Harbach Ralph E, Rattanarithikul Rampa, Harrison Bruce A
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK..
Zootaxa. 2017 Feb 21;4236(1):zootaxa.4236.1.3. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.3.
Anopheles (Anopheles) prachongae, a new species of the Gigas Complex from northern Thailand, is described and illustrated in the adult, pupal and larval stages, and bionomics and chaetotaxy tables are provided for the immature stages. The species is distinguished from Anopheles baileyi, the only other species of the complex known to occur in Thailand, and contrasted with other taxa of the complex that occur in the Oriental Region. Available morphological data indicate that An. gigas sumatrana is unique and is therefore formally afforded species status. The three other Sumatran subspecies may be conspecific. The taxonomic status of the non-Sumatran subspecies, i.e. crockeri (Borneo), formosus (Philippines), refutans (Sri Lanka) and simlensis (south-central Asia), is questioned but their status is unchanged pending further study.
描述并展示了采自泰国北部的巨蚊复合体新物种普拉琼按蚊（Anopheles (Anopheles) prachongae）的成虫、蛹和幼虫阶段，并提供了其未成熟阶段的生物学特性和毛序表。该物种与已知在泰国出现的该复合体的另一个物种贝利按蚊（Anopheles baileyi）相区别，并与东洋区该复合体的其他分类单元进行了对比。现有形态学数据表明，巨蚊指名亚种（An. gigas sumatrana）是独特的，因此正式赋予其物种地位。其他三个苏门答腊亚种可能是同种的。非苏门答腊亚种，即克罗克按蚊（crockeri，婆罗洲）、美丽按蚊（formosus，菲律宾）、反驳按蚊（refutans，斯里兰卡）和锡姆拉按蚊（simlensis，亚洲中南部）的分类地位受到质疑，但在进一步研究之前其地位不变。
