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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• Alternative Title:
  Zootaxa
• Personal Author:
  HARRISON, BRUCE A. ; RUIZ-LOPEZ, FREDDY ; FALERO, GUILLERMO CALDERON ; SAVAGE, HARRY M. ; PECOR, JAMES E. ; WILKERSON, RICHARD C.
• 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.
• Keywords:
  Anopheles Lepidotus Anopheles Pholidotus 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 HHSUnited States/ ; R01 AI054139/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  3218
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:13ad29e4ff2fa4929a1220ceab6db5c4f6ab913aa83d875b3eb57273ffb7ae74
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