Classification of Anopheles claviger (Diptera, Culicidae) in north-eastern Italy
Zamburlini, R.
Parassitologia 40(3): 347-351
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-2951 PMID: 10376296 Document Number: 497434
The paper reports the results of a taxonomical study and some reservations on the ecology and bionomics of the Anopheles claviger complex of north-eastern Italy. In 1996 and 1997, 18 samples of larvae and pupae were collected in 15 localities of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and eastern Veneto regions, from sea level up to 200 m a.s.l.; 870 larvae and 114 pupae were examined and identified by morphological criteria. All samples and all individuals were assigned to the species An. claviger s. str. Abnormal setae 1-II were detected in some larvae; significant statistical differences were recorded among some samples for the larval characters setae 1-II, 2-IV and 2-V. The breeding sites were mainly originated by springs, which are abundant in the region. The species showed two generations per year, with overwintering as a larva.