A morphological identification key to the mosquito disease vectors of the Pacific
Gyawali, Narayan, Russell, Tanya L., Burkot, Thomas R., and Devine, Gregor J. (2025) A morphological identification key to the mosquito disease vectors of the Pacific. Austral Entomology, 64 (1). e70003.
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Abstract
An identification guide is provided for female adults of the mosquito groups, complexes or species that can be morphologically differentiated and that are likely to transmit arboviruses (e.g., dengue, Zika, chikungunya, Ross River and Japanese encephalitis) or parasites (e.g., Plasmodium spp. and Wuchereria bancrofti) in the Pacific Islands, countries and territories. This dichotomous key is adapted, with permissions, from a variety of text and image sources to facilitate the identification of disease vectors by individuals with limited taxonomic training including Pacific island country Vector Surveillance and Environmental Health officers, other public health officials and students.
| Item ID: | 88325 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2052-1758 |
| Keywords: | Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, identification, morphology, mosquitoes, Pacific Islands, taxonomy |
| Copyright Information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Austral Entomology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Entomological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2026 05:41 |
| FoR Codes: | 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3109 Zoology > 310913 Invertebrate biology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200104 Prevention of human diseases and conditions @ 100% |
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