Anopheles

See also: anopheles and anophèles

Translingual

Alternative forms

Anophles

Etymology

New Latin, coined by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764–1845),^[1] from Ancient Greek ἀνωφελής (anōphelḗs, “unprofitable, useless; hurtful, prejudicial”),^[2] from ἀν- (an-) (a variant of ᾰ̓- (ă-, prefix forming terms having senses opposite to stems or terms to which it is attached)) + ὄφελος (óphelos, “advantage, benefit, good”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰel-) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives).

Proper noun

Anopheles m

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – mosquitos that spread malaria.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order; Nematocera – suborder; Culicomorpha – infraorder; Culicoidea – superfamily; Culicidae – family; Anophelinae - subfamily; Anophelini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Anopheles maculipennis - type species

Descendants

→ English: anopheles

References

^ Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1818), “Gabelmükke ANOPHELES”, in Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten Europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten [Systematic Description of the Known European Two-winged Insects] (in German), volume I, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia: Friedrich Wilhelm Forstmann, →OCLC, page 10: “Gabelmükke ANOPHELES [section heading]”
^ “anopheles, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024; “anopheles, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.