Anopheles moucheti

Author

Evans

• 1925b:211
• Buta, [Orientale], Belgian Congo (CMT)

Distribution

• Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Sudan, Uganda, Zaire
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Synonyms

• nigeriensis
  • 1931a:138 (M, P, L*, E*)
  • deMeillon 1947b:156 (F, L*)
  • Gillies and deMeillon 1968:122 (as ssp.)
• bervoetsi Wanson and Berteaux 1954:33 (L*; as mortiauxi)
  • 1961:189 (M*, F*, L*)
  • Gillies and deMeillon 1968:4,100 (F*, L*; new status)
  • Brunhes et al. 1998b:397 (to ssp. status)

Bionomics

• Essentially a forest species, A. moucheti larvae are found along the borders of slow moving streams and large rivers or in pools or ponds... and are always found where the canopy is broken and there is some penetration of sunlight... a highly anthropophilic species readily entering houses to feed (Gillies and deMeillon 1968).

Medical Importance

• An important vector of malaria where it occurs in any abundance (Gillies and deMeillon 1968).

Additional References

• Wanson, Wolfs and Lebied 1947:39 (biology) deMeillon 1947b:153 (M*, F*, P, L*, E*)
• Service 1976:260 (distr.)

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