Anopheles cruzii
Species of mosquito
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Anopheles cruzii is the species of mosquito that mainly located in southern coast of Brazil, is main vector of malaria, Plasmodium vivax.[1]
| Anopheles cruzii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Anopheles |
| Subgenus: | Kerteszia |
| Species: | A. cruzii |
| Binomial name | |
| Anopheles cruzii Dyar and Knab, 1908 | |
It has been going through microevolution, which appears in its wing-shape and is correlated with urbanization.[2]