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Anopheles stephensi

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Anopheles stephensi is a species in the family Culicidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about Anopheles stephensi

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Anopheles stephensi live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Anopheles stephensi as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Angola
  2. Djibouti
  3. Yemen

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Anopheles stephensi endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Anopheles stephensi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyCulicidae
  6. genusAnopheles
  7. SpeciesAnopheles stephensi Liston, 1901

Synonyms Anopheles folquei, Anopheles intermedia, Anopheles metaboles, Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles stephensi var. mysorensis, Neocellia intermedia

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Relatives of Anopheles stephensi

Other species in the same genus Anopheles.

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Common questions

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Is Anopheles stephensi an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Anopheles stephensi as introduced in 3 countries: Angola, Djibouti and Yemen, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Anopheles stephensi?

Anopheles stephensi (Anopheles stephensi) belongs to the family Culicidae in the order Diptera.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{anopheles_stephensi_2026,
  title = {Anopheles stephensi (Anopheles stephensi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/anopheles-stephensi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}