Anopheles, Meigen, 1818

Atwa, Atwa A., Bilgrami, Anwar L. & Al-Saggaf, Ahmad I. M., 2017, Host-parasite interaction and impact of mite infection on mosquito population, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61 (2), pp. 101-106 : 102

Anopheles parasitized by parasitic mites

Arrenurus acuminatus and Pr. barbigera parasitized all species of Anopheles mosquitoes except An. thompsoni ( Table 2). The 67.30% of An. stephensi were parasitized with mean infection intensity of 7.30 and parasitic load of 1–12 ( Table 2). In terms of parasitized individuals, An. thomsoni was the second most preferred mosquito species (20.00%) (p ≤ 0.05), which carried less parasitic load (1–6) and mean infection intensity (3.0) as compared to other species of Anopheles . Arrenurus kenki was parasitic on An. thomsoni and An. quinquefasciatus . Anopheles barbarostris was least preferred with only 1.25% of it’s population parasitized at the mean infection intensity of 3.35 and parasitic load of 1–4 ( Table 2).