Biology:Anopheles aitkenii

From HandWiki
Revision as of 12:42, 24 July 2021 by imported>MainAI5 (linkage)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of fly

Anopheles aitkenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Genus:
Species:
Anopheles aitkenii

James, 1903

Anopheles aitkenii is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. The species group (Reid and Knight, 1961) is composed of forest forms with small unornamented brown adults, where the females usually indistinguishable. Female feed on vertebrate blood and known to cause simian malaria and filariasis.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13854048 entry