Anopheles brevirostris Reid, 1950

ORIENTAL REGION

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Etymology: short beak (L); proboscis and palpus very short

Type locality: Bangi, Selangor, Malaya [Malaysia]

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 - Indomalaya - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Larva

 

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles brevirostris DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Malaysia, Singapore.

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IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Reid 1950: 300 (M*, F*, P*, L*)

Bonne-Wepster & Swellengrebel 1953: 187 (M*, F*, L*)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

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CITED REFERENCES

Bonne-Wepster, J., & Swellengrebel, N.H. (1953). The anopheline mosquitoes of the Indo-Australian Region. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: de Bussy.

Reid, J.A. (1950). The Anopheles umbrosus group (Diptera: Culicidae). I: Systematics, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society B, 101(9), 281–318.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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