Anopheles (Cellia) culicifacies Giles 1901
- Dataset
- Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Culicidae
- genus
- Anopheles
- species
- Anopheles culicifacies
biology_ecology
Habitat dependence. Transient — Larvae only. Immatures widely occur in ground-level habitats, cement tanks, ground pools with algae, irrigation canals, ponds, rice fields, slow-running streams, etc. Important rural malaria vector in India.
distribution
Distribution. Odisha: Keonjhar District — Mamalapusi, Mayurbhanj District — Simlipal. Non-mangrove.