ORIENTAL REGION
Etymology: from the mainland (Gr); ref. to “its primary distribution in Southeast Asia.”
Type locality: Village Van Duc A, An Trach Commune, Gia Rai District, Bac Lieu Province, Thailand
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Pyretophorus Series - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Pyretophorus Series - Oriental - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES:
Linton & Harbach 2005: 332 (M*, F*, P*, L*, bionomics, molecular taxonomy). In Linton et al. 2005.
Nguyen Thuong Hien 1968 (F*, L*; keys, taxonomy, bionomics; Vietnam, as sundaicus)
Dusfour et al. 2004b (mol taxonomy, as sundaicus s.l.)
Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (F*, L*; bionomics, distribution, keys).
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Dusfour, I., Linton, Y.-M., Cohuet, A., Harbach, R.E., Baimai, V., Trung, H.D., Chang Moh Seng, Matusop A., & Manguin, S. (2004b) Molecular evidence of speciation between island and continental populations of Anopheles (Cellia) sundaicus in Southeast Asia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 41(3), 287–295.
Linton, Y.-M., Dusfour, I., Howard, T.M., Ruiz L.F., Duc Manh, N., Ho Dinh, T., . . . Harbach, R.E. (2005). Anopheles (Cellia) epiroticus (Diptera: Culicidae), a new malaria vector species in the southeast Asian sundaicus complex. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 95(4), 329–339.
Nguyen Thuong Hien. (1968). The genus of Anopheles in Vietnam. (Military Entomology Information Service, Trans.), Saigon: Bureau of Entomology, National Malaria Program/Republic of Vietnam.
Rattanarithikul, R., Harrison, B.A., Harbach, R.E., Panthusiri, P., & Coleman, R.E. (2006b). Illustrated keys to the mosquitoes of Thailand. IV. Anopheles. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 128(Suppl. 2), 2.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles epiroticus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/epiroticus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
