NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: Atacama, Chile.
Type locality: Los Perales, Provincia de Copiapó, III Región de Atacama, Chile.
Type depository: Faculdade de Higiene e Saude Publica de Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, S.P., Brazil [Now Faculdade de Saude Publica] (FH).
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Sallum, et al. 2020
WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Chile.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
González & Sallum 2010 (M*, F, P*, L*; taxonomy, molecular taxonomy)
Sallum, et al. 2020 (keys F, M, L)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
González, C.R., & Sallum, M.A.M. (2010). Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) atacamensis (Diptera: Culicidae), a new species from northern Chile. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 105(1), 13–24
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 atacamensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/atacamensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
