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Anopheles sinensis
Anopheles sinensis (Anopheles sinensis · シナハマダラカ)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 In malaria risk areas of Incheon, northern Gyeonggi-do, and northern Gangwon-do, the KDCA works with local governments and military units every year to collect vector mosquitoes and determine control timing (KDCA).
- 💡 Because over 80% of civilian and military malaria cases in risk areas occur during the mosquito activity season, the KDCA notes that personal protection is needed when mosquito numbers rise.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
Anopheles sinensis is one of the 8 Anopheles mosquito species living in Korea and is included among the malaria vectors monitored by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
No description of its body size or appearance was confirmed in official sources. When a female Anopheles mosquito feeds on human blood, Plasmodium vivax parasites in her salivary glands are transmitted into the bloodstream.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
From April to October, the KDCA captures vector mosquitoes using blacklight traps in malaria risk areas to survey mosquito density and parasite infection each year. Standing water such as rice paddies is presumed to serve as larval habitat. Two related species, Hanguk-eollungnalgaemogi (a Korean mosquito name) and Ilbon-eollungnalgaemogi (a Korean mosquito name), have not yet been reported as vectors.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
According to the KDCA, indigenous malaria in Korea is caused by Plasmodium vivax and occurs in Incheon, northern Gyeonggi-do, and northern Gangwon-do, especially near the Demilitarized Zone.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • catalogueoflife.org — 5V88B
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000021826 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000021826
- • wikidata.org — Q13854153
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Tropical Diseases - Fig 41.png
- • pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — PMC12480421
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Livio Ruzzante, modified by T. Michael Keesey · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Anopheles)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.