Anopheles maculipennis
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 maculipennis
Visual Description
Anopheles maculipennis exhibits the characteristic morphology of the genus Anopheles. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show a slender body with long, delicate legs and a pair of wings that typically feature dark spots, which are characteristic of the species[1]. The head possesses prominent, elongated mouthparts adapted for piercing and feeding, and the thorax is covered in fine, hair-like structures[1].
Ecology and Distribution
Anopheles maculipennis is a member of a complex of closely related species, which are recognized as significant malaria vectors in parts of Europe and the Caspian Sea region of northern Iran[2]. Molecular studies, specifically analyzing the second internal transcribed spacer of ribosomal DNA (rDNA-ITS2), have helped differentiate members within this complex, revealing distinct phylogenetic groupings[2].
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Anopheles / maculipennis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Navid Dinparast Djadid; Saber Gholizadeh; Elham Tafsiri; Roberto Romi; Gordeev Mi; Sedigheh Zakeri. Molecular identification of Palearctic members of Anopheles maculipennis in northern Iran. Malaria Journal. 2007. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-6.