Incorrect year of publication - Anopheles gambiae

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(From helpdesk email. The user contacted Systema Dipterorum and they confirmed that Giles, 1900 must have been cited by mistake.)

the correct authority/publication date of Anopheles gambiae is Giles, 1902: http://www.diptera.org/Nomenclator/Details/4221

but Giles, 1900 is given both in the Catalogue of Life and GBIF apparently referring to the first and second edition of the handbook by Giles, respectively:

Giles, G.M. 1900. A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidae. 1st edn. 374 pp., 7 pls. London. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/181657#page/7/mode/1up Giles, G.M. 1902. A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidae together with descriptions of all species noticed up to the present date. 2nd edn. 530 pp., 17 pls. London. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35318#page/5/mode/1up

Anopheles gambiae is not mentioned in the first edition, but in the appendix on page 511–512 of the second edition there is a description of «20a. ANOPHELES GAMBIAE MS. name.» and on page 509 there is an illustration of the female wing of «An. Gambiae MS. name».

[camiplata]

Anopheles (Cellia) gambiae Giles, 1902 has been fixed on COL

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