Anopheles crypticus Coetzee, 1995

1983. Anopheles coustani sp. B, Coetzee

TYPE LOCALITY: Johannesburg, South Africa.

Described and named as a new species by comparison with An. coustani based on fixed chromosomal inversion banding patterns and cross-mating characteristics showing male sterility and chromosomal asynapsis (Coetzee 1983, 1995).

DESCRIPTION:

The adult female is indistinguishable from An. coustani .

LARVAL HABITAT: Unknown.

ADULT BIOLOGY: The holotype specimen was collected resting inside a house. Other specimens were collected biting humans outdoors (unpublished data) .

DISTRIBUTION: Only known from South Africa: Johannesburg and Benoni, Gauteng Province. Also Fish Hoek in Western Cape Province, collected by B. de Meillon in 1934, identified by branching of the pupal setae (Coetzee 1995) .