Anopheles nuneztovari
| Anopheles nuneztovari | |
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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. nuneztovari
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| Binomial name | |
| Anopheles nuneztovari Gabaldón, 1940
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Anopheles nuneztovari is a
Distribution
An. nuneztovari has been collected in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.[3]
Bionomics
The larvae and other juvenile stages of An. nuneztovari have been collected in fresh water exposed to full sun or in partial shade in marshy areas, ponds and lakes, permanent or temporary ground pools, tracks of animals and wheels, and along stream margins.vectors of human disease.
Medical Importance
An. nuneztovari is a primary
vector in Suriname.[3] An. nuneztovari has not been reported to be an important vector of malaria in the Amazon basin.[3]
References
- ^ Arnoldo Gabaldón. 1940. Estudios sobre anofelinos. Serie I. 1. Description de Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) nunez-tovari n. sp. y consideraciones sobre una sub-division del grupo Nyssorhynchus (Diptera, Culicidae). Publicaciones de la División de Malariología, Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social, Caracas, Venezuela, 5:3-7.
- ^ Harry M. Savage. 1986. Identification and location of the holotype and paratypes of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) nuneztovari Gabaldon (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics Vol. 18(3,4): 279-283; http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a510552.pdf, last accessed 7 Oct 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2018. Anopheles (Nys.) nuneztovari s.l. in: Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.wrbu.org/mqID/mq_medspc/AD/ANnun_hab.html, last accessed 7 October 2018.