Anopheles jamesii
Appearance
Anopheles jamesii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Anopheles |
Subgenus: | Cellia |
Species: | A. jamesii
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Binomial name | |
Anopheles jamesii Theobald, 1901
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Anopheles (Cellia) jamesii is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. It is found in India, and Sri Lanka,[1] Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a potential natural vector of bancroftian filariasis in Sri Lanka.[2]
The species is named after the malariologist S.P. James.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "jamesii Theobald". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 30 January 2017.