我国嗜人按蚊订正为雷氏按蚊的学术探讨

Historical Review on the Classification and Rectification of Anopheles anthropophagus to An. lesteri in China

本文对我国重要传疟媒介嗜人按蚊和雷氏按蚊的分类地位和学名使用作了历史性回顾和探讨。根据当前我国文献记载,已具有充足的形态学和分子生物学论据,表明嗜人按蚊为雷氏按蚊的同物异名,订正并恢复使用雷氏按蚊学名已刻不容缓。

This paper deals with the taxonomic status and specific names of Anopheles anthropophagus and An. lesteri, the important malaria transmitting vector in China. Based on a historical review of the literature recorded from the country, substantial evidence from morphological and molecular biological studies gives reason to convince that An. anthropophagus is a synonym of An. lesteri. A resurrection of the specific name of An. lesteri Baisas et Hu, 1936 brooks no delay.