Anopheles stephensi

Author

• Liston
• 1901:441 (F*)
• Ellichpur, [Amaroati Dist., Central Prov.], India (BM)

Distribution

• Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand
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Synonyms

• folquei de Mello
  • 1918:363 (F*).
  • Type-loc: Pragana, Nagar Avely, Damao [Portuguese India] (IM).
• intermedia Rothwell
  • 1907:34 (M, F; Neocellia)
  • Type-loc: Deesa, [Bombay], India (BM).
• metaboles Theobald
  • 1902a:374 (F*).
  • Type-loc: Lahore, [Punjab, Pakistan] (BM).
• mysorensis Sweet and Rao
  • 1937:673 (E; as var.)
  • Type-loc: India (LU).
  • Rao, Sweet and Subba Rao 1938:262 (E*).
  • Puri, in Boyd 1949:495 (to ssp. status).
  • Rutledge, Ward and Bickley 1970:1024 (syn.).

Bionomics

• In urban areas the larvae are found in a wide variety of artifical containers, cisterns, wells, tubs and fountains. In the wild they are found in stream pools, stream margins, seepages, irrigation channels and springs. Females avidly bite man (Puri in Boyd 1949).

Medical Importance

• Primary malaria vector (Christophers 1933).

Additional References

• Senevet 1930:325 (P*).
• Christophers and Barraud 1931:179 (E*).
• Christophers 1933:273 (M*, F*, L*).
• Rao, Sweet and Subba Rao 1938:261 (E*).
• Pringle 1952:779 (L*; tax.).
• Aslamkhan 1971:147 (distr.).
  Aslamkhan, Aaqil and Hafeez 1972:29 (natural variation).
• Townsend 1990:136 (type info.).

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