REGION
Etymology: Ain Shams University.
Type locality: Ras Shukeir District, El-Bahr El-Ahmar (Red Sea), Egypt
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles ainshamsi DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Egypt
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Gad, Harbach & Harrison 2006 (M*, F, P*, L*)
Morgan et al. 2009 (molecular phyl; Neocellia Series)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Gad, A.M., Harbach, R.E., & Harrison, B.A. (2006). Anopheles (Cellia) ainshamsi, n. sp. (Diptera: Culicidae), a saltwater species from the Red Sea coast of Egypt. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 108(2), 366–380.
Morgan, K., O’Loughlin, S.M., Mun-Yik, F., Linton, Y.-M., Somboon, P., Min, S., . . . Walton, C. (2009). Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Neocellia Series of Anopheles mosquitoes in the Oriental Region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(3), 588–601.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles ainshamsi species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/ainshamsi, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
