Notes on the holotype of Anopheles marajoara Galvão & Damasceno (Diptera, Culicidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Luana Senise¹  Maysa Tiemi Motoki¹  Maria Anice Mureb Sallum¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Saúde Pública Departamento de EpidemiologiaSão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: Anopheles albitarsis Complex;    Culicidae;    holotype;    Nyssorhynchus;    Complexo Anopheles albitarsis;    Culicidae;    holótipo;    Nyssorhynchus;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262006000400003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

During studies on the dynamics of malaria transmission in Marajó Island, State of Pará, Brazil, Galvão & Damasceno (1942) collected a single specimen of a new species that they named Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) marajoara Galvão & Damasceno, 1942. Now, examining genitalia slide associated to the holotype, we observed that the ventral claspette of the male genitalia is distinct from those of all other species of the Argyritarsis Section and consequently from members of the complex Anopheles albitarsis Lynch Arribalzaga, 1878. The male genitalia of the slide belong to a specimen of Anopheles aquasalis Curry, 1932, nevertheless, it was originally labeled as Anopheles marajoara. To solve this problem, we are setting aside the male genitalia slide associated with the holotype of Anopheles marajoara and excluding it from the type material. Illustrations of the male genitalia and adult male are included.

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