Anopheles kosiensis Coetzee, Segerman & Hunt, 1987

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: Kosi Bay, Republic of South Africa

Type locality: Kosi Bay, northern Zululand, Republic of South Africa

Type depository: South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa (SAIM)

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 - Afrotropical - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles kosiensis DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Republic of South Africa

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Coetzee, Segerman & Hunt 1987: 26 (F, P, L, E*; X chromosomes*)

Kyalo et al. 2017 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Coetzee, M., Segerman, J., & Hunt, R.H. (1987). Description of a new species Anopheles (Cellia) kosiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) from Zululand, South Africa. Systematic Entomology, 12(1), 23–28.

Kyalo, D., Amratia, P., Mundia, C.W., Mbogo, C.M., Coetzee, M., & Snow, R.W. (2017). A geo-coded inventory of anophelines in the Afrotropical Region south of the Sahara: 1898–2016. Wellcome Open Research, 2, 57.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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