REGION
Etymology: acronym: Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
Type locality: Southwest Persia [Iran]
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles apoci DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Iran, Iraq.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Marsh 1933: 193 (M, F*, L*)
Pringle 1954: 60 (taxonomy)
Pringle & Garrett-Jones 1957: 90 (taxonomy)
Townsend 1990: 44 (type information)
Robert et al. 2019 (distribution; western Palearctic)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Marsh, F. (1933). A new species of Anopheles (Myzomyia group) from south-west Persia. Stylops, 2(9), 193–197.
Pringle, G. (1954). The identification of the adult anopheline mosquitoes of Iraq and neighbouring territories. Bulletin of Endemic Diseases, 1(1), 53–76.
Pringle, G., & Garrett-Jones, C. (1957). Additions to the Anopheles fauna of Iraq: A. sergenti Theobald and A. apoci Marsh. Bulletin of Endemic Diseases, 2, 88–91.
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.
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 apoci species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/apoci, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
