“…Therefore, the holotype is considered lost. Marchon-Silva et al (1996) found two paratypes in the collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro: 1 female, with 4 labels -"Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) galvaoi Causey, Deane & Deane", "Paratype", "paratipos criados de ovos postos por femea capturada em Rio Branco, Acre, Brasil" [paratypes reared from eggs laid by female captured in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil], and "col. Inst O. Cruz no. 392".…”