Description Anopheles stephensi.jpeg	An Anopheles stephensi mosquito is obtaining a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis . Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself on its host’s blood. This mosquito is a known malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from Egypt all the way to China . Source: CDC العربية: الأنوفيلة الاصْطِفانِيَّة
Date	2004
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Author	Jim Gathany

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• 2005-07-06 02:51 Rsabbatini 700×463×8 (29941 bytes) An ''Anopheles stephensi'' [[mosquito]] is obtaining a [[blood]] meal from a human host through its pointed [[proboscis]]. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself on its host’s blood. This mosquito is a kno

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