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Organism
(ORGA)
last updated: 30 May 2022
Anopheles coluzzii
| Kingdom | Metazoa |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Diptera |
| Suborder | Nematocera |
| Family | Culicidae |
| Subfamily | Anophelinae |
| Genus | Anopheles |
| Species | Anopheles coluzzii |
- Anopheles coluzzii Coetzee & Wilkerson, 2013
- Anopheles gambiae M
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African malaria mosquitoEN
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Malaria mosquitoEN
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MosquitoEN
- Catalogue of Life [ English ]
Insects
Wild
Likely Western Africa
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There are two main sub-Saharan habitats; aquatic and terrestrial. Eggs are laid and develop in aquatic habitats; small pools of open shallow fresh or non-polluted water, irrigation areas, or in ephemeral bodies of standing water such as hoof prints, tyre tracks, exposed to sunlight. Adults are found in terrestrial habitats, close to and/or inside human habitations. The larval stages tolerate high levels of salinity and organic pollution in breeding habitats.
Compared to other species in the Anopheles gambiae species complex, An. coluzzii prevails in larger, more permanent aquatic habitats associated with irrigation, and is more tolerant of aridity or dessication stress and is found closer to sea levels. The species is also predominant in urban environments.
Compared to other species in the Anopheles gambiae species complex, An. coluzzii prevails in larger, more permanent aquatic habitats associated with irrigation, and is more tolerant of aridity or dessication stress and is found closer to sea levels. The species is also predominant in urban environments.
Found throughout tropical sub-Saharan Africa.
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BCH-ORGA-SCBD-260392-1 Organism Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito, Mosquito, Malaria mosquito, ANOGA)Insects
Anopheles coluzzii (along with An.gambiae and An.arabiensis) is a main vector of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Research
While hybrid males from most crosses between species of the An. gambiae complex are sterile, males from crosses between An. gambiae and An. coluzzii do not show signatures of genetic incompatibilities and are fully fertile, with no obvious loss in fitness under laboratory conditions.
Anopheles gambiae sensu lato is a complex of biological siblings which are genetically and behaviourally distinct and vary in their importance as malaria vectors. The members of the complex are morphologically indistinguishable as adults and are identified using molecular methodologies. The Anopheles gambiae complex of sibling species (1974; Coetzee et al., 2013) comprises nine related but reproductively isolated species that are almost indistinguishable morphologically: Anopheles amharicus (Hunt et al., 2013), Anopheles arabiensis (Patton 1905), Anopheles bwambae (White 1985), Anopheles gambiae (Giles 1902), Anopheles coluzzii (Coetzee & Wikerson 2013), Anopheles melas (Theobald 1903), Anopheles merus (Dönitz 1902), and Anopheles fontenillei (Barron et al., 2018).
Additional information on the distribution of mosquito species that transmit malaria, can be found at the Malaria Atlas Project: https://malariaatlas.org.
Anopheles gambiae sensu lato is a complex of biological siblings which are genetically and behaviourally distinct and vary in their importance as malaria vectors. The members of the complex are morphologically indistinguishable as adults and are identified using molecular methodologies. The Anopheles gambiae complex of sibling species (1974; Coetzee et al., 2013) comprises nine related but reproductively isolated species that are almost indistinguishable morphologically: Anopheles amharicus (Hunt et al., 2013), Anopheles arabiensis (Patton 1905), Anopheles bwambae (White 1985), Anopheles gambiae (Giles 1902), Anopheles coluzzii (Coetzee & Wikerson 2013), Anopheles melas (Theobald 1903), Anopheles merus (Dönitz 1902), and Anopheles fontenillei (Barron et al., 2018).
Additional information on the distribution of mosquito species that transmit malaria, can be found at the Malaria Atlas Project: https://malariaatlas.org.
- Malaria Atlas Project [ English ]
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Anopheles coluzzii [ English ]
- GenBank - Anopheles coluzzii genome [ English ]
- PLOS Pathogens - A New Chromosomal Phylogeny Supports the Repeated Origin of Vectorial Capacity in Malaria Mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae Complex [ English ]
- Scientific Reports - Analysis of natural female post-mating responses of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii unravels similarities and differences in their reproductive ecology [ English ]
- Parasites & Vectors - A global map of dominant malaria vectors [ English ]
- Evolutionary Applications - Tracing the origin of the early wet-season Anopheles coluzzii in the Sahel [ English ]
- Malaria Journal - Larval ecology of Anopheles coluzzii in Cape Coast, Ghana: water quality, nature of habitat and implication for larval control [ English ]
- Scientific Reports - Ecological plasticity to ions concentration determines genetic response and dominance of Anopheles coluzzii larvae in urban coastal habitats of Central Africa [ English ]
- Parasites & Vectors - Behavioural plasticity of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles arabiensis undermines LLIN community protective effect in a Sudanese-savannah village in Burkina Faso [ English ]
- Communications biology - The origin of island populations of the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii [ English ]
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