Anopheles walkeri Theobald, 1901

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Etymology: Edmund Murton Walker.

Type locality: Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)

 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Roth 1944: 105 (M*), 107 (M; keys)

Pelaez 1945: 74 (F*; key)

Carpenter & LaCasse 1955: 53 (M*, F*, L*; keys)

Dodge 1966: 364 (first instar L*; key)

Darsie & Ward 2005 (F*, L*; keys, distribution)

Beltrán-Aguilar et al. 2011: 707 (M*, F*, P*, L*; taxonomy, keys, distribution)

Harrison et al. 2016 (F*, L*; keys, distribution; notes 16, 17)

 

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Exemplar DNA sequences

All Anopheles walkeri DNA sequences

Associated Pathogens

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Canada, Mexico, United States (continental)

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Theobald 1901a: 199 (F*)

Hurlbut 1938a: 149 (L*)

Hurlbut 1938b: 521 (E*)

Roth 1944: 105 (M*), 107 (M; keys)

Pelaez 1945: 74 (F*; key)

Penn 1949a: 52 (P*)

Yamaguti & LaCasse 1950b: 20 (M*, F*, L*)

Carpenter & LaCasse 1955: 53 (M*, F*, L*; keys)

Dodge 1966: 364 (first instar L*; key)

Belkin 1968b: 11 (lectotype designation)

Kitzmiller et al. 1974: 22 (chromosomes)

Porter & Collins 1996 (molecular phylogeny; Nearctic)

Darsie & Ward 2005 (F*, L*; keys, distribution)

Beltrán-Aguilar et al. 2011: 707 (M*, F*, P*, L*; taxonomy, keys, distribution)

Harrison et al. 2016 (F*, L*; keys, distribution; notes 16, 17)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Belkin, J.N. (1968b). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). IX. The type specimens of New World mosquitoes in European museums. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 3(4), 1–69.

Beltrán-Aguilar, A., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Mendoza-Palmero, F., Sandoval-Ruiz, C.A., & Hernández-Xoliot, R.A. (2011). Taxonomy and distribution of the anopheline mosquitoes in the state of Veracruz, Mexico (Diptera: Culicidae, Anophelinae). Acta zoológica Mexicana, 27(3), 601-755.

Carpenter, S.J., & LaCasse, W.J. (1955). Mosquitoes of North America (North of Mexico). Berkeley: University of California Press.

Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Ward, R.A. (2005). Identification and geographical distribution of the mosquitoes of North America, north of Mexico. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.

Dodge, H.R. (1966). Studies on mosquito larvae. II. The first-stage larvae of North American Culicidae and of world Anophelinae. The Canadian Entomologist, 98(4), 337–393.

Harrison, B.A., Byrd, B.D., Sither, C.B., & Whitt, P.B. (2016). The Mosquitoes of the Mid-Atlantic Region: An Identification Guide. Western Carolina University Mosquito and Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Laboratory.

Hurlbut, H.S. (1938a). A study of the larval chaetotaxy of Anopheles walkeri Theobald. American Journal of Hygiene, 28(2), 149–173.

Hurlbut, H.S. (1938b). Further notes on the overwintering of the eggs of Anopheles walkeri Theobald with a description of the eggs. Journal of Parasitology, 24(6), 521–526.

Kitzmiller, J.B., Joslyn, D., & Kreutzer, R.D. (1974). The salivary gland chromosomes of Anopheles walkeri Theobald. Mosquito News, 34(1), 22–28.

Pelaez, D. (1945). Anofelinos de México. Clave para la determinación de especies y subespecies basada en los caracteres de las hembras adultas. Ciencia, 6, 69–77.

Penn, G.H. (1949a). Pupae of the Nearctic anopheline mosquitoes north of Mexico. Journal of the National Malaria Society, 8(1), 50–69.

Porter, C.H., & Collins, F.H. (1996). Phylogeny of Nearctic members of the Anopheles maculipennis species group derived from the D2 variable region of 28S ribosomal RNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 6, 178–188.

Roth, L.M. (1944). A key to the Anopheles of the southeastern United States, by male genitalia (Diptera, Culicidae). The American Midland Naturalist, 31, 96–110.

Theobald, F.V. (1901a). A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes (Vol. 1). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).

Yamaguti, S., & LaCasse, W.J. (1950b). Mosquito fauna of North America. Part I. Genus Anopheles. Office of the Surgeon, Headquarters, 8th Army, US Army, United States.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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