Species

Anopheles gambiae str. Pimperena S

[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Cellia | Pyretophorus | gambiae species complex ]

Courtesy of Jim Gathany

Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Protostomia | Ecdysozoa | Panarthropoda | Arthropoda | Mandibulata | Pancrustacea | Hexapoda | Insecta | Dicondylia | Pterygota | Neoptera | Holometabola | Diptera | Nematocera | Culicomorpha | Culicoidea | Culicidae | Anophelinae | Anopheles | Cellia | Pyretophorus | gambiae species complex Common: African malaria mosquito (German: afrikanische Malariamücke) Comment: Anopheles gambiae is the primary vector that transmits human malaria, a disease that causes an estimated 200 million clinical cases and more than one million deaths annually. In order to eradicate malaria, the mosquito vector has become a target for study, since vector control has been a more attainable goal than anti-malarial drug treatments. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (7165) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Insect Genomes Project Genome files National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 1.0.0 2015-05-07 70 44.2 293.7 7999 - 101 Mitochondrium v 1.0.0 2015-05-07 70 22.4 0.0 1 - 15