NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: uneven leaf (Gr); unusual aedeagal leaflets.
Type locality: Wenham’s Farm, near Almirante, Panama.
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Sallum, et al. 2020
WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Species - Mexico & Central America - Adult
Exemplar DNA sequences
None
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Komp 1936d: 163 (M*, L)
Kumm 1941: 91 (E*)
Komp 1942: 75 (F), 125 (L), 161 (M*)
Faran 1980: 95 (M*, F*, P*, L*; keys, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution)
Sallum, et al. 2020 (keys F, M, L)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Komp, W.H.W. (1936d). Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) anomalophyllus, a new species of Anopheles from Panama and Costa Rica (Dipt., Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 38(7), 160–164.
Kumm, H.W. (1941). The eggs of some Costa Rican anophelines. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 21(1), 91–102.
Komp, W.H.W. (1942). The anopheline mosquitoes of the Caribbean Region. National Institute of Health Bulletin, 179. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office.
Faran, M.E. (1980). Mosquito studies (Diptera: Culicidae). XXXIV. A revision of the Albimanus section of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus of Anopheles. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 15(7), 1–215.
Sallum, M.A.M., Obando, R.G., Carrejo, N. et al. Identification key to the Anopheles mosquitoes of South America (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasites and Vectors, 13, 542 (2020). https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/id-keys-anopheles
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles anomalophyllus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/anomalophyllus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
