Anopheles persiensis Linton, Sedaghat & Harbach, 2003

PALEARCTIC REGION

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Etymology: Persia

Type locality: Amol (36o26'N, 52o24'E), Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

None

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Larva

 

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles persiensis DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Azerbaijan, Iran

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Linton, Sedaghat & Harbach 2003 (E, molecular taxonomy, syst.). In Sedaghat, Linton, & Oshaghu et al. 2003 (pp. 527-535)

Linton et al. 2003 (review; Maculipennis Complex)

Sedaghat et al. 2009 (M, F, P, L, E*)

Robert et al. 2019 (distribution, western Palearctic)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Linton, Y.-M., Smith, L., Koliopoulos, G., Samanidou-Voyadjoglou, A., Zounos, A.K., & Harbach, R.E. (2003). Morphological and molecular characterization of Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis Meigen, type species of the genus and nominotypical member of the Maculipennis Complex. Systematic Entomology, 28(1), 39–55.

Robert, V., Günay, F., Le Goff, G., Boussès, P., Sulesco, T., Khalin, A., Medlock, J.M., Kampen, H., Petrić, D., & Schaffner, F. (2019). Distribution chart for Euro-Mediterranean mosquitoes (western Palaearctic region). Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, 37, 1–28.

Sedaghat, M.M., Howard, T., & Harbach, R.E. (2009). Morphological study and description of Anopheles (Anopheles) persiensis, a member of the Maculipennis Group (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae) in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 28(2), 25–35.

Sedaghat, M.M., Linton, Y.-M., Oshaghu, M.A., Vatandoost, H., & Harbach, R.E. (2003b). The Anopheles maculipennis complex in Iran: Molecular characterization and recognition of a new species. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93(6), 527–535.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles persiensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/persiensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].