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Anopheles

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Taxonomy
Anopheles was named by Meigen (1818). It is extant. It is the type genus of Anophelinae.

It was assigned to Culiciformes by Meigen (1818); to Culicidae by Aldrich (1905), Carpenter (1992); and to Anophelinae by Harbach (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Anopheles Meigen p. 10
1905Anopheles Aldrich p. 121
1992Anopheles Carpenter
2007Anopheles Harbach

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyCulicidae
subfamilyAnophelinae
genusAnopheles

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Anopheles Meigen 1818
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Subg. Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) Blanchard 1902
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†Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dominicanus Zavortink and Poinar 2000
†Anopheles rottensis Statz 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) A. rottensis (122010)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic A. dominicanus (122472) A. sp. (122982)