Anopheles barbumbrosus

Anopheles barbumbrosus is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. It has 12-36 thin attenuated branches usually loose and separated out, which is a good indication to separate it from A. barbirostris.[1] It shows a marked zoophilic tendency, thus is a malaria vector, but with minor importance to humans. It is distributed throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka, They mostly live as an outdoor mosquito species, rarely found indoor places. Larva can be found in a variety of habitats including both partially shaded and sunlit fresh and slowly running water, grass-fringed streams to stagnant water pools and man-made place like rice fields.[2]

Anopheles barbumbrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Superfamily:
Culicoidea
Family:
Culicidae
Subfamily:
Anophelinae
Genus:
Anopheles
Species:
Anopheles barbumbrosus

Strickland & Chowdhury, 1927

References
  1. "Revised morphological identification key to the larval anopheline (Diptera: Culicidae) of Sri Lanka". Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. PMC 4025271. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "The Distribution and Bionomics of Anopheles Malaria Vector Mosquitoes in Indonesia". Research Gate. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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