AFROTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: concealed, cryptic (L); similar to coustani
Type locality: Northcliff, Johannesburg, Transvaal [Republic of South Africa]
Type depository: South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa (JSAIM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles crypticus DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Republic of South Africa
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Coetzee 1994a: 129 (A, P, L; chromosomes)
Kyalo et al. 2017 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa)
Irish et al. 2020 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Coetzee, M. (1994a). Anopheles crypticus, new species from South Africa is distinguished from Anopheles coustani (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 26(3), 125–131.
Irish, S.R., Kyalo, D., Snow, R.W., & Coetzee, M. (2020). Updated list of Anopheles species (Diptera: Culicidae) by country in the Afrotropical Region and associated islands. Zootaxa, 4747(3), 401–449.
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.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles crypticus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/crypticus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
