Anopheles karwari

Anopheles karwari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Anopheles
Subgenus:	Cellia
Species:	A. karwari
Binomial name
Anopheles karwari James, 1903

Anopheles (Cellia) karwari is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles . It is found in India, and Sri Lanka, ^[1] Bangladesh, Sumatra, and Java. A. karwari is a member of the Maculatus Group and the second scarcest species reported from Indonesia. Female is blood sucking and involved in transmitting Plasmodium falciparum , thus an important malarial vector. It is considered a secondary vector in the Australian region, but its vectorial status in South-East Asia was unknown. ^[2]

Ecology

The species is found from both natural and man-made shady areas including marshes, small, slow-moving streams, seepages, ground and rock pools, springs, and rice fields.

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. Alam, Mohammad Shafiul; Khan, Md Gulam Musawwir; Chaudhury, Nurunnabi; Deloer, Sharmina; Nazib, Forida; Bangali, A Mannan; Haque, Rashidul (2010). "Prevalence of anopheline species and their Plasmodium infection status in epidemic-prone border areas of Bangladesh". Malaria Journal. 9: 15. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-15 . PMC   2841608 . PMID   20074326.

External links

• Kumar, A.; Hosmani, R.; Jadhav, S.; De Sousa, T.; Mohanty, A.; Naik, M.; Shettigar, A.; Kale, S.; Valecha, N.; Chery, L.; Rathod, P. K. (2016). "Anopheles subpictus carry human malaria parasites in an urban area of Western India and may facilitate perennial malaria transmission". Malaria Journal. 15: 124. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1177-x . PMC   4769513 . PMID   26919828.
• Alam, M. S.; Khan, M. G.; Chaudhury, N.; Deloer, S.; Nazib, F.; Bangali, A. M.; Haque, R. (2010). "Prevalence of anopheline species and their Plasmodium infection status in epidemic-prone border areas of Bangladesh". Malaria Journal. 9: 15. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-15 . PMC   2841608 . PMID   20074326.
• Hii, J. L.; Smith, T.; Mai, A.; Mellor, S.; Lewis, D.; Alexander, N.; Alpers, M. P. (1997). "Spatial and temporal variation in abundance of Anopheles (Diptera:Culicidae) in a malaria endemic area in Papua New Guinea". Journal of Medical Entomology. 34 (2): 193–205. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/34.2.193 . PMID   9103763.