Anopheles algeriensis

Anopheles algeriensis
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Fly (Diptera) Subordination : Mosquitoes (Nematocera) Family : Mosquitoes (Culicidae) Genre : Malaria mosquitoes ( Anopheles ) Type : Anopheles algeriensis
Scientific name
Anopheles algeriensis
( Theobald , 1903)

Anopheles algeriensis is a species of the malaria mosquito ( Anopheles ), to which the Anopheles lukisii found in Iraq is now synonymous.

It occurs frequently in the Mediterranean region, in Western Asia and southern Russia, but is only rarely found in Germany.

Anopheles algeriensis has unspotted wings, brown tufts of scales on the vertex and a brown thorax . The females lay their eggs in shady, deep waters, brackish water is also tolerated. The species overwinters in Germany as a larva. Adults prefer to stay in swamps, they are also very easy to pierce during the day. Anopheles algeriensis mostly sucks on wild animals or domestic animals, only occasionally on humans.

In Germany, the species was of no importance for the spread of malaria because of its rarity.

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1. ^ Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit: Systematic Catalog of the Culicidae, Anopheles algeriensis
2. ↑ Heinz-Werner Baer: Anopheles and Malaria in Thuringia , VEB Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1960