Anopheles gigas is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the genus Anopheles. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1] Two subspecies recorded.

Anopheles gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Anopheles
Subgenus: Anopheles
Species:
A. gigas
Binomial name
Anopheles gigas
Giles, 1901

Subspecies

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  • Anopheles gigas refutans
  • Anopheles gigas simlensis

References

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  1. ^ "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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