Anopheles (Cellia) fontenillei Rahola, Paupy & Ayala, 2024

Rahola, N., Paupy, C. & Ayala, D., 2024, Description of Anopheles fontenillei n. sp. (Diptera: Culicidae) from La Lopé National Park, Gabon, Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157, pp. 21-22 : 21

Anopheles (Cellia) fontenillei Rahola, Paupy & Ayala , new species

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Differential diagnosis: This species belongs to the Gambiae Complex and therefore cannot be morphologically differentiated from other members of this species complex. The species falls in Section IV, paragraph 3 of the key from Coetzee (2020): abdominal segments without laterally projecting tufts of scales; hind tarsomeres 4 and 5 not entirely pale; legs speckled, sometimes sparsely; maxillary palpus with 3 pale bands with apical dark spot about equal to or longer than apical pale band; 2nd main dark area on wing vein 1 with 1 pale interruption; 3rd main dark area of wing vein 1 with a pale interruption, sometimes fused with preceding pale spot; scaling on abdomen very scanty, confined to tergum VIII or rarely VII.

This species can be separated from other members of the Gambiae Complex by exclusively genomic analyses. See Barron et al. (2019) for genomic details and a complete morphological description.

Etymology: We dedicate this species to our dear colleague Didier Fontenille, who is contributing greatly to the study of mosquitoes and medical entomology in Africa.

Type material: Holotype: “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°3, female: Gabon, Lopé National Park , SEGC Bosquet buffle proche station” (S0.19773°; E11.60041°, 264 m) 12/06/2015, human landing capture, one slide with the mounting of the wing and one slide with the hind leg are associated and recorded as “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°3 wing” and “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°3 hind_leg” respectively. Deposited in the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France. Paratypes deposited in the same institution with the labels as follows: “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°1, female, LOP40 , 02/02/2016, larval rearing, La Lopé National Park, Gabon ” and a slide of the wing recorded as “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°1 wing” ; “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°2, female, LOP40 , 02/02/2016, larval rearing, La Lopé National Park, Gabon ” and a slide of the wing recorded as “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°2 wing” ; “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°473, female, LOP40 (S0.20336°; E11.60197°), 02/02/2016, larval rearing, La Lopé National Park, Gabon ” ; “ An. fontenillei n.sp. N°781, female, LOP51 (S0.20356°; E11.60281°), 09/02/2016, larval rearing, La Lopé National Park, Gabon.”