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The synonymy of Anopheles christophersi, Theo., and A. indefinita, Ludl.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. S. Ludlow
C. S. Ludlow
Affiliation:
Army Medical Museum, Washington, D.C.
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For some time an Anopheline found in the eastern tropics has been accumulatingnames in a most unfortunate way, and as the mosquito has proven to be a very activecarrier of malaria, and I myself am partly to blame for this multiplication of names, it seems fit that I should try to untangle the synonymy.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , September 1915 , pp. 155 - 157
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1915

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References

page 155 note * Giles, G.M.—Gnats or Mosquitos. 1st Edition.Google Scholar

page 155 note † Ludlow, C. S.—Mosquitos of the Philippine Islands, the distribution of certain species, and their occurrence in relation to certain diseases, 1908.Google Scholar

page 156 note * Banks, C. S.—“A new Philippine Malaria Mosquito,” Phil. Journ. So., ix, Sec. D, no.4, Aug. 1914.Google Scholar

page 156 note † Walker, E. L., and Barber, M. A—“Malaria in the Philippines” Phil. Journ. Sc., ix, Sec. B, no. 5, Sept. 1914.Google Scholar

page 156 note ‡ [Mr. F. W. Edwards has kindly supplied the following note on this species:—“ Since publishing my views on the synonymy of this species (Bull. Ent. Res., iv, p. 222) I have come to the conclusion that the oldest name for it is A. minimus, Theo. It is very common at Hong-Kong, and there is no other Hong-Kong species which answers at all to Theobald's description. The name christophersi must therefore be dropped; this is fortunate as it will avoid any confusion with listoni. The Malayan A. aconitus, Don. (= albirostris, Theo.) is probably a geographical form of A. minimus, differing only in having the apical half of the proboscis pale on the upper as well as on the under side. This difference however appears to be constant.”—ED.]

page 157 note * [Concerning this point Mr. Edwards now says:—“ This view cannot be strictly maintained. I have recently examined specimens of the true A. rossi from the Philippines, and of the var. indefinitus from Pusa, Bengal. The latter is chiefly distinguished by the much broader white band at the tip of the female palpi.”—ED.]

page 157 note † Christophers, S. R.—“ Malaria in the Andamans,” Sci. Mem. by Off. of Med. and San. Depts. Govt. of India (New Series), No. 56.

page 157 note ‡ Strickland, C.–“The comparative Morphology of the Anophelines Nyssomyzomyia ludlowi, Theob., and Nyssomysomyia rossi, Giles,” Bull. Ent. Research, v, pt. 4, March 1915.Google Scholar

page 157 note § [Mr. Strickland has recently written to say that the insect called by him Nyssomyzomyia rossi, Giles, in the paper referred to, is undoubtedly N. rossi var. indefinita, Ludl.—Ed.]