AUSTRALASIAN REGION
Etymology: Torresian zoogeographic province of northern Australia and southern New Guinea, the coastline of which was discovered in 1606 by Captain Luis Baez de Torres.
Type locality: Jabiru (12°40'S, 132°50'E), Northern Territory, Australia
Type depository: University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (UQ, UQIC)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Australasia - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Australasia - Larva
WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Australasia - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neomyzomyia Series - Australasia - Adult
WRBU - Anopheles (Cel.) Neomyzomyia Series - Australasia - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
All Anopheles torresiensis DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Australia, Papua New Guinea.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Schmidt 2001: 400 (M, F, P*, L*; taxonomy). In Schmidt et al. 2001
Foley & Bryan 1993 (molecular taxonomy; as farauti 3)
Beebe et al. 2015 (review)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Beebe, N.W., Russell, T., Burkot, T.R., & Cooper, R.D. (2015). Anopheles punctulatus group: Evolution, distribution, and control. Annual Review of Entomology, 60, 335–350.
Foley, D.H., & Bryan, J.H. (1993). Electrophoretic keys to identify members of the Anopheles punctulatus complex of vector mosquitoes in Papua New Guinea. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 7(1), 49–53.
Schmidt, E.R., Foley, D.H., Hartel, G.F., Williams, G.M., & Bryan, J.H. (2001). Descriptions of the Anopheles (Cellia) farauti complex of sibling species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 91(5), 389–410.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles torresiensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/vectorspecies/mosquitoes/torresiensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
