Anopheles pseudopictus Grassi, 1899

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Etymology: n.s.

Type locality: Italy

Type depository: Location Unknown (LU)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Becker et al. 2010

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

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WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Eastern Palearctic - Larva

 

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles pseudopictus DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Afghanistan, France (includes Corsica), Iran, Iraq, Italy (Sicily, Sardinia), Romania, Spain, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Grassi 1899 (A). In Grassi et al. 1899 (pp. 100-104)

Dow 1953: 690 (taxonomy)

Senevet & Andarelli 1955a: 109 (M*, F*, P, L*)

Glick 1992: 125 (from syn. with hyrcanus; distribution)

Alten et al. 2000 (distribution; Turkey)

Becker et al. 2010: (M*, F*, L*; keys)

Miaoulis et al. 2018 (morph. and molecular taxonomy; evidence for syn. with hyrcanus)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Alten, B., Caglar, S.S., & Ozer, N. (2000). Malaria and its vectors in Turkey. European Mosquito Bulletin, 7, 27–33.

Becker, N., Petrić, D., Zgomba, M., Boase, C., Madon, M., Dahl, C., & Kaiser, A. (2010). Mosquitoes and their control (2nd ed.). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.

Dow, R.P. (1953). Notes on Iranian mosquitoes. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2(4), 683–695.

Glick, J.I. (1992). Illustrated key to the female Anopheles of southwestern Asia and Egypt (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 24(2), 125–153.

Grassi, G.B., Bignami, A., & Bastianelli, G. (1899). Resoconto degli studi fatti sulla malaria durante il mese di gennaio. Reale Accademia dei Lincei. Rendiconti. Memorie della classe de scienze fisiche, matematische e naturali. Serie quinta, 8, 100–104.

Miaoulis, M., Giantsis, I.A., Schaffner, F., & Chaskopoulou, A. (2018). Re-examination of the taxonomic status of Anopheles hyrcanus and An. pseudopictus using a multilocus genetic approach. Journal of Vector Ecology, 43(1), 179–183.

Senevet, G., & Andarelli, L. (1955a). Les Anopheles de l’Afrique du Nord et du Bassin Meditérranéen. P. Lechevallier (Ed.), Encylopédie Entomologique. Paris, 33, 280pp.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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