Malaria Vector Biology
      Anopheline Life Cycle – habitat 
       preferences, types of habitat, 
       unpolluted water
      Effect of human activities on habitat 
       creation – agriculture, irrigation, 
       etc.
      Biology of Malaria Vectors – General 
       and Specific
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          Family Culicidae  > 3500 species
             3 subfamilies:
    Anophelinae  -  Anopheles, Bironella and Chagasia, 
    ~ 500 species
    Toxorhynchitinae  -  Toxorhynchites, 70+ species 
    (all non-bloodfeeding)
    Culicinae - Aedes, Culex, Haemagogus, Mansonia, 
    and all other genera, > 3000 species
                                      Anophelinae
                                      Toxorhynchitinae
              time                    Culicinae
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     Anopheles mosquito life cycle
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    egg
    s
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                    Anopheline         Culicine
     Adult
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