AFROTROPICAL & PALEARCTIC REGIONS
Etymology: Algeria
Type locality: Algeria
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Becker et al. 2010
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Western Palearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Western Palearctic - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles - Republic of Georgia - Adult
Exemplar DNA sequences
Anopheles algeriensis COI: KF754804, KT876467, KT876491, KU214665-75, MG808414-21
All Anopheles algeriensis DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, France (includes Corsica), FYRO Macedonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel (and Gaza Strip and West Bank), Italy (includes Sardinia and Sicily), Jordan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Southern Dists.), Serbia, Spain (includes Balearic Isl.), Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom (Wales).
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Theobald 1903a: 21 (F*)
Séguy 1924: 144 (E*)
Marshall 1938: 130 (M*, F*, P*, L*, E*; bionomics)
Aitken 1953: 339 (A, P, L, E; bionomics)
Gutsevich et al. 1974: 82 (M*, F, L*)
Glick 1992: 129 (distribution)
Snow & Ramsdale 1999 (distribution; Europe)
Alten et al. 2000 (distribution; Turkey)
Ramsdale & Snow 2000: 2 (distribution; Europe)
Becker et al. 2010: 165 (M*, F*, L*; keys, taxonomy, distribution, bionomics)
Osório et al. 2010 (distribution; Portugal)
Bueno Mari et al. 2011 (distribution; Spain))
Habirov et al. 2012 (molecular taxonomy, bionomics, distribution; Tajikistan)
Robert et al. 2019 (distribution; western Palearctic)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. lukisii Christophers
1916a: 120 (F). Type locality: Amara [on the Tigris], Iraq (NHMUK, MSI). References: Edwards 1932a: 37 (synonymy).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Aitken, T.H.G. (1953). The anopheline fauna of Sardinia. American Journal of Hygiene Monograph Series, 20, 303–352.
Alten, B., Caglar, S.S., & Ozer, N. (2000). Malaria and its vectors in Turkey. European Mosquito Bulletin, 7, 27–33.
Becker, N., Petrić, D., Zgomba, M., Boase, C., Madon, M., Dahl, C., & Kaiser, A. (2010). Mosquitoes and their control (2nd ed.). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
Bueno Marí, R., Bernués Bañeres, A., Chordá Olmos, F.A., & Jiménez Peydró, R. (2011). Contributions to the knowledge of the distribution and biology of Anopheles algeriensis Theobald, 1903 in Spain. [Aportes al conocimiento de la distribución y biología de Anopheles algeriensis Theobald, 1903 en España]. Boletín de Malariología y Salud Ambiental, 51(1), 93–96.
Christophers, S.R. (1916a). A new anopheline with unspotted wings from Mesopotamia (Anopheles lukisii). Indian Journal of Medical Research (Calcutta), 4(1), 120–122.
Edwards, F.W. (1932a). Diptera family Culicidae. In P. Wytsman (Ed.), Genera insectorum (194th Fascicule, pp. 1–258). Brussels, Belgium: Desmet-Verteneuil.
Glick, J.I. (1992). Illustrated key to the female Anopheles of southwestern Asia and Egypt (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 24(2), 125–153.
Gutsevich, A.V. (1974). On the identification of mosquito females (Culicidae) by microscopic preparations of the head. IV. Key to species of the genus Aedes. Parazitologiya (St. Petersburg), 8(4), 329–335.
Habirov, Z., Kadamov, D., Iskandarov, F., Komilova, S., Cook, S., McAlister, E., & Harbach, R.E. (2012). Malaria and the Anopheles mosquitoes of Tajikistan. Journal of Vector Ecology, 37(2), 419–427.
Marshall, J.F. (1938). The British Mosquitoes. London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
Osório, H.C., Amaro, F., Zé-Zé, L., Pardal, S., Mendes, S., Ventim, R., . . . Alves, M.J. (2010). Mosquito species distribution in mainland Portugal. European Mosquito Bulletin, 28, 187–193.
Ramsdale, C.D., & Snow, K. (2000). Distribution of the genus Anopheles in Europe. European Mosquito Bulletin, 7, 1–26.
Robert, V., Günay, F., Le Goff, G., Boussès, P., Sulesco, T., Khalin, A., Medlock, J.M., Kampen, H., Petrić, D., & Schaffner, F. (2019). Distribution chart for Euro-Mediterranean mosquitoes (western Palaearctic region). Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, 37, 1–28.
Séguy, E. (1924). Les moustiques de l’Afrique Mineure, de l’Égypte et de la Syrie. Encyclopédie Entomologique A, 1, 1–257.
Snow, K.R., & Ramsdale, C. (1999). Distribution chart for European mosquitoes. European Mosquito Bulletin, 3, 14–31.
Theobald, F.V. (1903a). A monograph of the Culicidae of the World (Vol. 3). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles algeriensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/algeriensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
