Anopheles irenicus Schmidt, 2003

AUSTRALASIAN REGION

Family
Subfamily
Genus
Subgenus
Series
Group
Complex

 

Etymology: aiming at peace (Gr); nonhuman biter

Type locality: Poha River (9°23'S, 159°53'E), Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Type depository: Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia (QM)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Schmidt 2003. In Schmidt et al. 2003

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Australasia - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Australasia - Larva

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WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Australasia - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neomyzomyia Series - Australasia - Adult

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WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neomyzomyia Series - Australasia - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles irenicus DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Solomon Islands

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Schmidt 2003: 517 (M, F, P*, L*; keys). In Schmidt et al. 2003

Beebe et al. 2015 (review)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Beebe, N.W., Russell, T., Burkot, T.R., & Cooper, R.D. (2015). Anopheles punctulatus group: Evolution, distribution, and control. Annual Review of Entomology, 60, 335–350.

Schmidt, E.R., Foley, D.H., Bugoro, H., & Bryan, J.H. (2003). A morphological study of the Anopheles punctulatus group in the Solomon Islands, with a description of Anopheles irenicus Schmidt, sp. n. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93(6), 515–526.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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