NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: Gustavus August Eisen
Type locality: Aguna, Guatemala
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Pelaez 1945
Deane, L.M. et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Causey et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Deane, M.P. et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Beltrán-Aguilar et al. 2011
Sallum, et al. 2020
WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles eiseni DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES (full citations below)
Coquillett 1902b: 192 (M, F)
Davis 1926 (F*)
Rozeboom 1941: 104 (review)
Corrêa 1942: 25 (P, L*, E*)
Vargas 1942e (E*)
Pelaez 1945: 74 (F*; key)
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)
Lane 1953: 168 (M*, F*, P, L*, E)
Stone & Knight 1956b: 277 (type information)
Beltrán-Aguilar et al. 2011: 654 (M*, F*, P*, L*; taxonomy, keys, distribution)
Berti et al. 2015 (distribution; Venezuela)
Sallum, et al. 2020 (keys F, M, L)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. niveopalpis Ludlow
1919: 166 (F). Type locality: Comacho Reservoir, Empire, Canal Zone, Panama (USNM). References: Edwards 1932a: 38 (synonymy).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
ssp. geometricus Corrêa 1944: 408 (M, P, L, E). Type loc.: Guarujá, Ilha de Santo Amaro [São Paulo], Brazil (NE). Distr.: Brazil. Ety.: geometric (L); pattern on egg chorion. Informal name: Geometric Brazilian Nail Mosquito.
CITED REFERENCES
Beltrán-Aguilar, A., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Mendoza-Palmero, F., Sandoval-Ruiz, C.A., & Hernández-Xoliot, R.A. (2011). Taxonomy and distribution of the anopheline mosquitoes in the state of Veracruz, Mexico (Diptera: Culicidae, Anophelinae). Acta zoologica Mexicana (n.s.), 27(3), 601–755.
Berti, J., Guzmán, H., Estrada, Y., & Ramírez, R. (2015). New records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Bolívar State in South Eastern Venezuela, with 27 new species for the state and 5 of them new in the country. Frontiers in Public Health, 2, 10.
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.
Coquillett, D.W. (1902b). New forms of Culicidae from North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 10(3), 191–194.
Corrêa, R.R. (1942). Das formas evolutivas aquaticas do Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett, 1902. Arquivos de higiene e saúde pública, 7(15), 25–33.
Davis, N.C. (1926). Notes on the female hypopygia of anopheline mosquitoes, with special reference to some Brazilian species. American Journal of Hygiene, 6(March suppl.), 1–22.
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.
Edwards, F. W. (1932). Diptera. Fam. Culicidae, pp. 1-258. In P. Wytsman [ed.], Genera Insectorum. 194th Fascicule. Louis Desmet-Verteneuil, Brussels, Belgium. Fascicule, pp. 1–258). Brussels, Belgium: Desmet-Verteneuil.
Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo.
Pelaez, D. (1945). Anofelinos de México. Clave para la determinación de especies y subespecies basada en los caracteres de las hembras adultas. Ciencia, 6, 69–77.
Rozeboom, L.E. (1941). Distribution and ecology of the Anopheles mosquitoes of the Caribbean Region. Publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 15, 98–107.
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
Stone, A., & Knight, K.L. (1956b). Type specimens of mosquitoes in the United States National Museum. III. The genera Anopheles and Chagasia (Diptera, Culicidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 46(9), 276–280.
Vargas, L. (1942e). El huevecillo de Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillet, 1902. Revista del Instituto de Salubridad y Enfermedades Tropicales (México), 3(2), 185–187.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles eiseni species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/eiseni, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].