Anopheles messeae
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Anopheles messeae is a species of the malaria mosquito ( Anopheles ) that belongs to the Anopheles maculipennis group.
It is widespread in Central and Eastern Europe, and it is particularly common in northern Italy, the Balkans, the Black Sea and northern and eastern Russia. The species is typically found inland , particularly in river valleys and other water-rich areas. Anopheles messeae is rarely found on the coast , where Anopheles atroparvus predominates .
Anopheles messeae is usually active at dusk. Anopheles messeae prefers to lay its eggs in larger, shallow waters that are well overgrown at the edge. The larvae are found in the backwaters of rivers, in ditches and on the reed-covered banks of lakes and ponds . The females overwinter in unheated rooms, in the spring they lay their eggs after taking in blood. The mosquitoes of the new generation appear between the middle and the end of May.
In the Danube countries and Russia, Anopheles messeae was an important malaria vector . For a long time in Germany it was considered an insignificant malaria vector. However, when the malaria flare-up after the Second World War, this mosquito species was the most important vector. Presumably it was responsible for the malaria transmission inland in many cases in the past centuries.
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- ↑ Heinz-Werner Baer: Anopheles and Malaria in Thuringia , VEB Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1960
- ^ Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit: Systematic Catalog of the Culicidae, Anopheles messeae