AFROTROPICAL & PALEARCTIC REGIONS
Etymology: Arnold Theiler
Type locality: Onderstepoort, Transvaal [Republic of South Africa]
Type depository: Veterinary Research Laboratory, Onderstepoort, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa (VRL); Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles theileri DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Edwards 1912d: 247 (new name for albipes Theobald 1911b, not Theobald 1901a)
Evans 1938: 228 (M, F*, P*, L*, E*)
De Meillon 1947b: 165 (M*, F*, L*, E*)
O’Connor 1967 (distribution)
Ribeiro & da Cunha Ramos 1975: 20 (distribution)
Al-Houty 1997 distribution, Kuwait)
Rueda et al. 2008 (distribution)
Osório et al. 2010 (distrib.; Portugal)
Kyalo et al. 2017 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. albipes Theobald
1911b: 243 (F*; Pyretophorus). Type locality: Onderstepoort, Transvaal [Republic of South Africa] (VRL, NHMUK). References: Townsend 1990: 39 (type information).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Al-Houty, W. (1997). Checklist of the insect fauna of Kuwait. Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, 24(1), 145–162.
De Meillon, B. (1947b). The Anophelini of the Ethiopian geographical region. Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, 10(49), 1–272.
Edwards, F.W. (1912d). A key for determining the African species of Anopheles (sensu lato). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 3(3), 241–250.
Evans, A.M. (1938). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. II. Anophelini adults and early stages. London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
Kyalo, D., Amratia, P., Mundia, C.W., Mbogo, C.M., Coetzee, M., & Snow, R.W. (2017). A geo-coded inventory of anophelines in the Afrotropical Region south of the Sahara: 1898–2016. Wellcome Open Research, 2, 57.
O’Connor, C.T. (1967). The distribution of anopheline mosquitoes in Ethiopia. Mosquito News, 27(1), 42–54.
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.
Ribeiro, H., & da Cunha Ramos, H. (1975). Research on the mosquitoes of Angola. VI. The genus Anopheles Meigen 1818 (Diptera. Culicidae). Check-list with new records, keys to the females and larvae, distribution and bioecological notes. García de Orta: Serie de Zoologica, 4(1), 1–40.
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.
Theobald, F.V. (1911b). The Culicidae or mosquitoes of the Transvaal. Report of the Director of Veterinary Research, 1, 232–272.
Townsend, B.C. (1990). Culicidae. In B.C. Townsend, J. E. Chainey, R.W. Crosskey, A.C. Pont, R.P. Lane, J.P.T. Boorman, & C.A. Crouch (Eds.), A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History) (pp. 35–152). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles theileri species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/an_theileri, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
