Anopheles aquasalis Curry 1932

Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) aquasalis Curry

This species was described from Panama, and it is found from Nicaragua and the island of Antigua to Ecuador and the State of São Paulo, Brazil. It is primarily a coastal species, breeding in brackish water, although it may be found in salt marshes, mangrove swamps, ditches, and the shallow margins of rivers breeding in the open sun. This may be an important malaria carrier and will feed on man both indoors and outside, but it is primarily a zoophilic species on domestic animals. It is most active at dusk and will bite all night. It has a flight range up to nearly 5 miles.

DOMINICA RECORDS.—Cabrits Swamp, light trap, 23 February 1965 (Wirth), 54 ♀ 5 ♂ ; Clarke Hall, 21–28 February, light trap (Wirth), 2 ♀ ; 21–31 March, light trap (Wirth), 1 ♀ ; Portsmouth, 2 March 1964, at light (Bray); 19–21 October 1966 (Gurney), 1 ♀.