Anopheles cruzii
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2022) |
| Anopheles cruzii | |
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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. cruzii
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| Binomial name | |
| Anopheles cruzii Dyar and Knab, 1908
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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.
- ISSN 0001-706X.