Anopheles turkhudi Liston, 1901

ORIENTAL & PALEARCTIC REGIONS

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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 LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult

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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].