Anopheles (Anopheles) tenebrosus Döenitz, 1902

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Anopheles (Anopheles) tenebrosus Döenitz, 1902 View in CoL ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 )

Type locality. Wadi el Natrun, Egypt.

Distribution: This species occurs in the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions ( Wilkerson et al. 2021). In the Middle East and North Africa, it is found in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Oman, Palestine and Saudi Arabia ( Mattingly & Knight 1956; Minář 1991; White 1980; Wills et al. 1985; Harbach et al. 1989; Ramsdale 1990; Glick 1992; Morsy et al. 1995; Brunhes et al. 2000; Al Ahmad et al. 2011; Alahmed 2012; Tantely et al. 2016; Irish et al. 2020; Wilkerson et al. 2021). The species was recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia (as An. coustani var. tenebrosus ) by Mattingly & Knight (1956).

Remarks. Gillies & de Meillon (1968) described a dark-legged form of this species. As Glick (1992) mentioned, the postmedian dark scales on abdominal sternum VII are present in An. coustani and are occasionally absent in some specimens of An. tenebrosus , however the character is not reliable enough to distinguish the two species.

Medical importance. This species is involved in the transmission of human malarial parasites in areas of Africa ( Gillies & de Meillon 1968; Adugna et al. 1998; Tantely et al. 2016).

References

Adugna, N., Petros, B., Woldegiorgis, M., Tilahun, D. & Lulu, M. (1998) A study of the status of A. tenebrosus (Donitz, 1902) in the transmission of malaria in Sille, Southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 12, 75 - 80.

Alahmed, M. A. (2012) Mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia and their seasonal abundance. Journal King Saud University for Science, 24 (1), 55 - 62. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. jksus. 2010.12.001

Brunhes, J., Hassaine, K., Rhaim, A. & Hervy, J. - P. (2000) Les Culicides de l'Afrique mediterraneenne: especes presentes et repartition (Diptera, Nematocera). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 105 (2), 195 - 204. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 2000.16659

Gillies, M. T. & de Meillon, B. (1968) The Anophelinae of Africa South of the Sahara (Ethiopian Zoogeographical Region). Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, 54, 1 - 343.

Glick, J. I. (1992) IIustrated key to the female Anopheles of southwestern Asia and Egypt. Mosquito Systematics, 24 (2), 125 - 153. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 08989629208573811

Harbach, R. E., Harrison, B. A., Gad, A. M., Kenawy, M. A. & El-Said, S. (1989) Records and notes on mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in Egypt. Mosquito Systematics, 20 (3), 317 - 342. [for 1988]

Irish, S. R., Kyalo, D., Snow, R. W. & Coetzee, M. (2020) Updated list of Anopheles species (Diptera: Culicidae) by country in the Afrotropical Region and associated islands. Zootaxa, 4747 (3), 401 - 449. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4747.3.1

Mattingly, P. F. & Knight, K. L. (1956) The mosquitoes of Arabia. I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 4 (3), 91 - 141.

Minar, J. (1991) Family Culicidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 2. Psychodidae- Chironomidae. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest and Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 74 - 113. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 19910380404

Morsy, T. A., el Kadry A. A., Salama, M. M., Sabry, A. H. & el Sharkawy, I. M. (1995) Studies on the bionomics and vector competence of adult anopheline mosquitoes in El Faiyum Governorate, Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 25 (1), 213 - 244.

Ramsdale, C. D. (1990) Anopheles mosquitoes and imported malaria in Libya. Mosquito Systematics, 22 (1), 34 - 40.

Tantely, M. L., Le Goff, G., Boyer, S. & Fontenille, D. (2016) An updated checklist of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Madagascar. Parasite, 23, 20. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 2016018

White, G. B. (1980) Family Culicidae. In: Crosskey, R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 114 - 148.

Wilkerson, R. C., Linton, Y. - M. & Strickman, D. A. (2021) Mosquitoes of the world. Vols 1 and 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltomore, Maryland, 1308 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 021 - 04848 - 6

Wills, W. M., Jakob, W. L., Francy, D. B., Oertley, R. E., Anani, E., Calisher, C. H. & Monath, T. P. (1985) Sindbis virus isolations from Saudi Arabian mosquitoes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 79 (1), 63 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / 0035 - 9203 (85) 90238 - X