NEARCTIC REGION
Etymology: Georgia [US state]
Type locality: Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, United States
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Roth 1944
Carpenter & LaCasse 1955
Darsie & Ward 2005
Harrison et al. 2016
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles georgianus DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
United States (continental)
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
King 1939: 462 (M*, F, P, L*; as crucians variety)
King & Bradley 1941: 65 (to species)
Roth 1944: 99 (M*), 107–110 (M genetics; keys)
Penn 1949a: 61 (P*)
Bellamy & Repass 1950: 84 (E*)
Yamaguti & LaCasse 1950b: 43 (M*, F*, L*)
Carpenter & LaCasse 1955: 41 (M, F, L*; keys)
Floore et al. 1976: 40 (M*, F*, P*, L*; taxonomy)
Darsie & Ward 2005 (F*, L*; keys, distribution)
Harrison et al. 2016 (F*, L*; keys, distribution; note 23)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Bellamy, R.E., & Repass, R.P. (1950). Notes of the ova of Anopheles georgianus King. Journal of the National Malaria Society, 9, 84–88.
Carpenter, S.J., & LaCasse, W.J. (1955). Mosquitoes of North America (North of Mexico). Berkeley: University of California Press.
Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Ward, R.A. (2005). Identification and geographical distribution of the mosquitoes of North America, north of Mexico. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Floore, T.G., Harrison, B.A., & Eldridge, B.F. (1976). The Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians subgroup in the United States (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 8(1), 1–109.
Harrison, B.A., Byrd, B.D., Sither, C.B., & Whitt, P.B. (2016). The mosquitoes of the Mid-Atlantic Region: An identification guide. Western Carolina University Mosquito and Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Laboratory.
King, W.V. (1939). Varieties of Anopheles crucians Wied. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 19(5), 461–471.
King, W.V., & Bradley, G.H. (1941). General morphology of Anopheles and classification of the Nearctic species. Publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 15, 63–70.
Penn, G.H. (1949a). Pupae of the Nearctic anopheline mosquitoes north of Mexico. Journal of the National Malaria Society, 8(1), 50–69.
Roth, L.M. (1944). A key to the Anopheles of the southeastern United States, by male genitalia (Diptera, Culicidae). The American Midland Naturalist, 31, 96–110.
Yamaguti, S., & LaCasse, W.J. (1950b). Mosquito fauna of North America. Part I. Genus Anopheles. Office of the Surgeon, Headquarters, 8th Army, US Army, United States.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles georgianus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/georgianus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
