Anopheles triannulatus
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Authors: Maria Anice Mureb Sallum et al.
Source: Parasites and Vectors (2020), 13 art. 584 p. 6
Anopheles triannulatus Neiva & Pinto, 1922
This mosquito has a wide distribution in South America and parts of Central America, from Argentina to Nicaragua. It can be common in some areas. A. triannulatus is anthropophilic and can transmit malaria. It was epidemiologically implicated during outbreaks and has been found carrying the malaria parasites Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum, as well as P. malariae. However, the most common blood-meal hosts are apparently domestic animals and other mammals (e.g. Zimmerman et al., 2006).
A. triannulatus bites mainly during dusk and nighttime. It has been recorded as breeding in both permanent and temporary pools of fresh water. Taxonomically, it is considered a complex of 3 closely related species (e.g. see Silva-do-Nascimento & Lourenço-de-Oliveira, 2007 or Moreno et al., 2013).
Identification keys have been published in the following two articles: 1) for adult males, and 2) for fourth-instar larvae.
