Anopheles latens | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Anopheles |
Species: | A. latens
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Binomial name | |
Anopheles latens Sallum, Peyton, Wilkerson, 2005
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The Anopheles latens mosquito (part of the An. leucosphyrus group) [1] is an important vector for the transmission of malaria in humans and monkeys in Southeast Asia. [2] It is an important vector for the transmission of human malaria in Sarawak; but because it is attracted to both humans and to macaques it is also responsible for the transmission of simian malarias to humans ( Plasmodium knowlesi [3] and possibly P. inui [2] as well).
A. latens tends to bite from 6 p.m. throughout the night, peaking at midnight. [3] It is found in forests and at forest fringes, but tends not to enter human dwellings. [3]
Anopheles latens | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Anopheles |
Species: | A. latens
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Binomial name | |
Anopheles latens Sallum, Peyton, Wilkerson, 2005
|
The Anopheles latens mosquito (part of the An. leucosphyrus group) [1] is an important vector for the transmission of malaria in humans and monkeys in Southeast Asia. [2] It is an important vector for the transmission of human malaria in Sarawak; but because it is attracted to both humans and to macaques it is also responsible for the transmission of simian malarias to humans ( Plasmodium knowlesi [3] and possibly P. inui [2] as well).
A. latens tends to bite from 6 p.m. throughout the night, peaking at midnight. [3] It is found in forests and at forest fringes, but tends not to enter human dwellings. [3]