Anopheles (Anopheles) forattinii: a new species in Series Arribalzagia (Diptera: Culicidae).
Anopheles (Anopheles) forattinii new species, a member of the Series Arribalzagia, is described with illustrations of the larval and pupal stages, and male and female genitalia. It is contrasted with 2 similar species, An. (Anopheles) costai Fonseca & Ramos and An. (Anopheles) mediopunctatus (Lutz). This species, and An. costai, occur over much of South America where both have been misidentified as An. mediopunctatus, a species presently only known from southeastern Brazil.
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Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male