Anopheles pulcherrimus
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 pulcherrimus
Visual Description
Anopheles pulcherrimus is a mosquito species characterized by distinct morphological features. Based on observations of museum specimens, the species exhibits a patterned appearance on its wings and body, which is typical of many Anopheles mosquitoes.[1] The wings show a complex arrangement of dark and light scales, creating a mottled or spotted effect. The legs are generally slender and also exhibit banding patterns.
General Information
Anopheles pulcherrimus was described by Theobald in 1902.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Anopheles / pulcherrimus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anopheles pulcherrimus Theobald, 1902. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1650748. Accessed 2026-07-15.