AUSTRALASIAN REGION
Etymology: aiming at peace (Gr); nonhuman biter
Type locality: Poha River (9°23'S, 159°53'E), Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Type depository: Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia (QM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Schmidt 2003. In Schmidt et al. 2003
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Australasia - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Australasia - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Australasia - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neomyzomyia Series - Australasia - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neomyzomyia Series - Australasia - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles irenicus DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Solomon Islands
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Schmidt 2003: 517 (M, F, P*, L*; keys). In Schmidt et al. 2003
Beebe et al. 2015 (review)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Beebe, N.W., Russell, T., Burkot, T.R., & Cooper, R.D. (2015). Anopheles punctulatus group: Evolution, distribution, and control. Annual Review of Entomology, 60, 335–350.
Schmidt, E.R., Foley, D.H., Bugoro, H., & Bryan, J.H. (2003). A morphological study of the Anopheles punctulatus group in the Solomon Islands, with a description of Anopheles irenicus Schmidt, sp. n. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93(6), 515–526.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles irenicus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/irenicus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
