PALEARCTIC REGION
Etymology: Liangshan Yi, Sichuan Prov., China
Type locality: Zhaojiao County, Sichuan Province, China [People’s Republic of China]
Type depository: Sichuan Institute of Parasitic Disease Control, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China (SIP)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
People’s Republic of China
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Kang, Tan, Cao, Cheng, Yang & Huang 1984: 11 (M*, F*, P*, L*, E*)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. kunmingensis Dong & Wang
1985b: 117 (M*, F*, P*, L*, E*). Type locality: Long-tan Ba, Kumming Province, China [People’s Republic of China] (YIM). References: Ma et al. 2000b (syn.; molecular taxonomy); Ma & Xu 2005 (from syn. with liangshanensis); Qu & Zhu 2008: 211 (syn. with liangshanensis).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Dong, X., & Wang, X. (1985b). A new species of genus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae). Zoological Research, 6(2), 117–122.
Kang, W., Tan, J., Cao, C., Cheng, H., Yang, Y., & Huang, R. (1984). Anopheles liangshanensis, a new species related to A. kweiyangensis and A. sinensis from Sichuan, China (Diptera, Culicidae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology, 3(2), 11–14.
Ma, Y., & Xu, J. (2005). The hyrcanus group of Anopheles (Anopheles) in China (Diptera: Culicidae): Species discrimination and phylogenetic relationships inferred by ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 2 sequences. Journal of Medical Entomology, 42(4), 610–619.
Ma, Y., Qu, F., Lei, X., & Dong, X. (2000b). Comparison of rDNA-ITS2 sequences and morphological characters of Anopheles kunmingensis and Anopheles liangshanensis [liangshanensis] in China, with discussion on taxonomic status. Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, 18(2), 65–68.
Qu, F., & Zhu, H. (2008). On a checklist of the anopheline mosquitoes in China with rectification for some specific names. Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, 26(3), 210–216.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles liangshanensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/liangshanensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
