“…Interest in better morphological characterization and in intrapopulational comparisons of Neotropical anopheline species has increased during the last few years, mostly focusing on characterization of cryptic species complexes (Conn 1993, Linley et al 1996, Lounibos et al 1998, Rosa-Freitas et al 1998, Manguin et al 1999, Calle et al 2002, Sallum et al 2002, Santos et al 2003. Most of these studies concern subgenus Nyssorhynchus species due to their major role in malaria transmission in South and Central America.…”