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1901a:186 (F*)


Pokfulam, Hong Kong (LU)


Distribution
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

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Synonyms
alboapicalis Theobald
1910c:25 (F; christophersi var.).
Type-loc: Meenglas, Jalpaiguri and Duars, [West Bengal], India (BM).

christophersi Theobald
1902a:378 (F*).
Type-loc: Duars [West Bengal], India (BM).
Harrison 1980:83 (lectotype desig.).

cohaesa Doenitz
1903:233 (aconitus var. nom nov. for formosaensis I Tsuzuki,Sept. 1902, non formosaensis II Tsuzuki, Feb. 1902).

formosaensis I Tsuzuki
1902a:288 (M, F).
Type-loc: Formosa (BM; on slides).
Harrison 1980:83 (lectotype desig.).

vincenti Laveran
1901c:993 (F).
Type-loc: Van-Linh, Tonkin, Indochina (PIP).

Bionomics
Larvae found in small- to moderate-sized streams of clear, cool unpolluted water with partial shade and grassy margins. Other larval habitats include rock pools, sand pools next to streams, seepage pools and springs, stream pools and fallow rice fields with seepage. Females anthropophilic and endophagus (Harrison 1980).

Medical Importance
Primary malaria vector (Harrison 1980).

Additional References
Christophers 1933:209 (M*, F*, P, L, E).
Wu 1936b:269 (E*).
Bonne-Wepster and Swellengrebel 1953:369 (M*, F*, L*).
Hara 1959:110 (F*).
Reid 1968:314 (M*, F*, P*, L*, E*).
Aslamkhan 1971:147 (distr.)
Harrison 1980:83 (lectotype desig.). 		  habitus image