Anopheles franciscanus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Culicidae
- Genus: Anopheles
- Species: Anopheles franciscanus
Visual Description
Anopheles franciscanus exhibits the characteristic morphology of the genus Anopheles. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals display the typical slender, long-legged mosquito body plan.[1] The wings are typically marked with distinct patterns of dark and light scales, a common feature in many anopheline species.[1] The proboscis is long and slender, adapted for feeding.[1]
Classification and Biology
Anopheles franciscanus was described by McCracken in 1904.[2] It belongs to the genus Anopheles, which is the nominotypical genus of the subfamily Anophelinae.[3] The genus Anopheles is a cosmopolitan group of mosquitoes, and phylogenetic studies have suggested that it is currently paraphyletic.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Anopheles / franciscanus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anopheles franciscanus McCracken, 1904. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1650430. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- 1 2 Ralph E. Harbach. The Phylogeny and Classification of Anopheles. InTech eBooks. 2013. https://doi.org/10.5772/54695.