Anopheles tessellatus

Anopheles (Celia) tessellatus is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. It is found in India, and Sri Lanka,[1] Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. It is first described from Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). Larva are known to found from dirty stagnant water in sun or shady habitats. Adults are zoophilic. It is not regarded as a malaria vector, but is a secondary vector of Wuchereria bancrofti in Maldives.[2]

Anopheles tessellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Superfamily:
Culicoidea
Family:
Culicidae
Subfamily:
Anophelinae
Genus:
Anopheles
Species:
Anopheles tessellatus

Theobald, 1901
Synonyms
  • Anopheles ceylonica Newstead and Carter, 1910
  • Anopheles deceptor Doenitz, 1902
  • Anopheles formosae Hatori, 1901
  • Anopheles kinoshitai Koidzumi, 1917
  • Anopheles taiwanensis Koidzumi, 1917
  • Anopheles thorntoni Ludlow, 1904

References
  1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. "Anopheles (Cel.) tessellatus". Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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