INDOMALAYAN REGION
Etymology: not stated [uncertain (L); possibly a reference to similarity to two other species]
Type locality: Philippines
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Yamaguti & LaCasse 1950a
Rattanarithikul & Harrison 1973
Darsie & Pradhan 1990
Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b
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 - Indomalaya - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Pyretophorus Series - Indomalaya - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles indefinitus DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Cambodia, Guam, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mariana Isl., Nepal, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
(Ludlow) 1904c: 299 (F; Myzomyia rossi variety)
Yamaguti & LaCasse 1950a (M*, F*, L*; keys, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution; Guam)
Bonne-Wepster & Swellengrebel 1953: 421 (M*, F*, L; as malayensis)
Stone & Knight 1956b: 278 (type information, lectotype designation)
Bohart 1957 (1956): 17 (M, F, L; as subpictus indefinitus)
Reid 1959: 101 (L; as malayensis)
Reid 1966: 327 (to species; synonymy)
Reid 1968: 334 (F*, P, L*, E*)
Pratt & Siren 1971 (distribution)
Basio 1971b: 45 (M*, F*; bionomics; as subpictus variety)
Rattanarithikul & Harrison 1973 (L*; key, distribution; Thailand)
Baisas 1974: 62 (M, F*, P, L*, E*; taxonomy, bionomics, distribution; Philippines)
Lien et al. 1977 (distribution)
Darsie & Pradhan 1990 (F, L; taxonomy, keys, bionomics, distribution; Nepal)
Harrison et al. 1991 (1990): 223 (Thailand.)
Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (F*, L*; bionomics, distribution, keys)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. formosaensis II Tsuzuki
1902a: 28 (A, L). Type locality: Formosa [Taiwan, Republic of China] (NHMUK). References: King 1932a: 328 (? = subpictus indefinitus (Ludlow)); Reid 1968: 336 (synonymy); Townsend 1990: 74 (type information).
syn. trimaculatus Tsuzuki
1907: 549 (M, F; formosaensis II variety). Type locality: Formosa [Taiwan, Republic of China] (LU). References: Stone et al. 1959: 57 (synonymy); Reid 1968: 336 (synonymy).
syn. malayensis Hacker
1921: 1 (F). Type locality: Malaya [Malaysia] (NHMUK). References: Reid 1966: 327 (synonymy).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Baisas, F.E. (1974). The mosquito fauna of Subic Bay Naval Reservation, Republic of the Philippines. San Francisco, CA: First Medical Service Wing (PACAF), Technical Report 72-2.
Basio, R.G. (1971b). The Mosquito Fauna of the Philippines (Diptera, Culicidae). Monograph No. 4). Manila, Philippines: National Museum of the Philippines.
Bohart, R.M. (1957). Insects of Micronesia (Diptera: Culicidae). (12(for 1956)(1)). Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum.
Bonne-Wepster, J., & Swellengrebel, N.H. (1953). The anopheline mosquitoes of the Indo-Australian Region. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: de Bussy.
Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Pradhan, S.P. (1990). The mosquitoes of Nepal: Their identification, distribution and biology. Mosquito Systematics, 22(2), 69–130.
Hacker, H.P. (1921). Changes in nomenclature of species. Report of the Malaria Bureau, Federated Malay States, 2, 1.
Harrison, B.A., Rattanarithikul, R., Peyton, EL, & Mongkolpanya, K. (1991). Taxonomic changes, revised occurrence records and notes on the Culicidae of Thailand and neighboring countries. Mosquito Systematics, 22(for 1990)(3), 196–227.
King, W.V. (1932a). The Philippine Anopheles of the Rossi-Ludlowi group. Philippine Journal of Science, 47(3), 305–342.
Lien, J.C., Kawengian, B.A., Partono, F., Lami, B., & Cross, J.H. (1977). A brief survey of the mosquitoes of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, with special Reference to the identity of Anopheles barbirostris (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Margolembo area. Journal of Medical Entomology, 13(6), 719–727.
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Rattanarithikul, R., & Harrison, B.A. (1973). An illustrated key to the Anopheles larvae of Thailand. US Army Medical Component, SEATO, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Tsuzuki, J. (1902a). A report of an investigation on malaria in Taiwan. Saikingaku zasshi, 75, 25–51.
Tsuzuki, J. (1907). Über die Anopheles-arten in Japan und einige Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Entwicklungsganges der Anopheles-larven. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung, 1, 25(5–6), 525–556.
Yamaguti, S., & LaCasse, W.J. (1950a). Mosquito fauna of Guam. Office of the Surgeon, Headquarters, 8th Army, APO 343. Office of the Surgeon-General. 207th Malaria Survey Detachment.
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