PALEARCTIC REGION
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 - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Azerbaijan, Iran
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].
