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[[File:Anopheles coustani Malaria J 2020.jpg|250px|thumb|''Anopheles coustani'' - hindtarsomere (top) and lower branches of wing (bottom)<br/>Author: Maureen Coetzee<br/>Source: [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-3144-9 BMC Malaria Journal (2020) vol. 19, art. 70]]]
<font color="#800000">'''''Anopheles coustani'''''</font> Laveran, 1900

This mosquito is found in most parts of Africa and can be common in some areas. Cattle, humans and other domestic animals have been identified as sources of blood meals. In some areas, it readily feeds on humans, both indoors and outdoors, with a high rate of bites per person per night. ''A. coustani'' is considered to be a malaria vector and has been found to harbour ''Plasmodium falciparum'' and ''P. malariae'' sporozoites (e.g. [[Parasites and Vectors (2013) 6 (114) - The role of Anopheles ...|Mwangangi et al., 2013]]).

Breeding of ''A. coustani'' has been recorded from rice fields, swamps, flooded areas, pools and pits ([[Journal of Vector Ecology (2014) 39, 414-423|Kiszewski et al., 2014]]). Taxonomically, ''A. coustani'' is considered to be part of a complex of several closely related species.

[[Category:Anopheles (genus)]]