Anopheles albimanus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Culicidae
- Genus: Anopheles
- Species: Anopheles albimanus
Visual Description
Anopheles albimanus is a mosquito species characterized by distinct morphological features. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits typical culicid body proportions, including a slender abdomen, long legs, and prominent wings.[1]
Ecology and Microbiota
The microbiota of Anopheles albimanus is influenced by pyrethroid insecticide exposure, which can alter bacterial community composition.[2] While no significant differences in bacterial composition were observed between insecticide-resistant and insecticide-susceptible mosquitoes, significant differences were found between insecticide-exposed and non-exposed individuals, specifically for alphacypermethrin and permethrin exposure.
Insecticide exposure may select for specific bacteria, including insecticide-metabolizing species such as Pantoea agglomerans and Pseudomonas fragi, which were found to be more abundant in insecticide-exposed adults compared to non-exposed controls. These findings suggest that the mosquito microbiota may contribute to insecticide detoxification and the development of resistance.
The cuticle surfaces of both larval and adult An. albimanus harbor more diverse bacterial communities than their internal microbial niches. Microbial composition in An. albimanus is significantly affected by factors including developmental stage, collection location, microbial niche, and insecticide type.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Anopheles / albimanus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Nsa Dada; Juan C. Lol; Ana Cristina Benedict; Francisco López; Mili Sheth; Nicole Dzuris; Norma Padilla; Audrey Lenhart. Pyrethroid exposure alters internal and cuticle surface bacterial communities in Anopheles albimanus. The ISME Journal. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0445-5.