AFROTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: not stated [marsh, swamp (L); ref. to larval habitat]
Type locality: Katunga, Sierra Leone
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles paludis DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania (includes Zanzibar), Togo, Uganda.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Theobald 1900b: 75 (F)
Evans 1938: 74 (M*, F*, P, L)
De Meillon 1947b: 51 (M*, F*, P*, L)
Gillies & De Meillon 1968: 38 (M*, F*, P, L, E; distribution)
Service 1976a (distribution; Gabon).
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
De Meillon, B. (1947b). The Anophelini of the Ethiopian geographical region. Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, 10(49), 1–272.
Evans, A.M. (1938). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. II. Anophelini adults and early stages. London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
Gillies, M.T., & De Meillon, B. (1968). The Anophelinae of Africa, south of the Sahara (Ethiopian Zoogeographical Region). Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, 54.
Service, M.W. (1976a). Contribution to the knowledge of the mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Gabon. Cahiers ORSTOM. Série entomologie médicale et parasitologie, 14(3), 259–263.
Theobald, F.V. (1900b). A new Anopheles (A. paludis) from Sierra Leone. Reports to the Malaria Committee of the Royal Society, 1, 75–76.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles paludis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/paludis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
