NEARCTIC REGION
Etymology: the setting sun, west (L); western United States
Type locality: Stanford University, California, United States
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Carpenter & LaCasse, 1955
White, 1978
Bohart & Washino, 1978
Darsie & Ward, 2005
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles occidentalis DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
United States (continental)
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Dyar & Knab 1906b: 159 (A)
Dampf 1936 (F*)
King & Bradley 1941: 65 (to species)
Aitken 1945: 282 (M, F, P*, L*, E*)
Penn 1949a: 54 (P*)
Yamaguti & LaCasse 1950b: 22 (M*, F*, L*)
Pratt 1952: 484 (P*, L*; taxonomy)
Carpenter & LaCasse 1955: 43 (M*, F*, L*; keys)
Stone & Knight 1956b: 279 (type information)
Kitzmiller et al. 1967: 176 (chromosomes*)
White 1978 (taxonomy, review, keys, distribution)
Bohart & Washino 1978: 25 (M, F, L*; keys, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution)
Porter & Collins 1996 (molecular phylogeny, Nearctic)
Darsie & Ward 2005 (F*, L*; keys, distribution).
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Aitken, T.H.G. (1945). Studies on the anopheline complex of western America. University of California Publications in Entomology, 7(11), 273–354.
Bohart, R.M., & Washino, R.K. (1978). Mosquitoes of California (3rd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Carpenter, S.J., & LaCasse, W.J. (1955). Mosquitoes of North America (North of Mexico). Berkeley: University of California Press.
Dampf, A. (1936). El Anopheles occidentalis Dyar & Knab (A. maculipennis auct.) en la Mesa Central de Mexico. Revista Mexicana de biología, 18, 91–129.
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.
Dyar, H.G., & Knab, F. (1906b). Notes on some American mosquitoes with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 19, 159–172.
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.
Kitzmiller, J.B., Frizzi, G., & Baker, R.H. (1967). Evolution and speciation within the maculipennis complex of the genus Anopheles. In J.W. Wright & R. Pal (Eds.), Genetics of Insect Vectors of Disease (pp. 151–210). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Penn, G.H. (1949a). Pupae of the Nearctic anopheline mosquitoes north of Mexico. Journal of the National Malaria Society, 8(1), 50–69.
Porter, C.H., & Collins, F.H. (1996). Phylogeny of Nearctic members of the Anopheles maculipennis species group derived from the D2 variable region of 28S ribosomal RNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 6, 178–188.
Pratt, H.D. (1952). Notes on Anopheles earlei and other American species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1(3), 484–493.
Stone, A., & Knight, K.L. (1956b). Type specimens of mosquitoes in the United States National Museum. III. The genera Anopheles and Chagasia (Diptera, Culicidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 46(9), 276–280.
White, G.B. (1978). Systematic reappraisal of the Anopheles maculipennis complex. Mosquito Systematics, 10(1), 13–44.
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.
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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles occidentalis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/occidentalis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
