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Review of the internal classification of the genus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae): the foundation for comparative systematics and phylogenetic research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Ralph E. Harbach
Ralph E. Harbach*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
*
R.E. Harbach, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
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Abstract

This paper presents a thorough review and a complete amalgamation, with some modification, of the internal classification of the genus Anopheles. Both formal and informal taxa are included. The classification is intended to aid researchers and students who are interested in analysing species relationships, making group comparisons and testing phylogenetic hypotheses. The genus includes 458 formally named and provisionally designated species divided among six subgenera. The largest subgenera, Anopheles, Cellia and Nyssorhynchus, are further divided into various descending informal groupings down to species level. These groupings include Sections, Series, Groups, Subgroups and Complexes. Other terms applied by some authors to levels of classification represented by these categories have been changed in order to establish a degree of uniformity in the application of informal group names within the genus. A few changes involving groups and species assignments have been made to eliminate duplicity or clarify concepts.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 331 - 342
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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