Anopheles messeae
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 messeae
Visual Description
Anopheles messeae exhibits the characteristic morphology of the genus Anopheles, typically featuring a slender body, long legs, and a proboscis adapted for piercing. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show individuals with the typical anopheline resting posture, where the body is held at an angle to the surface.[1] The wings often display dark and light scale patterns, a common feature in many Anopheles species.[1]
Malaria Vector Status
Anopheles messeae is recognized as one of the six dominant vector species (DVS) of human malaria in the European and Middle Eastern regions.[2] Its distribution in these regions has been modeled using geo-referenced occurrence data and environmental variables.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Anopheles / messeae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Marianne Sinka; Michael J. Bangs; Sylvie Manguin; Maureen Coetzee; Charles Mbogo; Janet Hemingway; Anand P. Patil; Will H Temperley; Peter W. Gething; Caroline Kabaria; Robi M Okara; Thomas P. Van Boeckel; H Charles J Godfray; Ralph E. Harbach; Simon I Hay. The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis. Parasites & Vectors. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-117.