Anopheles varuna

Anopheles varuna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Anopheles
Subgenus:	Cellia
Species:	A. varuna
Binomial name
Anopheles varuna Iyengar, 1924

Anopheles (Cellia) varuna is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles . It is found in India, Sri Lanka ^[1] Thailand and Vietnam. It is a secondary malaria vector in Sri Lanka. Larvae are known to feed on detritus, rod and cocci bacteria, diatom, filamentous algae and desmids. ^[2] A microsporidium Thelohania obscura was discovered from the larvae in India in 1966. ^[3]

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. "Food of larval Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles varuna in a stream habitat in Sri Lanka". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
3. "A Redescription of the Genus Parathelohania Codreanu 1966". Mosquitoes. 1974. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

External links

• Physico-chemical characteristics of Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles varuna breeding water in a dry zone stream in Sri Lanka.
• Confirmation of Anopheles varuna in Vietnam, previously misidentified and mistargeted as the malaria vector Anopheles minimus
• Anopheles species diversity and distribution of the malaria vectors of Thailand
• Revised morphological identification key to the larval anopheline (Diptera: Culicidae) of Sri Lanka
• The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in the Asia-Pacific region: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis