Anopheles parapunctipennis Martini, 1932

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Etymology: similar (Gr); close to pseudopunctipennis

Type locality: San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Type depository: Location Unknown (LU)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Pelaez 1945

Beltrán-Aguilar et al. 2011

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Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles parapunctipennis DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Guatemala, Mexico

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IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Martini 1932b: 101 (M, F)

Pelaez 1945: 74 (F*; key)

Vargas 1949: 233 (P)

Lane 1953: 163 (M*, F*, L*)

Vargas & Martínez Palacios 1956: 80 (M*, F*, P*, L*)

Wilkerson 1989 (type information)

Wilkerson 1990: 180 (neotype designation)

Beltrán-Aguilar et al. 2011: 667 (M*, F*, P*, L*; taxonomy, keys, distribution)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

ssp. guatemalensis de León  

1938: 416 (M*, F*, P*, L*; chiriquiensis var.). Type locality: Cumbre del Aire, Department of Totonicapán, Guatemala (USNM). Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico. References: Vargas 1940b: 68 (L; tax.); Vargas 1941d: 112 (E*); Lane 1953: 166 (M, F, L); Wilkerson 1990a: 181 (neotype desig.; from var. to ssp.). Etymology: Guatemala. 

 

CITED REFERENCES

Beltrán-Aguilar, A., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Mendoza-Palmero, F., Sandoval-Ruiz, C.A., & Hernández-Xoliot, R.A. (2011). Taxonomy and distribution of the anopheline mosquitoes in the state of Veracruz, Mexico (Diptera: Culicidae, Anophelinae). Acta zoologica Mexicana, 27(3), 601–755.

Martini, E. (1932b). Dos nuevos mosquitos Anopheles, procedentes del Estado de Chiapas, México. Revista Mexicana de biología, 12, 99–102.

Pelaez, D. (1945). Anofelinos de México. Clave para la determinación de especies y subespecies basada en los caracteres de las hembras adultas. Ciencia, 6, 69–77.

Vargas, L. (1949a). Caracteres morfológicos diferenciales de algunas pupas de anofelinos neotropicales (Diptera: Culicidae). Rivista di malariologia, 10(4), 231–235.

Wilkerson, R.C. (1990a). Elevation of Anopheles chiriquiensis from synonymy with Anopheles parapunctipennis and designation of name bearing types for Anopheles parapunctipennis and Anopheles parapunctipennis parapunctipennis (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 21(for 1989)(3), 178–187.

 

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