NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: Raymond Corbett Shannon
Type locality: Belém, Para, Brazil
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Deane, L.M. et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Causey et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Deane, M.P. et al. 1946 (NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Sallum, et al. 2020
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Davis 1931: 345 (F*)
Shannon 1933: 136 (M, F*, P*)
Deane, L.M. et al. 1946 (F*; key, bionomics; NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Causey et al. 1946 (M*; key; NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Deane, M.P. et al. 1946 (L*; descr., key, bionomics; NE Brazil & Amazonas)
Lane 1953: 204 (M, F*, P*, L*, E*)
Lounibos et al. 1997b (E*)
Wilkerson et al. 1997: 461 (M*, F*, P*, L*)
Sallum, et al. 2020 (keys F, M, L)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Causey, O.R., Deane, L.M., & Deane, M.P. (1946). II. An illustrated key by male genitalic characteristics for the identification of thirty-four species of Anophelini from the northeast and Amazon regions of Brazil, with a note on dissection technique. American Journal of Hygiene Monograph Series, 18, 21–31.
Davis, N.C. (1931). A new anopheline mosquito from Para, Brazil. American Journal of Hygiene, 13(1), 345–348.
Deane, L.M., Causey, O.R., & Deane, M.P. (1946). I. An illustrated key by adult female characteristics for the identification of thirty-five species of Anophelini, with notes on the malaria vectors (Diptera, Culicidae). In Studies on Brazilian anophelines from the northeast and Amazon regions (pp. 1–18). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Deane, M.P., Causey, O.R., & Deane, L.M. (1946). III. An illustrated key by larval characteristics for the identification of thirty-two species of Anophelini, with descriptions of two larvae. In Studies on Brazilian anophelines from the northeast and Amazon regions (pp. 33–50). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo.
Lounibos, L.P., Duzak, D., Linley, J.R., & Lourenço-de-Oliveira, R. (1997b). Egg structures of Anopheles fluminensis and Anopheles shannoni. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 92(2), 221–232.
Sallum, M.A.M., Obando, R.G., Carrejo, N. et al. Identification key to the Anopheles mosquitoes of South America (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasites and Vectors, 13, 542 (2020). https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/id-keys-anopheles
Shannon, R.C. (1933b). Anophelines of the Amazon Valley. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 35(7), 117–143.
Wilkerson, R.C., Sallum, M.A.M., & Forattini, O.P. (1997). Redescription of Anopheles (Anopheles) shannoni Davis; a member of the Arribalzagia series from the Amazon Basin (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 99(3), 461–471.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles shannoni species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/shannoni, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
