Taxonomic Study of Species Formerly Identified asAnopheles mediopunctatusand Resurrection ofAn. costai(Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract

Anopheles (Anopheles) mediopunctatus (Lutz) and Anopheles (Anopheles) costai Fonseca & Ramos are redescribed with illustrations of the male genitalia and larval and pupal stages. The pupa of An. costai has paired lateral projections on the wing case, a feature also known in members of the Umbrosus Group from Southeast Asia. An. costai is resurrected from the synonymy of An. mediopunctatus based on features of the male genitalia, larva, and pupa, and An. bonneorum Fonseca & Ramos (emended from bonnei) is considered to be a new synonym of An. costai. It is noted that the author of An. mediopunctatus is Lutz, not Theobald, as cited in most literature references.

Malaria vectors in the municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil

“…mediopunctatus s.l. Theobald, 1903 (now a complex of three species - Sallum et al 1999) and An. triannulatus (Neiva and Pinto, 1922) are considered to be potentially regional vectors (Arruda et al 1986, Tadei et al 1988, Deane 1988, Lourenço-de-Oliveira et al 1989, Klein et al 1991, Branquinho et al 1996 and, more recently, An.…”

First record of Anopheles (Anopheles) costai Fonseca & Ramos, 1939 in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

“…It was described by FONSECA & RAMOS, in 1939 6 based on specimens collected in São Vicente municipality, São Paulo State. Recently, SALLUM et al 15 8,9 showed that specimens of An. costai that were misidentified as An.…”

Night and crepuscular mosquitoes and risk of vector-borne diseases in areas of piassaba extraction in the middle Negro River basin, state of Amazonas, Brazil

“…Because we collected only adult females, it was not possible to identify the specimens correctly. According to Sallum et al (1999) and Wilkerson and Sallum (1999), it is necessary to examine characteristics of the immature stages and male terminalia to discriminate among Anopheles costai, Anopheles forattini and An. mediopunctatus.…”