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Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles amharicus, new members of the Anopheles gambiae complex
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Coetzee, Maureen, Hunt, Richard H., Wilkerson, Richard, Torre, Alessandra Della, Coulibaly, Mamadou B., Besansky, Nora J. (2013): Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles amharicus, new members of the Anopheles gambiae complex. Zootaxa 3619 (3): 246-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.2
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