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 | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Anopheles |
Subgenus: | Anopheles |
Species: | A. gigas
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Binomial name | |
Anopheles gigas Giles, 1901
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Subspecies
edit- Anopheles gigas refutans
- Anopheles gigas simlensis
References
edit- ^ "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.