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anopheles mosquito information​

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Anopheles (/əˈnɒfɪliːz/[1]) is a genus of mosquito first described and named by J. W. Meigen in 1818.[2] About 460 species are recognised; while over 100 can transmit human malaria, only 30–40 commonly transmit parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria in humans in endemic areas. Anopheles gambiae is one of the best known, because of its predominant role in the transmission of the most dangerous malaria parasite species (to humans) – Plasmodium falciparum.

Anopheles
Anopheles stephensi.jpeg
Anopheles stephensi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Culicidae
Subfamily:
Anophelinae
Genus:
Anopheles
Meigen 1818
Species
For a full description, see section Systematics and the main article: Taxonomy of Anopheles
Some important species are:

A. albimanus
A. arabiensis
A. barberi
A. bellator
A. crucians
A. cruzii
A. culicifacies
A. darlingi
A. dirus
A. earlei
A. freeborni
A. funestus
A. gambiae (Giles 1902)
A. introlatus
A. latens
A. maculipennis
A. moucheti
A. nili
A. punctipennis
A. quadrimaculatus
A. stephensi
A. subpictus
A. sundaicus
A. walkeri
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Anopheles range map
The name comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀνωφελής anōphelḗs 'useless', derived from ἀν- an-, 'not', 'un-' and ὄφελος óphelos 'profit'.[3][1]

Mosquitoes in other genera (Aedes, Culex, Culiseta, Haemagogus, and Ochlerotatus) can also serve as vectors of disease agents, but not human malaria.