Anopheles elegans

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Culicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Culicomorpha
Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Anophelinae
Tribus: Anophelini
Genus: Anopheles
Subgenus: Anopheles (Cellia)
Species: Anopheles elegans

Name

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Anopheles elegans (James, 1903)

Synonyms:

  • Anopheles (Cellia) elegans
  • Myzomyia(?) elegans James, 1903
  • Neomyzomyia elegans James & Stanton, 1912:59

Distribution

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Asia

  • India (Karnataka & Tamil Nadu)

References

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  • James S.P., 1903. Myzomyia(?) elegans. p.51. In: F.V. Theobald. 1903. A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes. Volume 3. London, British Museum (Natural History).
  • Choudhury D.S., Wattal B.L. and Ramakrishnan S.P., 1963. Incrimination of Anopheles elegans James (1903) as a Natural Vector of Simian Malaria in the Nilgiris, Madras State, India. Indian Journal of Malariology, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 243-7.
  • Sallum M.A.M., Peyton E.L. and Wilkerson R.C., 2005. Six new species of the Anopheles leucosphyrus group, reinterpretation of An. elegans and vector implications. Vectors of Diseases, Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2005, Pages 158-199, DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2005.00551.x.
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