''Anopheles barbirostris'' is a species complex of
mosquito belonging to the genus ''
Anopheles''. Larvae found in clean, lotic bodies of water. Females are zoophilic, mainly feed blood on cattle and humans. It is also an important vector for ''
Plasmodium falciparum
''Plasmodium falciparum'' is a Unicellular organism, unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of ''Plasmodium'' that causes malaria in humans. The parasite is transmitted through the bite of a female ''Anopheles'' mosqu ...
'' in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and
Timor, for both ''
Plasmodium vivax'' and ''P. falciparum'' in
Bangladesh.
References
External links
Molecular characterization of the malaria vector Anopheles barbirostris van der Wulp in Sri LankaAnopheles barbirostris/campestris as a probable vector of malaria in Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaeo Province.A molecular phylogeny of mosquitoes in the Anopheles barbirostris Subgroup reveals cryptic species: Implications for identification of disease vectorsSystematics of the Anopheles barbirostris species complex (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae) in Thailand
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barbirostris
Insects described in 1884