Anopheles elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Anophelinae
Tribus: Anophelini
Genus: Anopheles
Subgenus: Anopheles (Cellia)
Species: Anopheles elegans

Name

Anopheles elegans (James, 1903)

Synonyms:

• Anopheles (Cellia) elegans
• Myzomyia(?) elegans James, 1903
• Neomyzomyia elegans James & Stanton, 1912:59

Distribution

Asia

• India (Karnataka & Tamil Nadu)

References

• James S.P., 1903. Myzomyia(?) elegans. p.51. In: F.V. Theobald. 1903. A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes. Volume 3. London, British Museum (Natural History).
• Choudhury D.S., Wattal B.L. and Ramakrishnan S.P., 1963. Incrimination of Anopheles elegans James (1903) as a Natural Vector of Simian Malaria in the Nilgiris, Madras State, India. Indian Journal of Malariology, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 243-7.
• Sallum M.A.M., Peyton E.L. and Wilkerson R.C., 2005. Six new species of the Anopheles leucosphyrus group, reinterpretation of An. elegans and vector implications. Vectors of Diseases, Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2005, Pages 158-199, DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2005.00551.x.

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Anopheles elegans – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Anopheles elegans – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Anopheles elegans – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Anopheles elegans – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
• Anopheles elegans – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).