title: Illustrated key to the female anopheline mosquitoes of Central America and Mexico.
abstract: An illustrated key to the female anopheline mosquitoes of Central America from western Panama to the southern border of the United States is presented with a taxonomic summary and distribution table. Thirty-nine species and one subspecies are treated: Chagasia (1), Anopheles (Anopheles) (25 and one subspecies), An. (Kerteszia) (2), An. (Lophopodomyia) (1), An. (Nyssorhynchus) (9) and An. (Stethomyia) (1).
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Wilkerson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strickman
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Litwak
mesh_terms: D000716:Anatomy, Artistic; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D002489:Central America; D005260:Female; D008800:Mexico; D013045:Species Specificity