ORIENTAL REGION
Etymology: Pinjaur, Patiala State, India
Type locality: Pinjaur, near Kalka [Punjab Hill States], India
Type depository: Malaria Institute of India, Delhi, India [Collections transferred to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India (Reinert 1973e:32); See NICD] (MSI); National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India (NICD)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
India
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Barraud 1932a: 353 (M*; aitkeni variety)
Christophers 1933: 110 (M*; to species)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
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CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Barraud, P.J. (1932a). Anopheles aitkeni James var. n. pinjaurensis. Records of the Malaria Survey of India, 3(2), 353–355.
Christophers, S.R. (1933). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Diptera. Vol. IV. Family Culicidae. Tribe Anophelini. London, England: Taylor and Francis.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles pinjaurensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/pinjaurensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
