Anopheles prachongae, a new species of the Gigas Complex of subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand, contrasted with known forms of the complex

Harbach, Ralph E.; Rattanarithikul, Rampa; Harrison, Bruce A.

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.3

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“…It should be noted that the syntype specimens do not have pale fringe spots. The variation of pale fringe spots in members of the Baileyi and Gigas Complexes was previously reported (Rattanarithikul et al 2006, Harbach et al 2017). Variation of pale fringe spots has also been observed in other Anopheles species, for example, species of the Funestus Group (see Harrison 1980) and species of the Hyrcanus Group (see Harrison and Scanlon 1975).…”

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A study of Anopheles monticola of the Baileyi Complex, Culex sasai, and Lutzia vorax (Diptera: Culicidae) in Yunnan Province, China

Zhou,

Phanitchakun,

Saingamsook

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Entomology

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This article deals with the morphological and molecular assessments of 3 species of mosquitoes collected in Yunnan Province, China, i.e Anopheles monticola Somboon, Namgay & Harbach, the only species of the Baileyi Complex identified, Culex sasai Kano, Nitahara & Awaya, and Lutzia vorax Edwards. Interestingly, some adult specimens of An. monticola exhibited a variant form in having pale fringe spots, as found in An. simlensis James, another species of the Baileyi Complex. Culex sasai was recorded for the first time in Yunnan and mainland China. The prevalence of Lt. vorax was confirmed, and previous records of Lt. halifaxii in China are regarded as misidentifications of Lt. vorax.

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A study of Anopheles monticola of the Baileyi Complex, Culex sasai, and Lutzia vorax (Diptera: Culicidae) in Yunnan Province, China

Zhou,

Phanitchakun,

Saingamsook

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Entomology

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“…Then, Antunes [65] proposed the Lophopodomyia subgenus, and Komp [66] elevated Kerteszia to subgenus level. More recently, Harbach et al [18] described the subgenus Baimaia, and Harbach & Kitching [8] resurrected Christya from synonymy with Anopheles. Currently, Anophelinae encompasses three genera, Anopheles, Bironella and Chagasia, with the genus Anopheles encompassing eight subgenera, of which four-Kerteszia, Lophopodomyia, Nyssorhynchus and Stethomyia-are primarily limited to the Neotropical Region [8,67] (table 1).…”

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“…Currently, the genus Anopheles is subdivided into eight subgenera ( [18]. The subgenus Christya occurs in the sub-Sahara [8], and includes two sylvatic species, Anopheles implexus (Theobald) and Anopheles okuensis Brunhes, Le Goff and Geoffroy.…”

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Phylogeny of Anophelinae using mitochondrial protein coding genes

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Malaria is a vector-borne disease that is a great burden on the poorest and most marginalized communities of the tropical and subtropical world. Approximately 41 species of Anopheline mosquitoes can effectively spread species of Plasmodium parasites that cause human malaria. Proposing a natural classification for the subfamily Anophelinae has been a continuous effort, addressed using both morphology and DNA sequence data. The monophyly of the genus Anopheles, and phylogenetic placement of the genus Bironella, subgenera Kerteszia, Lophopodomyia and Stethomyia within the subfamily Anophelinae, remain in question. To understand the classification of Anophelinae, we inferred the phylogeny of all three genera (Anopheles, Bironella, Chagasia) and major subgenera by analysing the amino acid sequences of the 13 protein coding genes of 150 newly sequenced mitochondrial genomes of Anophelinae and 18 newly sequenced Culex species as outgroup taxa, supplemented with 23 mitogenomes from GenBank. Our analyses generally place genus Bironella within the genus Anopheles, which implies that the latter as it is currently defined is not monophyletic. With some inconsistencies, Bironella was placed within the major clade that includes Anopheles, Cellia, Kerteszia, Lophopodomyia, Nyssorhynchus and Stethomyia, which were found to be monophyletic groups within Anophelinae. Our findings provided robust evidence for elevating the monophyletic groupings Kerteszia, Lophopodomyia, Nyssorhynchus and Stethomyia to genus level; genus Anopheles to include subgenera Anopheles, Baimaia, Cellia and Christya; Anopheles parvus to be placed into a new genus; Nyssorhynchus to be elevated to genus level; the genus Nyssorhynchus to include subgenera Myzorhynchella and Nyssorhynchus; Anopheles atacamensis and Anopheles pictipennis to be transferred from subgenus Nyssorhynchus to subgenus Myzorhynchella; and subgenus Nyssorhynchus to encompass the remaining species of Argyritarsis and Albimanus Sections.

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“…Another species of the Gigas Complex, An. prachongae Rattanarithikul & Harrison, 2017, was described subsequently. Species of the Gigas Complex are large mosquitoes found at higher elevations (≥ 1,000 m) in mountainous areas of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australasian Regions.…”

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The insupportable validity of mosquito subspecies (Diptera: Culicidae) and their exclusion from culicid classification

Harbach

Wilkerson

2023

Zootaxa

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Beginning about 80 years ago, the recognition of morphological varieties of mosquitoes was gradually replaced by the recognition of subspecies. As an examination of revisionary and detailed taxonomic studies of mosquitoes clearly shows, subspecies are untenable concepts which have been synonymized with nominotypical forms or recognized as distinct species. Thus, from our perspective, subspecies is not a functional or practical taxonomic rank. Consequently, in this study we critically assessed the taxonomic status of the 120 nominal taxa distinguished as subspecies before now to determine whether they should be recognized as separate species or synonymous names. As a result, 96 subspecies are formally elevated to specific rank, 22 are relegated to synonymy with nominotypical forms, one is considered a nomen dubium, one a species inquirenda and the names of four nominal species regarded as synonyms are revalidated. The subspecies and their new status are listed in a conspectus. The revalidated species include Anopheles argentinus (Brèthes, 1912), from synonymy with An. pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901c; An. peruvianus Tamayo, 1907, from synonymy with An. pseudopunctipennis as nomen dubium; Culex major Edwards, 1935, from synonymy with Cx. annulioris consimilis Newstead, 1907; and Trichoprosopon trichorryes (Dyar & Knab, 1907), from synonymy with Tr. compressum Lutz, 1905. Additionally, the type locality of Anopheles sergentii Theobald, 1907 is restricted to El Outaya, Biskra Province, Algeria. A complete list of species to be retained, added to or removed from the Encyclopedia of Life, with a few corrections, is provided.

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Anopheles prachongae, a new species of the Gigas Complex of subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand, contrasted with known forms of the complex

Cited by 804 publications

References 13 publications

A study of Anopheles monticola of the Baileyi Complex, Culex sasai, and Lutzia vorax (Diptera: Culicidae) in Yunnan Province, China

A study of Anopheles monticola of the Baileyi Complex, Culex sasai, and Lutzia vorax (Diptera: Culicidae) in Yunnan Province, China

Phylogeny of Anophelinae using mitochondrial protein coding genes

The insupportable validity of mosquito subspecies (Diptera: Culicidae) and their exclusion from culicid classification

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