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Image: Anopheles mosquitoes


Several groups of mosquitoes are medically important. This mosquito, which belongs to the genus Anopheles, transmits the malaria parasite. Note the long palpi—they are about as long as the proboscis.
Picture of Anopheles mosquito

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