AUSTRALASIAN, ORIENTAL & PALEARCTIC REGIONS
Etymology: palm branches (L) [probably in reference to large palmate setae
Type locality: Sidoeagoeng (Preanger Regencies), Java
Type depository: Location unknown (LU)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Lee et al. 1987b (Australasia)
Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (Thailand)
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - 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
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Indonesia (includes Java), Malaysia, People’s Republic of China, Thailand.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Rodenwaldt 1926: 794 (L*; Stetomyia [Lapsus for Stethomyia aitkeni variety palmata)
Bonne-Wepster & Swellengrebel 1953: 98 (A, L*)
Reid 1965: 117 (M, L*)
Reid 1968: 246 (M, L*)
Harrison & Scanlon 1975: 173 (M*, F*, P*, L*; distribution)
Lee et al. 1987b: 70 (F; key, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution, review; Australasia)
Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (F*, L*; bionomics, distribution, keys; Thailand)
Qu & Zhu 2008 (distribution; People’s Republic of China)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Bonne-Wepster, J., & Swellengrebel, N.H. (1953). The anopheline mosquitoes of the Indo-Australian Region. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: de Bussy.
Harrison, B.A., & Scanlon, J.E. (1975). Medical entomology studies. II. The subgenus Anopheles in Thailand (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 12(1), iv, 1–307.
Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., . . . Marks, E.N. (1987b). The Culicidae of the Australasian Region (Vol. 5). Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Monograph Series, 2. Canberra: Australian Government.
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.
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.
Reid, J.A. (1965). A revision of the Anopheles aitkenii group in Malaya and Borneo. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 59(1), 106–125.
Reid, J.A. (1968). Anopheline mosquitoes of Malaya and Borneo. Studies from the Institute for Medical Research Malaysia, 31. 520pp.
Rodenwaldt, E. (1926). Entomologische notitides. IV. Geneeskundig tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie Batavia, 66, 787–799.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles palmatus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/palmatus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
