Subfamily

Anophelinae (Anopheline mosquitoes)

Anopheles occidentalis. Photo: (c) Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Anopheles /əˈnɒfɪliːz/ (Greek anofelís: “useless”) is a genus of mosquito first described and named by J. W. Meigen in 1818. 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…

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Subtaxa

Genus: Anopheles (Malaria mosquitoes)

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