ORIENTAL REGION
Etymology: Wej Choochote
Type locality: Ban Nong Chom, San Sai District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles wejchoochote DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Thailand
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Taai & Harbach 2015: 259 (M, F, P, L; bionomics, genetics, phylogeny)
Suwannamit et al. 2009 (cross mating)
Thongsahuan et al. 2009 (as campestris-like; chromosomes)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Suwannamit, S., Baima, V., Otsuka, Y., Saeung, A., Thongsahuan, S., Tuetun, B., Apiwathnasorn, C., Jariyapan, N., Somboon, P., Takaoka, H., & Choochote, W. (2009). Cytogenetic and molecular evidence for an additional new species within the taxon Anopheles barbirostris (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand. Parasitology Research, 104, 905–918.
Taai, K., & Harbach, R.E. (2015). Systematics of the Anopheles barbirostris species complex (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae) in Thailand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174(2), 244–264.
Thongsahuan, S., Baimai, V., Otsuka, Y., Saeung, A., Tuetun, B., Jaryapan, N., . . . Choochote, W. (2009). Karyotypic variation and geographic distribution of Anopheles campestris-like (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 104(4), 558–566.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles wejchoochotei species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/wejchoochotei, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
