Afro-tropical anopheline mosquitoes. III. Description of three new species: Anopheles carnevalei sp. nov., An. hervyi sp. nov., and An. dualaensis sp. nov., and resurrection of An. rageaui Mattingly and Adam.

Jacques Brunhes (1) , Gilbert Le Goff (1) , Bernard Geoffroy (1)

1 IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Anopheles (Cellia) carnevalei sp. nov. is described as a new species morphologically similar to Anopheles nili. This aggressive human biter was collected in Ivory Coast. Anopheles (Cellia) hervyi sp. nov. was collected in southern Niger and is described as a new species morphologically similar to Anopheles salbaii. Anopheles (Cellia) dualaensis sp. nov. is a new species from Duala in southern Cameroon. The synonymy of Anopheles cavernicolus and Anopheles smithii is confirmed. Based on extensive reexamination of larval and adult morphology, the authors suggest that Anopheles (Cellia) rageaui Mattingly and Adam should no longer be considered as a synonymn of An. smithii.

Mots clés: anopheline; larva; adult; new species; new status; Africa

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Jacques Brunhes, Gilbert Le Goff, Bernard Geoffroy. Afro-tropical anopheline mosquitoes. III. Description of three new species: Anopheles carnevalei sp. nov., An. hervyi sp. nov., and An. dualaensis sp. nov., and resurrection of An. rageaui Mattingly and Adam.. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 1999, 15 (4), pp.552-558. ⟨hal-03362669⟩