Literature review of the systematics, biology and role in malaria transmission of species in the Afrotropical Anopheles subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) Author Coetzee, Maureen text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-04 5133 2 182 200 journal article 55700 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.2.2 ab46536f-264d-4372-b58e-c16649a0dd75 1175-5326 6521605 A227A794-4435-4FBE-B021-45EF51C56203 Anopheles symesi Edwards, 1928 TYPE LOCALITY : Kisumu , Kenya . DESCRIPTION: Wing length : 5.5 mm . Wing ( Fig. 8a ): All pale scales yellow. Subcostal and preapical pale spots present; apical pale fringe spot extending from R 2 to R 4+5 ; basal 0.5 of CuA entirely pale. Maxillary palpus : Shaggy, with four pale bands. Legs ( Fig. 8b ): Apex of hindtibia dark or with a few pale scales; hindtarsomeres 1 and 2 entirely dark, 3 largely or entirely pale, 4 pale, 5 pale basally or entirely dark. LARVAL HABITAT: Dense papyrus swamps along the shores of Lake Victoria. ADULT BIOLOGY: Very little known. Rarely captured in habitations. In 2009, Osman et al . (2014) collected a single female by pyrethrum-spray catch in South Darfur State of Sudan . DISTRIBUTION: Confined mainly to a narrow belt from southern Sudan to the northern shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Albert and as far south as Katanga in the DRC ( Gillies & de Meillon 1968 ).