Anopheles moghulensis Christophers, 1924

ORIENTAL & PALEARCTIC REGIONS

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Etymology: Moghul Empire

Type locality: Quetta [Baluchistan, Pakistan], Kasauli [Punjab Hill States], Bombay and Satpura Hills, India

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

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

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WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult

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Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles moghulensis DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Christophers 1924c: 296 (A; jeyporiensis variety)

Christophers & Barraud 1931: 176 (E*)

Senevet 1931: 26 (P*)

Christophers 1933: 270 (M*, F*, P, L*, E)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

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CURRENT SUBSPECIES

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CITED REFERENCES

Christophers, S.R. (1924a). Provisional list and reference catalogue of the Anophelini. Indian Medical Research Memoirs, 3, 1–105.

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.

Senevet, G. (1931). Contribution à l’étude des nymphes d’anophelines (2e Memoire). Archives de l’Institut Pasteur d’Algérie, 9(1), 17–112.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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