Anopheles jamesii

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Anopheles jamesii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Anopheles
Subgenus: Cellia
Species:
A. jamesii
Binomial name
Anopheles jamesii
Theobald, 1901

Anopheles (Cellia) jamesii is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles . It is found in India, and Sri Lanka, [1] Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a potential natural vector of bancroftian filariasis in Sri Lanka. [2]

The species is named after the malariologist S.P. James.

References

  1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. "jamesii Theobald". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 30 January 2017.