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Anopheles (Kerteszia) lepidotus (Diptera: Culicidae), not the malaria vector we thought it was: Revised male and female morphology; larva, pupa, and male genitalia characters; and molecular verification
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3 1 2012
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Source: Zootaxa. 3218:1-17
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Alternative Title:Zootaxa
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Description:The name | Zavortink, commonly used for an important malaria vector in the eastern cordillera of the Andes, is here corrected to | Zavortink. We discovered that | specimens from Peru, and reared-associated specimens from Ecuador, had unambiguous habitus characters that matched those on the male holotype of | However, the specimens do not exhibit characters of the female allotype and female paratypes of |, which are actually |. Our specimens are the first correctly associated females of |, 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 | (| gene and ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (rDNA ITS2). The pupal stage of | is described for the first time, and additional larval characters are also noted. Diagnostic morphological characters for the adult, pupal, and larval stages of | are provided to separate the two species. All stages of | are easily separated from other currently known species in subgenus | and a new key to the females of |. (|) is given. Previously published distribution, bionomics, and medical significance data are corrected and enhanced.
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Pubmed ID:26726290
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4696864
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