Anopheles culicifacies

Taxobox
name = "Anopheles culicifacies"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Nematocera
infraordo = Culicomorpha
superfamilia = Culicoidea
familia = Culicidae
subfamilia = Anophelinae
genus = "Anopheles"
species = "A. culicifacies"
binomial = "Anopheles culicifacies"
binomial_authority = Giles, 1901

"Anopheles culicifacies" ("sensu lato") is one of the major vectors of malaria on the Indian subcontinent. It has been reported to be a species complex consisting of five sibling species which has been provisionally designated as species A, B, C, D and E. Beside the fact that this is primarily a zoophagic mosquito, it has been alleged to be important malaria vector contributing 60-65% of malaria cases in India.Fact|date=March 2007 It prefers to rest indoors in cattle sheds, where it feeds on cattle. The control of "A. culicifacies" has become a formidable task due to development of insecticide resistance against all commonly used insecticides including new generation insecticides such as synthetic pyrethroids.

* [http://www.wrbu.org/SpeciesPages_ANO/ANO_A-hab/ANcul_hab.html Information, picture, references]

it has a culex-like sitting posture.