Anopheles subpictus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Anopheles subpictus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Anopheles |
| Subgenus: | Cellia |
| Species: | A. subpictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anopheles subpictus (Grassi, 1899) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Anopheles (Cellia) subpictus is a species complex of four species (A, B, C and D) of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles.[1]
The genus Anopheles has been subdivided into seven subgenera – Anopheles, Baimaia, Cellia, Kerteszia, Lophopodomyia, Nyssorhynchus and Stethomyia – based primarily on the number and positions of specialized setae on the gonocoxites of the male genitalia. Within the subgenus but above the level of species a number of additional taxonomic ranks have been created. While not officially recognised they are in widespread use. The full classification of this species complex is:
- Subgenus Cellia
- Series Pyretophorus
- Complex Anopheles subpictus
Bionomics
The larvae are typically found in fresh water or rainwater pools often near urban peripheries or rural houses. They are also found in barrow pits, buffalo wallows and artificial containers. Species B is the only species restricted to coastal brackish-water habitats. Species A, C, and D generally found in fresh-water sites.[2]
Geographic occurrence
It has been reported in nineteen countries of the Oriental and Australasian Zones and is an important vector of malaria in the Australasian Zone, Sulawesi, West Timor, South East Asia and Sri Lanka. It is most common anopheline in most parts of the Indian subcontinent and has a widespread distribution eastwards and southwards to Papua New Guinea, westwards to Iran and northwards to China.[3]
It has been reported from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mariana Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka[4] and Thailand.