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| Anopheles atratipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Anopheles |
| Subgenus: | Anopheles |
| Species: | A. atratipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Anopheles atratipes Skuse, 1889 | |
Anopheles atratipes is an uncommon species of mosquito in the genus Anopheles. Larvae are found in paperbark swamps, in shaded areas. Adults are known to be active from October to February, biting during the day. The type locality is Berowra, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, although it is also found in other parts of Australia.[1][2]
Description
[edit]Adults are medium sized, averaging 4.18 mm in length, and dark in colour.[2] Pale scales on the vertex and frons, broad dark scales on the sides of the head. Palp is dark black, and the same length as the long, dark proboscis. Antennae is 1.77 mm in length. Scutum mainly bare, grey with a few dark areas. Legs are dark, pale below on femora and tibiae. Minimal long white patches on veins on the wings.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Liehne, P. F. S. (1991). Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia. Health Department of Western Australia. pp. 186–187. ISBN 9780730946359.
- 1 2 Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part V. The Culicidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 3: 1717-1764.
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