Anopheles perplexens Ludlow, 1907

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Etymology: perplexing

Type locality: Camp Roosevelt, Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania, United States

Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Darsie & Ward 2005

Harrison et al. 2016

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Larva

 

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles perplexens DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Canada, United States (continental)

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Ludlow 1907: 267 (F)

Bellamy 1956: 515 (M, F, P, L, E*; taxonomy, bionomics; from syn. with punctipennis)

Mattingly 1971a: Pl. 11 (P paddle*, trumpet*)

Kreutzer & Kitzmiller 1971a: 409 (chromosomes*, taxonomy)

Kreutzer et al. 1972: 191 (chromosomes*)

Linley & Kaiser 1994: 43 (E*)

Darsie & Ward 2005 (F*, L*; keys, distribution)

Harrison et al. 2016 (F*, L*; keys, distribution)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Bellamy, R.E. (1956). An investigation of the taxonomic status of Anopheles perplexens Ludlow, 1907. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 49(6), 515–529.

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.

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.

Kreutzer, R.D., & Kitzmiller, J.B. (1971a). Chromosomal similarity between Anopheles perplexens and Anopheles punctipennis. Mosquito News, 31(3), 409–415.

Kreutzer, R.D., Kitzmiller, J.B., & Ferreira, E. (1972). Inversion polymorphism in the salivary gland chromosomes of Anopheles darlingi Root. Mosquito News, 32(4), 555–565.

Linley, J.R., & Kaiser, P.E. (1994). The eggs of Anopheles punctipennis and Anopheles perplexens (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 26(1), 43–56.

Ludlow, C.S. (1907). Mosquito notes. V. (continued). The Canadian Entomologist, 39(4, 8, 12), 129–131, 266–268, 413–414.

Mattingly, P.F. (1971a). Contributions to the mosquito fauna of Southeast Asia. XII. Illustrated keys to the genera of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 7(4), 1–84.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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