Anopheles tessellatus


		Author: Theobald. 1901a:175 (F) Taipang [=Taiping], Perak Malaya (BM). Distribution Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, ,Guam, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam Synonyms ceylonica* Newstead and Carter 1910:377 (A; Dactylomyia). Type-loc: Trincomalee, Ceylon (BM). deceptor* Doenitz 1902:60 (F). Type-loc: Sumatra (NE). formosae* Hatori 1901:275 (A). Type-loc: Taihoku, Kielun and Tansui, Formosa (LU). kinoshitai* Koidzumi 1917:135 (F). Type-loc: Ryukokosho, Taihoku (Taipei), Formosa (LU). taiwanensis Koidzumi 1917:135 (F). Type-loc: Garden of Central Inst, Formosan Government and Banshoryo, Ako Pref., Formosa (LU). thorntonii Ludlow 1904a:69 (F; Myzomyia). Bionomics Larvae are widely distributed but rarely abundant. Larval habitats are collections of dirty stagnant water in sun or shade. Adults primarily zoophilic but will enter houses to bite man (Reid 1968). Medical Importance Except in the Maldive islands it is not regarded as a malaria vector. Is also a secondary vector of W. bancrofti in Maldives (Reid 1968). Additional References Christophers and Barraud 1931:174 (E). Christophers 1933:182 (M, F, P, L, E). Crawford 1938:82 (P). D'Abrera 1944:353 (E). Colless 1948:98 (M, F, L). Bonne-Wepster and Swellengrebel 1953:274 (M, F, L). Baisas and Ubaldo-Pagayon 1956:224 (L, E). Hara 1959:112 (P). Reid 1968:257 (M, F, P, L, E*). Aslamkhan 1971:147 (distr.). Miyagi, Iha and Kishimoto 1969:33 (tax.). Basio and Reisen 1971:60 (L; n. distr.).

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