Anopheles labranchiae

Author

• Falleroni
• 1926:564 (E*; claviger var.)
• [Pontine Marshes, Rome, Latium], Italy (LU)

Distribution

• Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Romania, Spain, Tunisia
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Synonyms

• pergusae  Missiroli
  • Missiroli 1935:333 (E; maculipennis ssp.).
  • Type-loc: Lake Pergusa, Enna Prov., Sicily (LU)
  • Bates 1940:352 (syn.).
• sicaulti Roubaud
  • Morocco
  • 1935a:107 (M*, L*, E*; maculipennis var.).
  • Type-loc: Near Rabat, French Morocco (?PIP)
  • Bates 1940:353 (syn. suggested).
  • White 1978:24 (from syn. with labranchiae), 25 (neotype desig.).
  • de Zulueta et al. 1983:73 (syn.)

Bionomics

• Larvae are found in clear, still and sunny habitats containing horizontal vegetation, algae, (Ranunculus, Chara, Myriophyllum, Ceratophyllum or Potamogeton). Habitats include large shallow spring flood pools, slow and stagnant streams, permanent swamps, marshes and rice fields (Aitken 1953). Females readily enter buildings to bite man and cattle (Aitken 1953).

Medical Importance

• Important vector of malaria in region. (Aitken 1953)

Additional References

• Bates 1940:354 (to sp. status).
• Aitken 1953:307 (A, P, L, E; biol.).

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