Anopheles barbumbrosus is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. It has 12-36 thin attenuated branches usually loose and separated out, which is a good indication to separate it from A. barbirostris.[1] It shows a marked zoophilic tendency, thus is a malaria vector, but with minor importance to humans. It is distributed throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka, They mostly live as an outdoor mosquito species, rarely found indoor places. Larva can be found in a variety of habitats including both partially shaded and sunlit fresh and slowly running water, grass-fringed streams to stagnant water pools and man-made places like rice fields.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Anopheles |
| Subgenus: | Anopheles |
| Species: | A. barbumbrosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anopheles barbumbrosus Strickland & Chowdhury, 1927
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References
edit- ^ Gunathilaka, N.; Fernando, T.; Hapugoda, M.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Wickremasinghe, R. (2014). "Revised morphological identification key to the larval anopheline (Diptera: Culicidae) of Sri Lanka". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 4 (Suppl 1). Asian Pac J Trop Biomed.: S222–S227. doi:10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C941. PMC 4025271. PMID 25183086.
- ^ "The Distribution and Bionomics of Anopheles Malaria Vector Mosquitoes in Indonesia". Research Gate. Retrieved 30 January 2017.