Anopheles annulipes
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Author(s): Simon Hinkley and Ken Walker, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL
Anopheles annulipes Walker, 1856
This mosquito is common in Australia and can be also found in Papua New Guinea. Although it bites humans, both indoors and outdoors, it appears to prefer cattle. It is regarded as a secondary malaria vector and has been shown to transmit the disease under laboratory conditions. Further, it can carry the agents for human filaria, dog heartworm and other diseases. A. annulipes breeds in stagnant fresh or slightly brackish water like pools or dams, often associated with the presence of green algae. In cooler areas, the larvae may overwinter.
Taxonomically, A. annulipes is regarded as a species complex which is called "Anopheles annulipes s.l." and which includes more than 10 species (e.g. see Foley et al., 2007). These have been provisionally called species A to Q. It is also closely related to Anopheles hilli.
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female, head
female, thorax
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female, hind leg
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