NEARCTIC REGION
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 - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Larva
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].
