Anopheles crypticus Coetzee, 1994

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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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

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WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles crypticus DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Republic of South Africa

Distribution

 

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

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CURRENT SUBSPECIES

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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].