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Anopheles aitkenii

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Anopheles aitkenii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Anopheles
Subgenus: Anopheles
Species:
A. aitkenii
Binomial name
Anopheles aitkenii
James, 1903

Anopheles aitkenii is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. The species group (Reid and Knight, 1961) is composed of forest forms with small unornamented brown adults, where the females usually indistinguishable. Female feed on vertebrate blood and known to cause simian malaria and filariasis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "A revision of the Anopheles aitkenii group in Malaya and Borneo". Retrieved 23 December 2016.