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Anopheles

Anopheles Mosquitoes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Anopheles'''
Species
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Anopheles is a genus of mosquito.

Of the 400 Anopheles species, Anopheles gambiae is the best known, because of its role in the transmission of malaria parasites (e.g. Plasmodium falciparum) in endemic areas.

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