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  Author: Patton

1905:625 (M*, F*, L, E*).

Aden Hinterland [West Aden Protectorate] (LU).


Distribution
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zaire, Guinea Bissau

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Synonyms
davidsoni Ribiero, DaCunha Ramos, Pires and Capela
1979:75 (M*, F*, P*, L*). ,
Type-loc: Ribiera do Mangue, Santiago Island, Cape Verde Republic (IHMT).
Cambournac, Petrarca and Coluzzi 1982:266 (syn.).

Bionomics
These species occur in a great variety of types of water; the most striking are the shallow, open sun-lit pools. Females readily enter houses and bite man both indoors and outdoors starting at sunset and peaking just at dawn (Gillies and de Meillon 1968).

Medical Importance
Primary malaria vector (Gillies and de Meillon 1968).

Additional References
Gillies and deMeillon 1968:208.
White 1975:311 (resurrected from syn. with gambiae; distr.).
Mattingly 1977:324 (tax.)
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