Anopheles benarrochi Gabaldón, Cova-García & Lopez, 1941

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Etymology: E.I. Benarroch.

Type locality: La Ceiba, Trujillo, Venezuela.

Type depository: Museo de Division de Malariologia, Caracas, Venezuela [Now DERM] (MDM).

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Deane, L.M. et al. 1946

Causey et al. 1946

Deane, M.P. et al. 1946

Faran 1980: 136

Sallum, et al. 2020

 

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Gabaldón, Cova-García & Lopez 1941a: 3 (M*, F, P*, L*, E*)

Cova-García 1946: Fig. 1 (E*), 41 (L*), 93 (F*), 127 (M*)

Deane, L.M. et al. 1946 (F*; key, bionomics; NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Causey et al. 1946 (M*; key; NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Deane, M.P. et al. 1946 (L*; key, bionomics; NE Brazil & Amazonas)

Coher 1949 (1948): 88 (F)

Faran 1980: 136 (M*, F*, P*, L*; keys, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution)

Lounibos et al. 1997a (E*)

Quiñones et al. 2001 (taxonomy as benarrochi B; Colombia)

Estrada et al. 2003 (E* as benarrochi B; Colombia)

Ruiz et al. 2005 (molecular taxonomy; as benarrochi B)

Sallum, et al. 2020 (keys F, M, L)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Causey, O.R., Deane, L.M., & Deane, M.P. (1946). II. An illustrated key by male genitalic characteristics for the identification of thirty-four species of Anophelini from the northeast and Amazon regions of Brazil, with a note on dissection technique. American Journal of Hygiene Monograph Series, 18, 21–31.

Coher, E.I. (1949). A study of the female genitalia of Culicidae; with particular reference to characters of generic value. Entomologica Americana, 28(for 1948)(3), 75–112.

Cova García, P. (1946). Notas sôbre los anofelinos de Venezuela y su identificacion. (CSP12/C1). Editorial Grafolit.

Deane, L.M., Causey, O.R., & Deane, M.P. (1946). I. An illustrated key by adult female characteristics for the identification of thirty-five species of Anophelini, with notes on the malaria vectors (Diptera, Culicidae). In Studies on Brazilian anophelines from the northeast and Amazon regions (pp. 1–18). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Deane, M.P., Causey, O.R., & Deane, L.M. (1946). III. An illustrated key by larval characteristics for the identification of thirty-two species of Anophelini, with descriptions of two larvae. In Studies on Brazilian anophelines from the northeast and Amazon regions (pp. 33–50). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Estrada, D.A., Quiñones, M.L., Sierra, D.M., Calle, D.A., Ruiz, F., Erazo, H.F., & Linton, Y.-M. (2003). Utilidad de la morfología de los huevos como un método indirecto para identificar Anopheles benarrochi Gabaldón, Cova García & López, Anopheles oswaldoi (Peryassú) y Anopheles rangeli Gabaldón, Cova García & López, (Diptera: Culicidae) en Putumayo, Colombia. Biomédica, 23(4), 388–395.

Faran, M.E. (1980). Mosquito studies (Diptera: Culicidae). XXXIV. A revision of the Albimanus section of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus of Anopheles. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 15(7), 1–215.

Gabaldón, A., Cova-García, P., & Lopez, J.A. (1941a). Estudios sobre anofelinos. Serie II. 1. Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) benarrochi, una especie de la subserie triannulatus. Publicaciones de la División de Malariología (Caracas), 7, 3–24.

Quiñones, M.L., Harbach, R.E., Calle, D.A., Ruiz, F., Erazo, H.F., & Linton, Y.-M. (2001). Variante morfológica de adultos hembras de Anopheles benarrochi (Diptera: Culicidae) en Putumayo, Colombia. Biomédica, 21, 351–359.

Ruiz, F., Quiñones, M.L., Erazo, H.F., Calle, D.A., Alzate, J.F., & Linton, Y.-M. (2005). Molecular differentiation of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) benarrochi and An. (N.) oswaldoi from Southern Colombia. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 100(2), 155–160.

Sallum, M.A.M., Obando, R.G., Carrejo, N. et al. Identification key to the Anopheles mosquitoes of South America (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasites and Vectors, 13, 542 (2020). https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/id-keys-anopheles 

 

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