title: Illustrated key to the adult femaleAnopheles(Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes of Sri Lanka.
abstract: The identification of adult female anopheline mosquitoes is an important aspect in malaria surveillance and control strategy throughout the world, and taxonomic keys are being regularly revised and updated as new information becomes available. However, the currently available key to the anophelines of Sri Lanka is of limited use, because they were published more than 25 years ago. This paper presents an illustrated key for the identification of 23 adult femaleAnophelesmosquitoes which are currently recognized as local anopheline species in Sri Lanka.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: Nayana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gunathilaka
keywords: Anopheles; Vector