''Anopheles annularis'' is a species of
mosquito belonging to the genus ''
Anopheles''. Larvae found in clean, lotic bodies of water with abundant vegetation. Females are zoophilic, mainly feed blood on cattle and humans. The species is a major
malaria vector in
India,
Nepal and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. It is also an important vector for ''
Plasmodium vivax'' in
Afghanistan.
References
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annularis
Insects described in 1884