Anopheles amictus
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Anopheles amictus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Lucinda Gibson, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL
Author(s): Lucinda Gibson, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL
Anopheles amictus Edwards, 1921
This mosquito is found in Australia, particularly in northern parts. It can be common in some areas. It bites humans, domestic animals, other mammals like rabbits or marsupials, as well as birds. It is regarded as a potential malaria vector, a possible vector of Wuchereria bancrofti (filariasis), and transmits various other diseases like the myxoma virus which infects rabbits. The breeding sites are temporary and permanent pools, rice fields, swamp margins and also running water. It might even breed in brackish water like the edges of lagoons.
For more detailed information on An. amictus see the Australian Biological Resources Study.
For Anopheles amictus hilli see Anopheles hilli.
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