Anopheles (an-of el-ees)

A genus of 54 mosquitoes belonging to the Arthropod a, 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. for mos a ens is, in Japan; A. bifurcatuS; in Europe; A. Martini and A. Pursati, in Cambodia; A. vagus, in the use.] Celebes; and A. faranti in the New He brides. [Gr., anopheles, harmful, of no Anophelinae (an-of-el'in-i). A sub-family of the family of mosquitoes (Culicidae) having a simple scutellum and palpi long, both in the male and the female. anoph'elism. Infestation of a district with Anopheles. anophthal'mos. Congenital lack of the eyes. [Gr., an, priv., -fophthahnos, eye.] ano'pia. Congenital absence or rudimentary development of the eyes. [Gr., a, priv., + ops, the eye.] anop's ia. i. Amblyopia. 2. Anoopsia. [Gr., a, priv., + ops, the eye.]