NEARCTIC & NEOTROPICAL REGIONS
Etymology: similar (Gr); close to pseudopunctipennis
Type locality: San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Type depository: Location Unknown (LU)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Pelaez 1945
Beltrán-Aguilar et al. 2011
WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Guatemala, Mexico
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Martini 1932b: 101 (M, F)
Pelaez 1945: 74 (F*; key)
Vargas 1949: 233 (P)
Lane 1953: 163 (M*, F*, L*)
Vargas & Martínez Palacios 1956: 80 (M*, F*, P*, L*)
Wilkerson 1989 (type information)
Wilkerson 1990: 180 (neotype designation)
Beltrán-Aguilar et al. 2011: 667 (M*, F*, P*, L*; taxonomy, keys, distribution)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
ssp. guatemalensis de León
1938: 416 (M*, F*, P*, L*; chiriquiensis var.). Type locality: Cumbre del Aire, Department of Totonicapán, Guatemala (USNM). Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico. References: Vargas 1940b: 68 (L; tax.); Vargas 1941d: 112 (E*); Lane 1953: 166 (M, F, L); Wilkerson 1990a: 181 (neotype desig.; from var. to ssp.). Etymology: Guatemala.
CITED REFERENCES
Beltrán-Aguilar, A., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Mendoza-Palmero, F., Sandoval-Ruiz, C.A., & Hernández-Xoliot, R.A. (2011). Taxonomy and distribution of the anopheline mosquitoes in the state of Veracruz, Mexico (Diptera: Culicidae, Anophelinae). Acta zoologica Mexicana, 27(3), 601–755.
Martini, E. (1932b). Dos nuevos mosquitos Anopheles, procedentes del Estado de Chiapas, México. Revista Mexicana de biología, 12, 99–102.
Pelaez, D. (1945). Anofelinos de México. Clave para la determinación de especies y subespecies basada en los caracteres de las hembras adultas. Ciencia, 6, 69–77.
Vargas, L. (1949a). Caracteres morfológicos diferenciales de algunas pupas de anofelinos neotropicales (Diptera: Culicidae). Rivista di malariologia, 10(4), 231–235.
Wilkerson, R.C. (1990a). Elevation of Anopheles chiriquiensis from synonymy with Anopheles parapunctipennis and designation of name bearing types for Anopheles parapunctipennis and Anopheles parapunctipennis parapunctipennis (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 21(for 1989)(3), 178–187.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles parapunctipennis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/parapunctipennis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
