Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae): Neotype Designation and Description

Leopoldo M. Rueda; E. L. Peyton; Sylvie Manguin

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-41.1.12

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Leopoldo M. Rueda,^1,2 E. L. Peyton,^3,2 Sylvie Manguin^4,2

¹Corresponding author: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746 ( ) ruedapol@msc.si.edu
²Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910–7500
³Deceased
⁴Current address: Center of Biology and Management of Populations (CBGP) – IRD, Campus International de Baillarguet CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier, Lez Cedex. France

Abstract

Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations are provided for the adult male and female, male genitalia, pupal, and larval stages of Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, a major vector of human malaria in Central and South America. Taxonomic and related literature records, diagnostic features, distribution, and bionomics of the species are included. A neotype male for the species from the type locality of Grenada is designated.

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Leopoldo M. Rueda, E. L. Peyton, and Sylvie Manguin "Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae): Neotype Designation and Description," Journal of Medical Entomology 41(1), 12-22, (1 January 2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-41.1.12

Received: 3 October 2002; Accepted: 1 September 2003; Published: 1 January 2004