Anopheles cruzii
| Anopheles cruzii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Anopheles |
| Subgenus: | Kerteszia |
| Species: | A. cruzii |
| Binomial name | |
| Anopheles cruzii Dyar and Knab, 1908 | |
Anopheles cruzii is the species of mosquito that mainly located in southern coast of Brazil, is main vector of malaria, Plasmodium vivax.[1]
It has been going through microevolution, which appears in its wing-shape and is correlated with urbanization.[2]
References
- ^ "ITIS standard report - Anopheles cruzii - Dyar and Knab, 1908". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Multini, Laura Cristina; Wilke, André Barretto Bruno; Marrelli, Mauro Toledo (2019-02-01). "Urbanization as a driver for temporal wing-shape variation in Anopheles cruzii (Diptera: Culicidae)". Acta Tropica. 190: 30–36. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.10.009. ISSN 0001-706X.