Author
- Linnaeus
- 1758:602 (A)
- Europe; Lapponia; America (USNM)
Distribution
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Mauritania, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Zimbabwe
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Synonyms
- bifurcatus Linnaeus
- 1758:603 (A [type = An. (Ano.) claviger)
- Type-loc: Europe (LSL)
- Natvig 1948:438 (syst.)
- Harbach, Dahl and White 1985:7 (lectotype desig.)
- fasciatus Mueller
- 1764:87 (A)
- Type-loc: none designated (LU)
- trifurcatus Fabricius
- luteus Meigen
- 1804:6 (F)
- Type-loc: Europe (NE)
- domesticus Germar
Bionomics
- Larvae are found in numerous and variable breeding places ranging
from highly polluted cesspits to clear water pools and containers. This
species usually breeds in stagnant water in either shaded or unshaded
situations. Females readily attack man both indoors and outdoors (Harbach
1988).
Medical Importance
- It has been found naturally infected with Sindbis virus and West Nile
viruses in Israel, West Nile and Rift Valley Fever in Egypt, and is a
primary vector of periodic Bancroftian filariasis (Harbach 1988).
Additional References
- Darsie 1951:34
(P*)
- Mattingly
1951b:331 (syst. review)
- Carpenter
and LaCasse 1955:284 (M*, F*, L*)
- Horsfall
1955:563 (general review).
- Mattingly and Knight 1956:102,120 (syst.)
- Lewis 1956b:710
(syst)
- Barr 1957a:153
(syst.)
- Bohart and
Washino 1957:463 (L*)
- Mattingly
1957c:686 (tax.)
- Rioux 1958:244
(M*,L*; tax.)
- Ribeiro and Mexia:1966:176 (tax.)
- Tewfik and
Barr 1974:216 (chromosomes; ? molestus)
- Bram 1975:347 (genetics)
- Rickenbach,
Eouzan, Ferrara and Bailly-Choumara 1976:96 (distr.)
- Utrio 1976:129,
135 (L*)
- Iglisch
1977:267 (M*)
- Harbach, Dahl
and White 1985:9 (neototype desig.)
- Harbach 1988:23
(M, F, P*, L*)
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