Anopheles paludis Theobald, 1900

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: not stated [marsh, swamp (L); ref. to larval habitat]

Type locality: Katunga, Sierra Leone

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (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 - Afrotropical - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles paludis DNA sequences

Associated Pathogens

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania (includes Zanzibar), Togo, Uganda.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Theobald 1900b: 75 (F)

Evans 1938: 74 (M*, F*, P, L)

De Meillon 1947b: 51 (M*, F*, P*, L)

Gillies & De Meillon 1968: 38 (M*, F*, P, L, E; distribution)

Service 1976a (distribution; Gabon).

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

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CITED REFERENCES

De Meillon, B. (1947b). The Anophelini of the Ethiopian geographical region. Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, 10(49), 1–272.

Evans, A.M. (1938). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. II. Anophelini adults and early stages. London, England: British Museum (Natural History).

Gillies, M.T., & De Meillon, B. (1968). The Anophelinae of Africa, south of the Sahara (Ethiopian Zoogeographical Region). Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, 54.

Service, M.W. (1976a). Contribution to the knowledge of the mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Gabon. Cahiers ORSTOM. Série entomologie médicale et parasitologie, 14(3), 259–263.

Theobald, F.V. (1900b). A new Anopheles (A. paludis) from Sierra Leone. Reports to the Malaria Committee of the Royal Society, 1, 75–76.

 

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