Anopheles confusus Evans & Leeson, 1935

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: n.s. [confused (L)].

Type locality: Umtali and Sinoia, Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

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WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

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DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Evans & Leeson 1935: 40 (M, F*, P*, L*, E*)

De Meillon 1947b: 123 (M, F*, P, L*, E*)

Gillies 1962: 81 (new); Kyalo et al. 2017 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa).

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

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CURRENT SUBSPECIES

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CITED REFERENCES

De Meillon, B. (1947b). The Anophelini of the Ethiopian geographical region. Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, 10(49), 1–272.

Evans, A.M., & Leeson, H.S. (1935). The funestus series of Anopheles in Southern Rhodesia, with description of a new variety. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 29(1), 33–47.

Gillies, M.T. (1962). A new species of Anopheles funestus complex (Diptera: Culicidae) from east Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society B, 31(7–8), 81–86.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles confusus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/confusus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].