Anopheles shannoni Davis, 1931

NEOTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: Raymond Corbett Shannon

Type locality: Belém, Para, Brazil

Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Deane, L.M. et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Causey et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Deane, M.P. et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Sallum, et al. 2020

 

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

 adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva

 

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles shannoni DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Davis 1931: 345 (F*)

Shannon 1933: 136 (M, F*, P*)

Deane, L.M. et al. 1946 (F*; key, bionomics; NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Causey et al. 1946 (M*; key; NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Deane, M.P. et al. 1946 (L*;  descr., key, bionomics; NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Lane 1953: 204 (M, F*, P*, L*, E*)

Lounibos et al. 1997b (E*)

Wilkerson et al. 1997: 461 (M*, F*, P*, L*)

Sallum, et al. 2020 (keys F, M, L)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Causey, O.R., Deane, L.M., & Deane, M.P. (1946). II. An illustrated key by male genitalic characteristics for the identification of thirty-four species of Anophelini from the northeast and Amazon regions of Brazil, with a note on dissection technique. American Journal of Hygiene Monograph Series, 18, 21–31.

Davis, N.C. (1931). A new anopheline mosquito from Para, Brazil. American Journal of Hygiene, 13(1), 345–348.

Deane, L.M., Causey, O.R., & Deane, M.P. (1946). I. An illustrated key by adult female characteristics for the identification of thirty-five species of Anophelini, with notes on the malaria vectors (Diptera, Culicidae). In Studies on Brazilian anophelines from the northeast and Amazon regions (pp. 1–18). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Deane, M.P., Causey, O.R., & Deane, L.M. (1946). III. An illustrated key by larval characteristics for the identification of thirty-two species of Anophelini, with descriptions of two larvae. In Studies on Brazilian anophelines from the northeast and Amazon regions (pp. 33–50). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo.

Lounibos, L.P., Duzak, D., Linley, J.R., & Lourenço-de-Oliveira, R. (1997b). Egg structures of Anopheles fluminensis and Anopheles shannoni. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 92(2), 221–232.

Sallum, M.A.M., Obando, R.G., Carrejo, N. et al. Identification key to the Anopheles mosquitoes of South America (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasites and Vectors, 13, 542 (2020). https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/id-keys-anopheles 

Shannon, R.C. (1933b). Anophelines of the Amazon Valley. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 35(7), 117–143.

Wilkerson, R.C., Sallum, M.A.M., & Forattini, O.P. (1997). Redescription of Anopheles (Anopheles) shannoni Davis; a member of the Arribalzagia series from the Amazon Basin (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 99(3), 461–471.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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