NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: pristine, pure (L); ref. to larval habitat.
Type locality: Fazenda Saint Claire, Pico do Itapeva, border of municipalities of Pindamonhangaba/Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil.
Type depository: Faculdade de Higiene e Saude Publica de Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, S.P., Brazil [Now Faculdade de Saude Publica] (FH)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Sallum, et al. 2020
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Brazil.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Nagaki & Sallum 2010: 82 (M*, F*, L*, E*; taxonomy, molecular taxonomy)
Nagaki et al. 2010
Sallum, et al. 2020 (keys F, M, L)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Nagaki, S.S., de Albuquerque Motta, M., & Sallum, M.A.M. (2010). Redescription of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) antunesi Galvão & Amaral and description of a new species of the Myzorhynchella Section (Diptera: Culicidae) from Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 105(3), 278–285.
Sallum, M.A.M., Obando, R.G., Carrejo, N. et al. Identification key to the Anopheles mosquitoes of South America (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasites and Vectors, 13, 542 (2020). https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/id-keys-anopheles
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles pristinus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/pristinus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
