ORIENTAL REGION
Etymology: thumb-like (L); thumb-like stigmal process of larva
Type locality: 16th mile Ulu Gombak Road, Selangor, Malaya [Malaysia]
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Indomalaya - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Oriental - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles (Ano.) Myzorhynchus Series - Indomalaya - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles (Ano.) Myzorhynchus Series - Indomalaya - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Malaysia, Thailand.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Reid 1962: 24 (M, F*, P, L*, E*)
Peyton & Scanlon 1966: 1 (distribution)
Harrison & Scanlon 1975: 100 (M*, F*, P*, L*)
Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (F*, L*; bionomics, distribution, keys)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Harrison, B.A., & Scanlon, J.E. (1975). Medical entomology studies. II. The subgenus Anopheles in Thailand (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 12(1), 1–307.
Harrison, B.A., Scanlon, J.E., & Reid, J.A. (1973). A new synonymy and new species name in the Southeast Asian Anopheles hyrcanus complex. Mosquito Systematics, 5(4), 263–268.
Peyton, EL, & Scanlon, J.E. (1966). Illustrated key to the female Anopheles mosquitoes of Thailand. US Army Medical Component, SEATO, Bangkok, Thailand.
Rattanarithikul, R., Harrison, B.A., Harbach, R.E., Panthusiri, P., & Coleman, R.E. (2006b). Illustrated keys to the mosquitoes of Thailand. IV. Anopheles. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 128(Suppl. 2), 2.
Reid, J.A. (1962). The Anopheles barbirostris group (Diptera, Culicidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 53(1), 1–57.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles pollicaris species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/pollicaris, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
