Global InformationAnopheles jamesii information
| Anopheles jamesii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Order: | Diptera
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| Superfamily: | Culicoidea
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| Family: | Culicidae
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| Subfamily: | Anophelinae
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| Genus: | Anopheles
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| Species: | Anopheles jamesii Theobald, 1901
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Anopheles (Cellia) jamesii is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. It is found in India, and Sri Lanka,[1] Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is a potential natural vector of bancroftian filariasis in Sri Lanka.[2]
The species is named after the malariologist S.P. James.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "jamesii Theobald". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 30 January 2017.