NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: José María Vargas and Luís Vargas.
Type locality: Ouebrada de la Cueva del Guácharo, Monagas, Venezuela
Type depository: Museo de Division de Malariologia, Caracas, Venezuela [Now DERM] (MDM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Lane 1953
Sallum, et al. 2020
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult
WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
None
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Venezuela.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Gabaldón, Cova García & Lopez 1941b: 25 (M*, F*, P*, L*, E*)
Lane 1953: 194 (M*, F*, P, L*, E; keys)
Sallum, et al. 2020 (keys F, M, L)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Gabaldón, A., Cova-García, P., & Lopez, J.A. (1941b). Estudios sobre anofelinos. Serie II. 2. Anopheles (Arthuromyia) vargasi, n. sp. y redescripción del subgénero Arthuromyia Galvão, 1941. Publicaciones de la División de Malariología (Caracas), 7, 25–56.
Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo.
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 vargasi species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/vargasi, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
