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Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1900

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Giles, G.M. 1902. A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidae together with descriptions of all species noticed up to the present date. 2nd ed. xi +[i] + 530 pp., 17 pls. J. Bale, Sons & Danielsson, London. [before 1902.05.??]

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Culicidae
genus
Anopheles
species
Anopheles gambiae

Name

Synonyms
Anopheles costalis Giles, 1900
Anopheles gracilis Dönitz, 1902
Anopheles minor Holstein, 1949
Anopheles typicus Holstein, 1949
Homonyms
Anopheles gambiae Giles, 1900
Common names
malaria mosquito in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne-Marie Linton and Daniel Strickman, 2021: null. Mosquitoes of the World, vol. 1 and 2. ix + 1308.
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