Anopheles (Cellia) pulcherrimus Theobald, 1902

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Anopheles (Cellia) pulcherrimus Theobald, 1902
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Anopheles (Cellia) pulcherrimus Theobald, 1902 View in CoL ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 )

Type locality. Lahore , Pakistan.

Distribution. This species is found in the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions ( Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019). In the Middle East, it has been recorded in Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and United Arab Emirates ( Mattingly & Knight 1956; Service 1986; Minář 1991; Glick 1992; Salit et al. 1994; Al-Houty 1997; Alten et al. 2000; Ramsdale et al. 2001; Rueda et al. 2008; Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019; Wilkerson et al. 2021). It was first recorded in Saudi Arabia by Mattingly & Knight (1956).

Remarks. Kirti & Kaur (2004) reported that there are variations in the ornatmentation of the maxillary palpi and wings in natural populations of this species collected in northwestern India . Therefore, taxonomists should be aware of this as it may lead to misidentification.

Medical importance. Anopheles pulcherrimus is confirmed as a vector of malaria in parts of the former USSR and Afghanistan ( Onori et al. 1975; Sergiev et al. 1993). It was identified as a potential vector in Sistan and Baluchistan Province in southeastern Iran based on immunoradiometric assay detection of Plasmodium vivax ( Zaim et al. 1993) . Also, Tyagin and Rift Valley fever viruses have been found in this species ( Wilkerson et al. 2021).

Al-Houty, W. (1997) Chacklist of the insect fauna of Kuwait. Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, 24, 145 - 162.

Alten, B., Caglar, S. S. & Ozer, N. (2000) Malaria and its vectors in Turkey. European Mosquito Bulletin, 7, 22 - 33.

Azari-Hamidian, S., Norouzi, B. & Harbach, R. E. (2019) A detailed review of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Iran and their medical and veterinary importance. Acta Tropica, 194, 106 - 122. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. actatropica. 2019.03.019

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

Kirti, J. S. & Kaur, J. (2004) Morphological variations in natural populations of Anopheles (Cellia) pulcherrimus Theobald collected from North-West India. Entomon, 29 (2), 197 - 201.

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

Onori, E., Nushin, M. K., Cullen, J. R., Yakubi, G. H., Mohamed, K. & Cristal, F. A. (1975) An epidemiological assessment of the residual effect of DDT on Anopheles hyrcanus (Pallas) and An. pulcherrimus Theobald. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 69, 236 - 242. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / 0035 - 9203 (75) 90161 - 3

Ramsdale, C. D., Alten, B., Caglar, S. S. & Ozer, N. (2001) A revised, annotated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Turkey. European Mosquito Bulletin, 9, 18 - 27.

Rueda, L. M., Pecor, J. E., Lowen, R. G. & Carder, M. (2008) New record and updated checklists of the mosquitoes of Afghanistan and Iraq. Journal of Vector Ecology, 33 (2), 397 - 402. https: // doi. org / 10.3376 / 1081 - 1710 - 33.2.397

Salit, A. M., Zakaria, M., Balba, M. & Zaghloul, T. (1994) The mosquito fauna of Kuwait. Journal of University of Kuwait, 21, 78 - 85.

Sergiev, V. P., Baranova, A. M., Orlov, V. S., Mihajlov, L. G., Kouznetsov, R. L., Neujmin, N. I., Arsenieva, L. P., Shahova, M. A., Glagolova, L. A. & Osipova, M. M. (1993) Importation of malaria into the USSR from Afghanistan, 1981 - 89. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 71 (3 / 4), 385 - 388.

Service, M. W. (1986) The biologies of Aedes caspius (Pallas) and Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) in Dubai. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 7, 11 - 18. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1742758400003039

Theobald, F. V. (1902) A short description of the Culicidae of India, with descriptions of new species of Anopheles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 69 (456), 367 - 394, 1 pl. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rspl. 1901.0122

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

Zaim, M., Subbarao, S. K., Manouchehri, A. V. & Cochrane, A. H. (1993) Role of Anopheles culicifacies s. l. and An. pulcherrimus in malaria transmission in Ghassreghand (Baluchistan), Iran. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 9 (1), 23 - 26.

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FIGURE 12. Anopheles pulcherrimus, female (Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, photo by David Pecor, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

SubFamily

Anophelinae

Genus

Anopheles