WRBU: Anopheles culicifacies

Author

Giles

1901b:197 (M, F).
Hoshangabad, [Central Provinces], India (BM)

Distribution

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen

Synonyms

adenensis Christophers
- 1924c:296 (A; as var.)
- Type-loc: Dar al-A'mir, Aden Hinterland, [West Aden Protectorate] (BM).
- Evans 1938:172 (M*, F*, P, L, E).
- deMeillon 1947b:99 (M*, F*, P*, L*).
  Mattingly and Knight 1956:95 (to ssp. status).
- Gillies and deMeillon 1968:104 (M*, F*, P, L*; tax.).
- Beidas and Gillies 1980:172 (E*).
- Harrison 1980:52 (syn.), 56 (lectotype design.)

indica Theobald
- 1901a:183 (F)
- Type-loc: Madras, India (BM)

listoni Giles
- 1901b:197 (M, F).
- Type-loc: Ellichpur, [Central Provinces], India (BM)

punjobensis James
- 1911. In James and Liston 1911:72 (A*; Myzomyia;as var.).
- Type-loc: Punjab, India (BM).

Bionomics

Larvae are found in fresh water irrigation ditches, rain pools, pools in riverbeds, freshly dug pits or holes and wells. Females avoid oviposition site with emergent vegetation. Larvae found between 35 and 960m. in Thailand; in Vietnam only over 914 and in Pakistan usually between 1524 - 1829 but also up to 2286m (Harrison 1980).

Medical Importance

Primary malaria vector (Harrison 1980)

Additional References

Christophers 1933:197 (M*, F*, P, L*, E; tax.).
Ross and Roberts 1943b:13 (M*, F*, L*).
Horsfall 1955:199 (review).
Viswanathan, Rao and Halgeri 1955:371 (biol.).
Harrison 1980:55 (lectotype design.).

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