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Alternative Title:
Zootaxa
Personal Author:
HARRISON, BRUCE A. ; RUIZ-LOPEZ, FREDDY ; FALERO, GUILLERMO CALDERON ; SAVAGE, HARRY M. ; PECOR, JAMES E. ; ... More +
HARRISON, BRUCE A. ; RUIZ-LOPEZ, FREDDY ; FALERO, GUILLERMO CALDERON ; SAVAGE, HARRY M. ; PECOR, JAMES E. ; WILKERSON, RICHARD C. Less -
Description:
The name Anopheles (Kerteszia) lepidotus Zavortink, commonly used for an important malaria vector in the eastern cordillera of the Andes, is here corrected to An. pholidotus Zavortink. We discovered that An. (Ker.) specimens from Peru, and reared-associated specimens from Ecuador, had unambiguous habitus characters that matched those on the male holotype of An. lepidotus. However, the specimens do not exhibit characters of the female allotype and female paratypes of An. lepidotus, which are actually An. pholidotus. Our specimens are the first correctly associated females of An. lepidotus, which allow us to provide a new morphological interpretation for the adult habitus of this species. This finding is also corroborated by molecular data from a portion of the Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) gene and ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (rDNA ITS2). The pupal stage of An. lepidotus is described for the first time, and additional larval characters are also noted. Diagnostic morphological characters for the adult, pupal, and larval stages of An. pholidotus are provided to separate the two species. All stages of An. lepidotus are easily separated from other currently known species in subgenus Kerteszia and a new key to the females of An. (Kerteszia) is given. Previously published distribution, bionomics, and medical significance data are corrected and enhanced.
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Anopheles Lepidotus Anopheles Pholidotus Article COI ITS2 Key Malaria Morphology Redescription
Source:
Zootaxa. 3218:1-17.
Pubmed ID:
26726290
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4696864
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; R01 AI054139/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; R01 AI054139/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States Less -
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CDC Public Access
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