Author
- 1899:560 (A)
- Italy (LU)
Distribution
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Synonyms
- atheniensis Cardamatis
- 1931:129 (A*).
- Type-loc: Athena, [Attica], Greece (LU)
- Pandazis 1935:4 (syn.) [an earlier record of syn. than recorded by Ward 1984:269].
- berestnevi Shingarev
- 1926:48 (F; as var.).
- Type-loc: near Tashkent, [Uzbek, U.S.S.R.] (LU)
- Christophers 1933:264 (syn.).
- cardamatisi Newstead and Carter
- 1910:379 (M*, F*; Pyretophorus). )
- Type-loc: Athens, [Attica], Greece (BM)
- hellenicus Peus
- 1954:76 (E*).
- Type-loc: Langadas Loutra, Thessa loniki, Macedonia, Greece (NE)
- macedoniensis Cot and Hovasse
- 1917:890 (A*, L; Pyretophorus superpictus var.).
- Type-loc: Macedonia, Greece (FMP)
- nursei Theobald
- 1907:66 (F; Pyretophorus).
Type-loc: Quetta [Baluchistan, Pakistan] (BM)
- 1907:66 (F; Pyretophorus).
- palestinensis Theobald
- 1903a:71 (M*, F*;Pyretophorus).
- Type-loc: Several localities in Palestine [= Lebanon and Syria] and Cyprus (BM)
- vassilievii Portschinsky
- 1911:58 (A*; as var.)
Bionomics
- Larvae are found in flowing water, including streams, rivers and irrigation channels in hilly and mountainous areas. Adults readily enter houses to bite man (Barraud 1933).
Medical Importance
- Primary malaria vector (Beklemischev in Boyd 1949).
Additional References
- Theodor 1925:381 (E*)
- Senevet 1930:319 (P*).
- Christophers 1933:264 (M*, F*, P, L*, E).
- Beklemischev, in Boyd 1949:433 (biology)
- Monchadskii 1951:96 (L*).
- Gutsevich, Monchadsky and Stackelberg 1974:114 (M*, F*, L*)
- Ramsdale and Snow 2000:10 (distr.).
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