Anopheles torresiensis Schmidt, 2001

AUSTRALASIAN REGION

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Etymology: Torresian zoogeographic province of northern Australia and southern New Guinea, the coastline of which was discovered in 1606 by Captain Luis Baez de Torres.

Type locality: Jabiru (12°40'S, 132°50'E), Northern Territory, Australia

Type depository: University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (UQ, UQIC)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

None

 

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Australasia - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Australasia - Larva

 adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Australasia - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neomyzomyia Series - Australasia - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neomyzomyia Series - Australasia - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles torresiensis DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Australia, Papua New Guinea.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Schmidt 2001: 400 (M, F, P*, L*; taxonomy). In Schmidt et al. 2001

Foley & Bryan 1993 (molecular taxonomy; as farauti 3)

Beebe et al. 2015 (review)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Beebe, N.W., Russell, T., Burkot, T.R., & Cooper, R.D. (2015). Anopheles punctulatus group: Evolution, distribution, and control. Annual Review of Entomology, 60, 335–350.

Foley, D.H., & Bryan, J.H. (1993). Electrophoretic keys to identify members of the Anopheles punctulatus complex of vector mosquitoes in Papua New Guinea. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 7(1), 49–53.

Schmidt, E.R., Foley, D.H., Hartel, G.F., Williams, G.M., & Bryan, J.H. (2001). Descriptions of the Anopheles (Cellia) farauti complex of sibling species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 91(5), 389–410.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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