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Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae): neotype designation and description
Leopoldo M Rueda1, E L Peyton, Sylvie Manguin
1Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, USA. ruedapol@msc.si.edu
Abstract:
Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations are provided for the adult male and female, male genitalia, pupal, and larval stages of Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald, a major vector of human malaria in Central and South America. Taxonomic and related literature records, diagnostic features, distribution, and bionomics of the species are included. A neotype male for the species from the type locality of Grenada is designated.
