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In addition to the anopheline species that were included in the key and descriptions for the Asian continent, many others could also be considered as primary malaria vectors but with a relatively restricted distribution (An. aconitus from India to Indonesia, An. arabiensis on the Arabian Peninsula, An. sacharovi from the Middle East to Afghanistan, An. sergentii 1 from the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan, An. superpictus 1 from the Middle East and Central Asia), or widely distributed secondary vectors such as the day biting An. pulcherrimus (from the Middle East through Central to South and East Asia) (Gutsevich et al. 1974; Anonymous 1999, http://www.wrbu.org), or even pests of a different territorial scale (An. superpictus, An. pulcherimus). An. multicolor 1 is considered to be of primary importance for Asia, hence is included in the key but described in Chap. 9.

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    Species described in Chaps. 9 and 10 concerning European mosquitoes.

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    Norbert Becker & Achim Kaiser

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Becker, N. et al. (2010). Asia. In: Mosquitoes and Their Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92874-4_12

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