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  • noun Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
  • adjective Of or pertaining to the anopheles mosquito.

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  • noun any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
  • adjective relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes

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Examples

  • An evolutionary view of the interactions between anopheline mosquitoes and malaria parasites.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • These compete with the resistant parasites for red cells and increase the possibility of outbreeding of multigenic-resistance mechanisms or competition in the feeding anopheline mosquito.

    Behe Responds 2007

  • An evolutionary view of the interactions between anopheline mosquitoes and malaria parasites.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • An evolutionary view of the interactions between anopheline mosquitoes and malaria parasites.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • In Sri Lanka, for example, the clearing of tropical forest for agriculture initially reduced the habitat for forest-adapted anopheline mosquito vectors of malaria.

    Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Biodiversity Synthesis~ Key Questions on Biodiversity in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2008

  • If, as the global warmers insist, climate change is going to result in increased droughts or otherwise catastrophic ecological changes, then it is not at all clear whether the range of the anopheline mosquito will expand or contract.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » British High Court decision on “An Inconvenient Truth”: 2007

  • J. 13 Laboratory studies: effect of Azolla coverage on anopheline mosquitoes

    Chapter 13 1996

  • J. 13 Laboratory studies: effect of Azolla coverage on anopheline mosquitoes

    Chapter 13 1996

  • This proved to be an economical method of malaria control: by identifying the most important vector and the subsequent study of its biology and ecology, malaria control had been achieved without having to eliminate all anopheline species present.

    Chapter 7 1996

  • Slide J. 13 Laboratory studies: effect of Azolla coverage on anopheline mosquitoes

    Chapter 13 1996

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