Anopheles (Cellia) epiroticus (Diptera: Culicidae), a new malaria vector species in the Southeast Asian Sundaicus Complex

Y-M Linton , I Dusfour (1) , T M Howard , F Ruiz L. , Nguyen Duc Manh , Trung Ho Dinh , T Sochanta , M Coosemans , R E Harbach

1 IRD [France-Sud] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Anopheles sundaicus species A of the Southeast Asian A. sundaicus complex is formally named Anopheles epiroticus Linton & Harbach based on DNA sequence differentiation of the whole nuclear ITS2 region and a portion of both the cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase I mitochondrial genes. Detailed comparative morphological studies of the adult, larval and pupal stages did not reveal any differential or diagnostic differences that reliably distinguish A. epiroticus from A. sundaicus s.s. Information is provided on the bionomics and systematics of the new species.

Mots clés: Anopheles sundaicus; Anopheles epiroticus; malaria vectors; systematics; Anopheles sundaicus

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Y-M Linton, I Dusfour, T M Howard, F Ruiz L., Nguyen Duc Manh, et al.. Anopheles (Cellia) epiroticus (Diptera: Culicidae), a new malaria vector species in the Southeast Asian Sundaicus Complex. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 2005, 95, pp.329 - 339. ⟨10.1079/ber2005364⟩. ⟨hal-03433412⟩