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Dog Heartworm		 CLASSIFICATION:
King, W.V. 1939. Varieties of Anopheles crucians Wied. Am. J. trop. Med. 19: 468.
FAMILY: Culicidae
SUBFAMILY: Anophelinae
GENUS: Anopheles
SUBGENUS: Anopheles
IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS:
Maxillary palpus of female almost as long as either the antenna or proboscis
Postspiracular setae absent
Prespiracular setae present
Scales on the dorsal surface of the radial sector and media narrow
BIONOMICS:
The larvae are found in brackish pools near the coast. Pools with emergent vegetation are favored.
MEDICAL IMPORTANCE:
An. bradleyi (as bradleyi-crucians) has been implicated as a vector of Cache Valley virus on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, southeastern USA (Buescher et al. 1970).
DISTRIBUTION: