Anopheles rufipes
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 rufipes
Visual Description
Anopheles rufipes is a mosquito species characterized by typical culicid morphology. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show specimens with slender, elongated bodies and long, thin legs, consistent with the genus Anopheles.[1] The wings are narrow and elongated, and the proboscis is prominent, extending forward from the head.[1]
Ecology and Medical Importance
Anopheles rufipes has been identified as a potential malaria vector. In a study conducted in the Nyimba District of rural south-east Zambia, this species was found to be involved in malaria transmission alongside Anopheles funestus s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis.[2]
Research indicates that An. rufipes contributes to malaria transmission in both indoor and outdoor settings. Entomological inoculation rates (EIRs) were estimated at 1.20 infectious bites/person/year indoors and 4.31 infectious bites/person/year outdoors.[2] Specimens collected during surveillance showed a Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite infection rate of 9.1%.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Anopheles / rufipes constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Kochelani Saili; C. de Jager; Onyango P. Sangoro; Theresia Estomih Nkya; Freddie Masaninga; Mwansa Mwenya; Andy Sinyolo; Busiku Hamainza; Emmanuel Chanda; Ulrike Fillinger; Clifford M. Mutero. Anopheles rufipes implicated in malaria transmission both indoors and outdoors alongside Anopheles funestus and Anopheles arabiensis in rural south-east Zambia. Malaria Journal. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04489-3.