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Published: 2009-11-23
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Neotype designation and redescription of adult male and immature stages of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) pictipennis (Philippi) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Instituto de Entomología, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación , Santiago, Chile
Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo. Brazil
Diptera Neotype Nyssorhynchus distribution morphology Chile

Abstract

A neotype is designated for Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) pictipennis (Philippi) and morphological redescriptions are provided for the adult male, male genitalia, fourth-instar larva and pupa. All specimens, including the neotype were collected in Río Mapocho, Santiago, Chile in 1945 / 1946, and were deposited in the Entomological Collection of Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo (FSP-USP), Brazil. The neotype was previously invalidly designated the allotype of An. pictipennis by Lane and Neghme (1946). Illustrations are provided for diagnostic characteristics of the male genitalia, and larval stage.

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