Anopheles pollicaris Reid, 1962

ORIENTAL REGION

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Etymology: thumb-like (L); thumb-like stigmal process of larva

Type locality: 16th mile Ulu Gombak Road, Selangor, Malaya [Malaysia]

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b

 

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 - Genera - Oriental - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles (Ano.) Myzorhynchus Series - Indomalaya - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles (Ano.) Myzorhynchus Series - Indomalaya - Larva

 

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles pollicaris DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Malaysia, Thailand.

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Reid 1962: 24 (M, F*, P, L*, E*)

Peyton & Scanlon 1966: 1 (distribution)

Harrison & Scanlon 1975: 100 (M*, F*, P*, L*)

Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (F*, L*; bionomics, distribution, keys)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Harrison, B.A., & Scanlon, J.E. (1975). Medical entomology studies. II. The subgenus Anopheles in Thailand (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 12(1), 1–307.

Harrison, B.A., Scanlon, J.E., & Reid, J.A. (1973). A new synonymy and new species name in the Southeast Asian Anopheles hyrcanus complex. Mosquito Systematics, 5(4), 263–268.

Peyton, EL, & Scanlon, J.E. (1966). Illustrated key to the female Anopheles mosquitoes of Thailand. US Army Medical Component, SEATO, Bangkok, Thailand.

Rattanarithikul, R., Harrison, B.A., Harbach, R.E., Panthusiri, P., & Coleman, R.E. (2006b). Illustrated keys to the mosquitoes of Thailand. IV. Anopheles. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 128(Suppl. 2), 2.

Reid, J.A. (1962). The Anopheles barbirostris group (Diptera, Culicidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 53(1), 1–57.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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