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Anopheles
Anopheles (/əˈnɒfɪliːz/) is a genus of mosquito first described by the German entomologist J. W. Meigen in 1818, and are known as nail mosquitoes and marsh mosquitoes. Many such mosquitoes are vectors of the parasite Plasmodium, a genus of protozoans that cause malaria in birds, reptiles, and mammals, including humans. The Anopheles gambiae mosquito is the best-known species of marsh mosquito that transmits the Plasmodium falciparum, which is a malarial parasite deadly to human beings; no...
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Woodland Malaria Mosquito
speciesAnopheles punctipennis
Anopheles quadrimaculatus
complexAnopheles quadrimaculatus
Anopheles maculipennis
complexAnopheles maculipennis
Anopheles crucians
complexAnopheles crucians
Walker's Anopheles
speciesAnopheles walkeri
Anopheles bancroftii
speciesAnopheles bancroftii
Anopheles plumbeus
speciesAnopheles plumbeus
Anopheles atratipes
speciesAnopheles atratipes
Anopheles freeborni
speciesAnopheles freeborni
Anopheles earlei
speciesAnopheles earlei
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis
speciesAnopheles pseudopunctipennis
Anopheles franciscanus
speciesAnopheles franciscanus
Anopheles hyrcanus
speciesAnopheles hyrcanus
Anopheles perplexens
speciesAnopheles perplexens
Barber's Treehole Anopheles
speciesAnopheles barberi
Anopheles claviger
speciesAnopheles claviger
Anopheles sinensis
complexAnopheles sinensis
Anopheles ziemanni
speciesAnopheles ziemanni
Anopheles coustani
speciesAnopheles coustani
Anopheles algeriensis
speciesAnopheles algeriensis
Saltmarsh Anopheles
speciesAnopheles atropos
Anopheles tenebrosus
speciesAnopheles tenebrosus
Anopheles hermsi
speciesAnopheles hermsi
Anopheles occidentalis
speciesAnopheles occidentalis
Anopheles punctimacula
speciesAnopheles punctimacula
Anopheles lindesayi
speciesAnopheles lindesayi
Anopheles vestitipennis
speciesAnopheles vestitipennis
Anopheles apicimacula
speciesAnopheles apicimacula
Anopheles eiseni
speciesAnopheles eiseni
Anopheles neomaculipalpus
speciesAnopheles neomaculipalpus
Anopheles powelli
speciesAnopheles powelli
Anopheles pullus
speciesAnopheles pullus
Anopheles pseudostigmaticus
speciesAnopheles pseudostigmaticus
Anopheles stigmaticus
speciesAnopheles stigmaticus
Anopheles chiriquiensis
speciesAnopheles chiriquiensis
Anopheles marteri
speciesAnopheles marteri
Anopheles sineroides
speciesAnopheles sineroides
Anopheles aztecus
speciesAnopheles aztecus
Anopheles barbirostris
speciesAnopheles barbirostris
Anopheles peditaeniatus
speciesAnopheles peditaeniatus
Anopheles aitkenii
speciesAnopheles aitkenii
Anopheles gigas
speciesAnopheles gigas
Anopheles gabaldoni
speciesAnopheles gabaldoni
Anopheles hectoris
speciesAnopheles hectoris
Anopheles lesteri
speciesAnopheles lesteri
Anopheles bengalensis
speciesAnopheles bengalensis
Anopheles pseudopictus
speciesAnopheles pseudopictus
Anopheles barianensis
speciesAnopheles barianensis
Anopheles peytoni
speciesAnopheles peytoni
Anopheles pollicaris
speciesAnopheles pollicaris
Anopheles prachongae
speciesAnopheles prachongae
Anopheles pseudobarbirostris
speciesAnopheles pseudobarbirostris
Anopheles pseudosinensis
speciesAnopheles pseudosinensis
Anopheles pursati
speciesAnopheles pursati
Anopheles rachoui
speciesAnopheles rachoui
Anopheles saeungae
speciesAnopheles saeungae
Anopheles shannoni
speciesAnopheles shannoni
Anopheles simlensis
speciesAnopheles simlensis
Anopheles similissimus
speciesAnopheles similissimus
Anopheles sintonoides
speciesAnopheles sintonoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1450476.