Anopheles strodei

Anopheles • Culicidae • Diptera (medical/veterinary) • veterinary/medical pests • pests-diseases-weeds

Literature database
30 articles sorted by:
• year (recent ones first)
• research topics
• countries/regions

Anopheles strodei female: - 181) forewing, 182) maxillary palpus, 183) hind leg, 184) terminalia of male (click on image to enlarge it)
Authors: Adriana Beltrán-Aguilar, Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal, Fredy Mendoza-Palmero, César A. Sandoval-Ruiz & Ruth A. Hernández-Xoliot
Source: Acta zoológica mexicana (2011) 27 p. 733

Anopheles strodei morphology of larva - 175) head, 176) thorax, 177) abdomen (click on image to enlarge it)
Authors: Adriana Beltrán-Aguilar, Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal, Fredy Mendoza-Palmero, César A. Sandoval-Ruiz & Ruth A. Hernández-Xoliot
Source: Acta zoológica mexicana (2011) 27 p. 729

Anopheles strodei Root, 1926

This mosquito is found in South America and is regarded as a secondary malaria vector. It has been recorded to be naturally infected with Plasmodium vivax. While A. strodei bites humans, it rarely enters houses and is actually reported to have a preference for cattle and pigs. It breeds in ponds, lakes, ditches, water tanks or other water containers, often associated with vegetation.

A. strodei is part of a complex of several closely related species which are difficult or impossible to distinguish morphologically (e.g. see Bourke et al., 2013). Among others, this species complex includes Anopheles rondoni.

Identification keys have been published in the following two articles: 1) for adult females, and 2) for adult males.

Synonyms:
Nyssorhynchus strodei