Anopheles pallidus

Anopheles pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Culicoidea
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Anophelinae
Genus: Anopheles
Species: Anopheles pallidus
Theobald, 1901

Anopheles pallidus is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. It is found in India, and Sri Lanka[1] and Myanmar. It is a potential natural vector of bancroftian filariasis in Sri Lanka as well as Malaria and Babesiosis in other countries.[2]

References

  1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. Walton, C; Somboon, P; Harbach, RE; Zhang, S; Weerasinghe, I; O'Loughlin, SM; Phompida, S; Sochantha, T; Tun-Lin, W; Chen, B; Butlin, RK. "Molecular identification of mosquito species in the Anopheles annularis group in southern Asia". Med Vet Entomol. 21: 30–5. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00660.x. PMID 17373944.
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