Redescription of larva, pupa and adult of Anopheles (Anopheles) annulipalpis (Diptera: Culicidae) and the removal of the specie of the Cycloleppteron Series

ROSSI G. C.

IHERINGIA. SéRIE ZOOLOGIA

FUNDACAO ZOOBOTANICA RIO GRANDE SUL

Lugar: Porto Alegre; Año: 2017 vol. 107

0073-4721

 The redescription of male, female, pupa and larva of Anopheles (Anopheles) annulipalpis Lynch Arribálzaga, 1878 is presented. T he speciesis included in the Cycloleppteron Series of Anopheles, although several authors consider that this is artifi cial. The redescription of Anopheles annulipalpisde monstrate that pupae have laticorn trumpet. By  this fact is compared with An. grabhamii Theobald, 1901 and similar species of the Arribalzagia Seriesand Myzorhynchus Series. T he laticorn type of trumpet joined the other diff erences and similarities found are suffi  cient to remove An. annulipalpis ofCycloleppteron Series and included as an unplaced member of the Angusticorn Section.