.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles dravidicus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/dravidicus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].