Anopheles hermsi Barr & Guptavanij, 1989

NEARCTIC REGION

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Etymology: William Brodbeck Herms

Type locality: Malibu Canyon at Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Darsie & Ward 2005

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles hermsi DNA sequences

Associated Pathogens

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

United States (continental)

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Barr & Guptavanij 1989: 353 (M, F, P, L, E)

Porter & Collins 1996 (molecular phylogeny; Nearctic)

Darsie & Ward 2005 (F*, L*; keys, distribution)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Barr, A.R., & Guptavanij, P. (1989). Anopheles hermsi n. sp., an unrecognized American species of the Anopheles maculipennis group (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 20(for 1988)(3), 352–356.

Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Ward, R.A. (2005). Identification and geographical distribution of the mosquitoes of North America, north of Mexico. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.

Porter, C.H., & Collins, F.H. (1996). Phylogeny of Nearctic members of the Anopheles maculipennis species group derived from the D2 variable region of 28S ribosomal RNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 6, 178–188.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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