Studies on the Anopheles punctulatus complex I. Identification by proboscis morphological criteria and by cross-mating experiments

Abstract

The progeny of 150 females of the A. punctulatus complex, collected in Northern Australia, the Territory of Papua and New Guinea and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate were studied. Cross-matings showed that these Anopheles belonged to 4 species: A. punctulatus, A. koliensis and 2 species which were previously recognized as A. farauti and now provisionally designated A. farauti No. 1 and A. farauti No. 2.