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Variations in palpal ornamentation of <em>Anopheles fluviatilis</em> species T and U (Diptera: Culicidae) and their taxonomic consequence

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Title Statement Variations in palpal ornamentation of <em>Anopheles fluviatilis</em> species T and U (Diptera: Culicidae) and their taxonomic consequence
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Sharma, Gunjan
Lather, Manila
Singh, Om P
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Anopheles minimus, Fluviatilis Complex, hypomelanism, malaria vectors, Minimus Complex, mosquitoes, Vector control
 
Summary, etc. <em>Anopheles fluviatilis sensu lato </em>James is a highly efficient malaria vector in Indian subcontinent and Iran which is comprised of at least four sibling species provisionally designated as species S, T, U and V. An important morphological characteristic for differentiation of this species complex from other closely related anopheline species complex, the Minimus Complex, is the ratio of length of subapical pale band to dark band intervening apical and subapical pale bands on the maxillary palps of female mosquito. Here, we report variation in the subapical pale band inĀ <em>An. fluviatilis</em>, especially in species U, to the extent that palps of some specimens resemble members of Minimus Complex, inferring that palpal ornamentation may not be reliable characteristics for identification of <em>An. fluviatilis</em>. Taxonomic consequence of such variation is discussed
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)
2020-12-31 00:00:00
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB); ##issue.vol## 58, ##issue.no## 01 (2020): IJEB [JANUARY 2020]
 
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