Etymologia: Anopheles culicifacies

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kumar, Gaurav
• Description:
  In 1901, George Michael James Giles, a lieutenant-colonel and physician in the Indian Medical Service, described Anopheles culicifacies, which he collected from his guest house in Hoshangabad, India (Figure 1). This mosquito mimicked Culex spp. in facial appearance and resting posture (body angled to the surface they are resting on), prompting Giles to name it Anopheles culicifacies because of its culex (culici)‒like appearance (facies) (Figure 2).
  
  An. culicifacies is the principle vector of malaria in India, contributing to >60% of malaria cases in this country annually. Therefore, ≈80% of the budget for malaria control in India is spent on control of this mosquito. Adults can be identified based on characteristic wing morphology (dark third vein) and palpi ornamentation (apical pale band is nearly equal to the pre-apical dark band).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anopheles Anopheles Culicifacies Culicidae Etymologia Mosquito Vectors Terminology As Topic
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(8):1728
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9328892
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  WT_/Wellcome TrustUnited Kingdom/
• Name as Subject:
  Giles, George Michael James, 1853-1916 ; Giles, George Michael James, 1853-1916
• Genre:
  Etymologia
• Place as Subject:
  India
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ca5fb753ab44d3cafba7692306dea3fb8d9ddefc9e429dd83d50867032f2a60d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120172/cdc_120172_DS1.pdf
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