Anopheles willmori (James, 1903)

ORIENTAL & PALEARCTIC REGION

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Etymology: Lieutenant Willmore, I.M.S.

Type locality: Kashmir [Pakistan]

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Darsie & Pradhan 1990 (Nepal)

Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (Thailand)

 

 

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 - Eastern Palearctic - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neocellia Series - Oriental - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neocellia Series - Oriental - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles willmori DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, People’s Republic of China, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

James in Theobald 1903a: 100 (F*; Nyssorhynchus)

Christophers 1933: 285 (A, P, L, E; as variety)

Stone 1967: 200 (emendment)

Aslamkhan 1971b (distribution; Pakistan)

Rattanarithikul & Green 1987 (1986): 254 (emendment to original spelling; lectotype designation)

Darsie & Pradhan 1990 (F, L; taxonomy, keys, bionomics, distribution; Nepal)

Harrison et al. 1991 (1990): 223 (distribution; Thailand)

Green et al. 1992 (chromosomes; An. willmori, An. pseudowillmori)

Oo et al. 2004 (distribution; Myanmar)

Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (F*, L*; bionomics, distribution, keys; Thailand)

Qu & Zhu 2008 (distribution; People’s Republic of China)

Rueda et al. 2008: 397 (distribution)

Morgan et al. 2009 (molecular phylogeny, Neocellia Series)

Namgay et al. 2018 (bionomics, distribution; Bhutan)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

syn. indica Theobald

1907: 111 (M, F*; Neocellia). Type locality: Dehra Dun [United Provinces], India (NHMUK).

syn. dudgeonii Theobald

1907: 113 (M, F*; Neocellia). Type locality Kangra Valley [Western Himalayas; East Punjab], India (NHMUK).

syn. maculosa James & Liston

1911: 112 (A; Neocellia willmori variety). Type locality: Pathankot [Punjab Hill States] and Kurseong [West Bengal], India (NHMUK).

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Aslamkhan, M. (1971b). The mosquitoes of Pakistan. I. A checklist. Mosquito Systematics, 3(4), 147–159.

Christophers, S.R. (1933). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Diptera. Vol. IV. Family Culicidae. Tribe Anophelini. London, England: Taylor and Francis.

Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Pradhan, S.P. (1990). The mosquitoes of Nepal: Their identification, distribution and biology. Mosquito Systematics, 22(2), 69–130.

Green, C.A., Rattanarithikul, R., & Charoensub, A. (1992). Population genetic confirmation of species status of the malaria vectors Anopheles willmori and Anopheles pseudowillmori in Thailand and chromosome phylogeny of the Maculatus group of mosquitoes. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 6(4), 335–341.

Harrison, B.A., Rattanarithikul, R., Peyton, EL, & Mongkolpanya, K. (1991). Taxonomic changes, revised occurrence records and notes on the Culicidae of Thailand and neighboring countries. Mosquito Systematics, 22(for 1990)(3), 196–227.

James, S.P., & Liston, W.G. (1911). A monograph of the anopheline mosquitoes of India (2nd ed.). Calcutta, India: Thacker, Spink.

Morgan, K., O’Loughlin, S.M., Mun-Yik, F., Linton, Y.-M., Somboon, P., Min, S., . . . Walton, C. (2009). Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Neocellia Series of Anopheles mosquitoes in the Oriental Region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(3), 588–601.

Namgay, R., Drukpa, T., Wangdi, T., Pemo, D., Harbach, R.E., & Somboon, P. (2018). A checklist of the Anopheles mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Bhutan. Acta Tropica, 188, 206–212.

Oo, T.T., Storch, V., & Becker, N. (2004). Review of the Anopheles mosquitoes of Myanmar. Journal of Vector Ecology, 29(1), 21–40.

Qu, F., & Zhu, H. (2008). On a checklist of the anopheline mosquitoes in China with rectification for some specific names. Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, 26(3), 210–216.

Rattanarithikul, R., & Green, C.A. (1987). Formal recognition of the species of the Anopheles maculatus group (Diptera: Culicidae) occurring in Thailand, including the descriptions of two new species and a preliminary key to females. Mosquito Systematics, 18(for 1986)(3–4), 246–278.

Rattanarithikul, R., Harrison, B.A., Harbach, R.E., Panthusiri, P., & Coleman, R.E. (2006b). Illustrated keys to the mosquitoes of Thailand. IV. Anopheles. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 128(Suppl. 2), 2.

Rueda, L.M., Pecor, J.E., Lowen., R. G., & Carder, M. (2008). New record and updated checklist of the mosquitoes of Afghanistan and Iraq. Journal of Vector Ecology, 3(2), 397–402.

Stone, A. (1967). A synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the world. Supplement III (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 69(3), 197–224.

Theobald, F.V. (1903a). A monograph of the Culicidae of the World (Vol. 3). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).

Theobald, F.V. (1907). A monograph of the Culicidae of the World (Vol. 5). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).

 

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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles willmori species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/willmori, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].