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 namibiensis Coetzee, 1984 TYPE LOCALITY : Mahongo , Kavango District , Namibia . Described and named as a new species based on morphological characters of the adults, larva and pupa, and differences in chromosomal inversion banding patterns compared with An. ziemanni Grünberg, 1902 . DESCRIPTION: Wing length : 5.0 mm. Wing ( Fig. 5 ): Subcostal and preapical pale spots present, small; apical pale fringe spot rarely extending beyond wing tip of R 3 . Maxillary palpus : Shaggy, with four pale bands. Legs :Apex of foretibia and base of foretarsomere 1 always dark. Apex of hindtibia, base of hindtarsomere 1 and apices of hindtarsomeres 1 and 2 with pale spots at most 3 times as wide as diameter of the tarsomere; hindtarsomeres 4 and 5 pale, 0.5 of hindtarsomere 3 pale. LARVAL HABITAT: Vegetated pools and swamps in forested areas around Yaoundé, Cameroon ( Manga et al. 1997 ). ADULT BIOLOGY: Females were collected in cattle enclosures at the type locality ( Coetzee 1984 ). In Cameroon , human landing catches carried out in Simbock village, Yaoundé, yielded 10 An. namibiensis ( Manga et al. 1997 ) . The records of An. namibiensis from Cameroon ( Ayala et al. 2009 ) using pyrethrum spray catches in houses show it to be present in the western highlands, Adamaoua highlands and the central plateau near Yaoundé. DISTRIBUTION: Mahongo in Kavango District , northern Namibia ; Yaoundé, Cameroon . The Tanzanian distribution record given in Irish et al. (2020) is incorrect as Mahongo is in Namibia , not Tanzania .