• There are 112 genera of mosquitoes, containing approximately 3,500 species. Human malaria is transmitted only by females of the genus Anopheles. Of the...
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    around 79 million years ago. P. burmanicus has been assigned to the Anophelinae, indicating that the split between this subfamily and the Culicinae took...
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    Anopheles (with a nearly worldwide distribution) belongs to the subfamily Anophelinae alongside two other genera: Bironella (restricted to Australia) and Chagasia...
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  • Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the...
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    Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Culicidae Subfamily: Anophelinae Genus: Anopheles Species complex: A. gambiae sensu lato Species: A. arabiensis...
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    recently on DNA sequences. The genus Anopheles belongs to a subfamily Anophelinae with three genera: Anopheles Meigen (nearly worldwide distribution),...
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  • Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Superfamily: Culicoidea Family: Culicidae Subfamily: Anophelinae Genus: Anopheles Species: Anopheles gigas Giles, 1901...
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  • Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Superfamily: Culicoidea Family: Culicidae Subfamily: Anophelinae Genus: Anopheles Species: Anopheles reidi Harrison, 1973...
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  • Order: Diptera Superfamily: Culicoidea Family: Culicidae Subfamily: Anophelinae Genus: Anopheles Species: Anopheles barbumbrosus Strickland & Chowdhury...
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  • Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Superfamily: Culicoidea Family: Culicidae Subfamily: Anophelinae Genus: Anopheles Species: Anopheles varuna Iyengar, 1924...
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