Anopheles gambiae, refers to a complex of morphologically indistinguishable mosquitoes in the Anopheles genus, which contain the most important vectors of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the most efficient malaria vectors in the world. This species complex consists of An. arabiensis, An. merus, An. melas, An. quadriannulatus, and An. gambiae sensu strictu. Despite being morphologically indistinguishable, individual species of the Anopheles gambiae complex exhibit different behavioural traits. For example, the Anopheles quadriannulatus, is 'generally' considered to be zoophilic, (taking its blood meal from animals) whereas the Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is 'generally' anthropophilic. Identification to the individual species level using the molecular methods of Scott et al. (1993) can have important implications in subsequent control measures. Anopheles gambiae mosquito a PD image courtesy of The Public Health Image Library http://phil. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ... Suborders Nematocera (includes Eudiptera) Brachycera Diptera (di - two, ptera - wings), or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. ... This article is about the insect; for the WWII aircraft see De Havilland Mosquito. ... Some Species Anopheles beklemishevi Anopheles coustani Anopheles crypticus Anopheles farauti Anopheles forattinii Anopheles funestus Anopheles gambiae Anopheles grabhamii Anopheles hailarensis Anopheles halophylus Anopheles hyrcanus Anopheles kosiensis Anopheles maculipennis Anopheles minimus Anopheles moucheti Anopheles nili Anopheles ovengensis Anopheles pampanae Anopheles peytoni Anopheles quadrimaculatus Anopheles rennellensis Anopheles rivulorum Anopheles triannulatus Anopheles is... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... This article is about the insect; for the WWII aircraft see De Havilland Mosquito. ... Malaria (from Medieval Italian: mala aria — bad air; formerly called ague or marsh fever) is an infectious disease that is widespread in many tropical and subtropical regions. ...
Anophelesgambiae is one of the best known, because of its predominant role in the transmission of the most dangerous malaria tropica (Plasmodium falciparum).
Anophelesmosquitoes can be distinguished from other mosquitoes by the palps, which are as long as the proboscis, and by the presence of discrete blocks of fl and white scales on the wings.
Adult Anopheles can also be identified by their typical resting position: males and females rest with their abdomens sticking up in the air rather than parallel to the surface on which they are resting.
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