Anopheles caroni Adam, 1961

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: René Jean Gilbert Caron

Type locality: Matouridi (cave) “Moyen-Congo,” Republic of the Congo

Type depository: Institut d'Enseignement et de Recherches Tropicales, Bondy, Seine, France. Now Centre de Faunistique de l'O.R.S.T.O.M. a Bondy, 93-France (IERT)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

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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 - Afrotropical - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

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Associated Pathogens

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Gabon, Republic of the Congo.

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Adam 1961 (F*)

Pajot & Adam 1964: 626 (M*, F*, P*, L, E*)

Kyalo et al. 2017 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

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CURRENT SUBSPECIES

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CITED REFERENCES

Adam, J.P. (1961). Anopheles caroni n. sp. (Diptera, Culicidae) anophèle cavernicole nouveau de la République du Congo. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 54(4), 714–717.

Kyalo, D., Amratia, P., Mundia, C.W., Mbogo, C.M., Coetzee, M., & Snow, R.W. (2017). A geo-coded inventory of anophelines in the Afrotropical Region south of the Sahara: 1898–2016. Wellcome Open Research, 2, 57.

Pajot, F.X., & Adam, J.P. (1964). Notes morphologiques sur Anopheles caroni Adam, 1961 (Diptera-Culicidae). Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 57(3), 626–637.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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