Anopheles atroparvus


		Author: Van Thiel 1927:389 (A; maculipennis var.). Bolsward, Friesland, Holland (NE). Distribution Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Synonyms cambournaci Roubaud and Treillard 1936:730 (F, L, E; as atroparvus race). Type-loc: Aquas de Moura Region, [Setubal], Portugal (?PIP) Bates 1940:354 (syn.). fallax* Roubaud 1934:740 (M, E; maculipennis* var.). Type-loc: Near Caen, [Calvados], Normandy, France (?PIP). Bates 1940:354 (syn.). Bionomics The larvae are found in brackish water along the coast from the southern Baltic to Spain and in inland salt springs and waters with high mineral content (Bates in Boyd 1949 and Hackett and Missirolli 1935). Medical Importance Primary malaria vector in ther Netherlands, Spain and Portugal (Bates in Boyd 1949). Additional References Hackett and Missiroli 1935:12, 23 (M, L, E: biol., distr.). Bates 1940:351 (to ssp. status). La Face, in Boyd 1949:439 (E). Rioux 1958:108 (E; tax.). Sicart and Ruffie 1960:635 (P). Kitzmiller, Frizzi and Baker 1967:158 (chromosomes). Bianchi 1968:221 (to sp. status). Fraccaro, Laudani, Marchi and Tiepolo 1976:27 (chromosomes)., Ramsdale and Snow 2000:2.

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