ANOPHELES
\anˈɒfəlˌiːz], \anˈɒfəlˌiːz], \a_n_ˈɒ_f_ə_l_ˌiː_z]\
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malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
By Princeton University
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malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Sir Augustus Henry
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A genus of mosquitoes belonging to the Arthropoda, order of Diptera and family of Culicidae, the females of which serve as hosts for the malarial parasite. They are two-winged and lay eggs which hatch in stagnant water into wormlike larvae. The larva develops into a nympha or pupa. The adult or imago develops by rupturing the pupa case. Their geographic range is from the frigid zone to the tropics. The eggs are laid in stagnant water and the female sucks the blood of mammals, birds, and man. The Anopheles differs from Culex in the horizontal attitude of the larva at the surface of the water, and the spotted wings and longer palpi of the adult female. Numerous species have been described, but the species conveying malaria in different countries are as follows: A. maculipennis, in America and Europe; A. formosaensis, in Japan; A. bifurcatus; in Europe; A. Martini and A. Pursati, in Cambodia; A. vagus, in the Celebes; and A. faranti in the New Hebrides. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).