Anopheles occidentalis
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 occidentalis
Visual Description
Anopheles occidentalis exhibits the characteristic morphology of the genus Anopheles. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these mosquitoes possess slender bodies with long, thin legs and elongated, forward-projecting mouthparts typical of the family Culicidae.[1] The wings are typically held close to the body when at rest, and the overall coloration often includes mottled or patterned scales on the thorax and wings, which are common diagnostic features within the genus.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Anopheles occidentalis was described by Dyar and Knab in 1906.[2] As a member of the genus Anopheles, it belongs to a cosmopolitan group of mosquitoes that includes both malaria vectors and non-vector species.[3] Interactions recorded for this species include its role as a host for the pathogen Vavraia culicis.[4] Genetic information for Anopheles occidentalis is available through NCBI Nucleotide records.[5]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Anopheles / occidentalis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anopheles occidentalis Dyar & Knab, 1906. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1650478. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Ralph E. Harbach. The Phylogeny and Classification of Anopheles. InTech eBooks. 2013. https://doi.org/10.5772/54695.
- ↑ Anopheles occidentalis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Anopheles%20occidentalis. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Anopheles occidentalis. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid7172[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-14.