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Anopheles quadrimaculatus (common malaria mosquito)

Synonyms: Anopheles annulimanus

Wikipedia Abstract

Anopheles is a genus of mosquito. There are approximately 460 recognized species: while over 100 can transmit human malaria, only 30–40 commonly transmit parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria in humans in endemic areas. Anopheles gambiae is one of the best known, because of its predominant role in the transmission of the most dangerous malaria parasite species (to humans) – Plasmodium falciparum.
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Invasive Species

Anopheles quadrimaculatus a mosquito is the chief vector of malaria in North America. This species prefers habitats with well-developed beds of submergent, floating leaf or emergent aquatic vegetation. Larvae are typically found in sites with abundant rooted aquatic vegetation, such as rice fields and adjacent irrigation ditches, freshwater marshes and the vegetated margins of lakes, ponds and reservoirs.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dirofilaria striata <Unverified Name>[1]
Dirofilaria tenuis <Unverified Name>[1]

Distribution

North Dakota to Quebec, s. to Texas & Florida;Mexico;

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Citations

Species recognized by Systema Dipterorum working record, 2010, Systema Dipterorum in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
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