AFROTROPICAL & PALEARCTIC REGIONS
Etymology: Tuc Salbai [a small stream in Somalia]
Type locality: Salbai, Further Giuba Region, Somalia
Type depository: Istituto di Malariologia "Ettore Marchiafava", Rome, Italy (IMEM); Malaria Institute, Amani, Tanzania (MIT); Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Somalia
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Maffi & Coluzzi 1958: 48 (M*, F*, P*, L*)
Gillies & De Meillon 1968: 316 (distribution)
Rodhain et al. 1977 (distribution)
Townsend 1990: 130 (type information)
Kyalo et al. 2017 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
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, 1–343.
Kyalo, D., Amratia, P., Mundia, C.W., Mbogo, C.M., Coetzee, M., & Snow, R.W. (2017). A geo-coded inventory of anophelines in the Afrotropical Region south of the Sahara: 1898–2016. Wellcome Open Research, 2, 57.
Maffi, M., & Coluzzi, M. (1958). Anopheles (Neocellia) salbaii n. sp. morfología et ambiente. Rivista di malariologia, 37(1–3), 45–55.
Rodhain, F., Boutonnier, A., & Coulanges, P. (1977). Bibliographie des Culicides de Madagascar. Archives des l’Instituts Pasteur de Madagascar, 46, 485–495.
Townsend, B.C. (1990). Culicidae. In B.C. Townsend, J. E. Chainey, R.W. Crosskey, A.C. Pont, R.P. Lane, J.P.T. Boorman, & C.A. Crouch (Eds.), A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History) (pp. 35–152). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles salbaii species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/salbaii, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
