AFROTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: Kosi Bay, Republic of South Africa
Type locality: Kosi Bay, northern Zululand, Republic of South Africa
Type depository: South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa (SAIM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Afrotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles kosiensis DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Republic of South Africa
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Coetzee, Segerman & Hunt 1987: 26 (F, P, L, E*; X chromosomes*)
Kyalo et al. 2017 (distribution; sub-Saharan Africa)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Coetzee, M., Segerman, J., & Hunt, R.H. (1987). Description of a new species Anopheles (Cellia) kosiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) from Zululand, South Africa. Systematic Entomology, 12(1), 23–28.
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 kosiensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/kosiensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
