ORIENTAL & PALEARCTIC REGIONS
Etymology: Dnanesh Atmaran Turkhud
Type locality: Ellichpur [Amaraoti District, Central Provinces], India
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Darsie & Pradhan 1990 (Nepal)
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles turkhudi DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel (and Gaza Strip and West Bank), Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Liston 1901: 441 (F*)
Senevet 1931: 19 (P*)
Christophers 1933: 252 (M*, F*, P, L*, E)
Evans 1938: 336 (M*, F*, P, L*, E)
De Meillon 1947b: 213 (M*, F*, L*, E*)
Mattingly & Knight 1956: 98 (taxonomy)
Rodhain et al. 1977 (distribution)
Darsie & Pradhan 1990 (F, L; taxonomy, keys, bionomics, distribution; Nepal)
Kyalo et al. 2017 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa)
Robert et al. 2019 (distribution; western Palearctic)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. azriki Patton
1905: 632 (M*, F*, L*). Type locality: Aziriki Spring near D’thala [West Aden Protectorate] [Yemen] (NE). References: Evans: 1938: 336 (synonymy).
syn. flaviceps Edwards
1921c: 69 (M, F). Type locality: Erkowit, Sudan (NHMUK). References: Evans 1938: 336 (synonymy).
syn. persicus Edwards
1921d: 280 (M; as variety). Type locality: East Iran (NHMUK). References: Christophers 1933: 252 (taxonomy).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
ssp. telamali Saliternik & Theodor
1942: 433 (M*, F*, L*). Type locality: Tel Amal, Plain of Esdraelon, Israel (DPHU). Distribution: Israel (and Gaza Strip and West Bank). References: Harbach & Howard 2007: 40 (to subspecies). Etymology: Tel Amal [Israel]. Informal name: Tel Amal Israeli Nail Mosquito.
ssp. syn. amutis De Burca
1943: 233 (M; L is another sp.). Type locality: Seganeiti, Eritrea (NHMUK). References.: Gillies & De Meillon 1968: 228, 230 (syn.; in part); Townsend 1990: 42 (lectotype desig.).
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles turkhudi species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/turkhudi, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
