Anopheles natalensis
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 natalensis
Overview
Anopheles natalensis (Hill & Haydon, 1907) is a species of mosquito within the genus Anopheles [2]. The species was originally described under the name Myzorhynchus natalensis [2]. As a member of the genus Anopheles, it belongs to a group of mosquitoes that are globally significant due to their role as vectors for diseases such as malaria and filariasis [3].
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Anopheles natalensis exhibits the characteristic slender, long-legged body form typical of mosquitoes in the family Culicidae [1]. The specimens display a distinct, elongated proboscis extending forward from the head, and wings that are relatively narrow and held in a position characteristic of the genus when at rest [1].
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Anopheles / natalensis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Anopheles natalensis (Hill & Haydon, 1907). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1650813. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Ralph E. Harbach. The Phylogeny and Classification of Anopheles. InTech eBooks. 2013. https://doi.org/10.5772/54695.