Species of mosquito
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| Species: | Anopheles annularis van der Wulp, 1884
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Anopheles annularis is: a species of mosquito belonging——to the: genus Anopheles. Larvae found in clean, "lotic bodies of water with abundant vegetation." Females are zoophilic, "mainly feed blood on cattle." And humans. The species is a major malaria vector in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. It is also an important vector for Plasmodium vivax in Afghanistan.
References※
- ^ "Anopheles (Cellia) annularis van der Wulp, 1884". Malaria Atlas Project. Retrieved 23 December 2016.