We also released, simultaneously, a key to the females of the genus Toxorhynchites (in French as well). 🔗 https://zenodo.org/records/17530581
And the French key to Anopheles is already available on Zenodo!
🔗 https://zenodo.org/records/11505342

#Toxorhynchites #Anopheles

📸 Huge thanks to Nil Rahola and Luciano Mucci for their outstanding macrophotography work.
🔗 All publications are freely available on Zenodo.

#Entomology #Mosquitoes #Culicidae #Anopheles #Toxorhynchites #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #VectorBiology #Zenodo #Research #Afrotropical

11-Jun-2025
Study finds ethical justification to eradicate certain harmful species

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1087125 #bioethics #science #malaria #screwworm #anopheles #publicHealth #extinction #ecology

🧵1/ Introducing ExpBites, a lightweight #rstats 📦 to analyze mosquito biting exposure according to hourly activities and locations of human and #mosquitoes. Built for modeling true expected #bednet efficacy.🦟⛺️

📦 GitHub: https://buff.ly/tImDQdv
🎚️ Shiny app: https://buff.ly/t9oMOwv

#malaria #anopheles

Our French translation of the identification keys for Afro-tropical Anopheles #mosquitoes is available! 🦟 This release addresses issues in the WHO (2021) version, which relied on an AI-assisted (bad) translation.

Discover our improved version here: https://zenodo.org/records/11505342
Coetzee, M., Rahola, N., & Moiroux, N. (2024). Clé d'identification des Anopheles femelles (Diptera: Culicidae) d'Afrique sub-saharienne (Version 1). Zenodo.

#entomology #Anopheles #publichealth #malaria

#8Track #8TrackTape #NowPlaying #ToddTamamendClark

Today (the day the world will one day look back on as the inaugural #8TrackTuesday) I present you with perhaps the trippiest #8TrackCartridge of all time: Todd Clark & The Stars "A Deathguard Sampler" from 1976.

Hardly any independent/DIY artists took advantage of 8-tracks during their heyday - certainly, none as noisy, electronic, & weirdly downtuned as Todd. Some of these tracks were salvaged for a retrospective 2xCD on the #Anopheles label in 2005 (including his twisted version of #TheRollingStones' "2000 Light Years From Home"). Otherwise we're left guessing as to why the hell Todd chose this format on which to issue his first home recordings. But we're so happy he did! This is the glistening jewel in the melted heap of plastic coating the backseat of your dad's beat-up Chevy Impala.

#Anopheles coluzzii is an important #malaria #vector in western and central #Africa. It is now invading East Africa - article about its occurrence, genetics and insecticide resistance in Kenya in the journal Malaria Journal by Luna Kamau and others - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-04950-x

Want to present your research at #EMBLMalaria but can't come to EMBL Heidelberg? 🤔 How about doing it virtually? 💻🦟

Until 1 April, you will have the opportunity to:
👩‍💻 Submit your abstract for a virtual short talk
💰 Apply for financial assistance for virtual participation

Find more information here ➡️ https://s.embl.org/bmp24-01

#malaria #pfalciparum #pvivax #cryoet #fibsem #vaccine #antimalarials #mosquitoes #plasmodium #anopheles #transmission #apicomplexa

Still want to join #EMBLMalaria but didn't have time to submit your abstract? Then we have good news for you: the abstract submission deadline has been extended until 5 March! ⏰ Don't miss out on the opportunity to showcase your work and contribute to the fight against #malaria 🦟➡️ https://s.embl.org/bmp24-01

⭐ Featuring keynote speaker Ally Olotu, Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania

#pfalciparum #pvivax #cryoet #fibsem #vaccine #antimalarials #mosquitoes #plasmodium #anopheles

The #sound of a #mosquito #swarm in the field with its #biophony https://sonotheque.mnhn.fr/sounds/mnhn/so/2023-3256 and of the entire swarm formation/decline in the lab https://sonotheque.mnhn.fr/sounds/mnhn/so/2023-3255.

A mosquito swarm is composed of 1 to thousands of males #flying in loops next to a visual marker, waiting for the #flighttone of an incoming female. The recorded species swarms at dusk till they can't see the marker anymore (field) or till they get tired (lab).

#Anopheles #NRI #UoG #IRD #insects #bioacoustics #MNHN #BurkinaFaso

🦟 007 is a new #gene involved in regulation of dosage compensation in #Anopheles males 🔫
🦟 007 originated through a tandem #gene duplication in the ancestor of Anopheles 👯
🦟 Male specificity of 007 protein is regulated at the intron splicing level 🧬
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01214-9

#scientists #scientist #mastodon #followers #discovery #news #science #mosquito #mosquitoes #insects #entomology #dengue #westnilevirus #Aedes #Culex #Anopheles

Now that's a backronym if i ever saw one! https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.ade8903 #Anopheles #CRISPR #VectorControl

Illustrated life cycle of #Anopheles gambiae #mosquito 🦟 #malaria in time for #MalariaDay2023 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2023/04/mosquito-life-cycle-illustrating-the-anopholes-mosquito/

6 senior + 6 tenure-track faculty positions open at Johns Hopkins in #neuroscience: https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/641252/assistant-professor-of-neuroscience

Let's hope many insect neuroscientists working in #Drosophila, #mosquito and other critters apply.

Contact Chris Potter of #Anopheles mosquito research fame http://potterlab.johnshopkins.edu/ for an insider view of how it is to run an insect neuro lab there.

#jobs #academia

Heute wieder ein neuer Beitrag in ReiseFreak's #ReiseMagazin und #ReiseBlog

Obacht auf Safari in Südafrika: Löwen, Spinnen und andere Monster

Africa is not for sissies
... oder: Fei

https://reisefreak.de/obacht-auf-safari-in-suedafrika-loewen-spinnen-und-andere-monster/

#ReiseNews #Afrika #Anopheles #Buschklo #Klo #Löwe #Löwen #Malaria #Malariatropica #Moskito #Mücke #Rat #Ratschlag #Safari #Sissies #Skorpion #Skorpione #Spinne #Spinnen #Südafrika #Tipp #Toilette #Wildnis

#Anopheles stephensi has newly arrived in eastern Africa and is an important #malaria vector, especially in urban areas - the seasonal dynamics of this #mosquito has been reviewed and analysed to improve detection and control operations - article by Charles Whittaker and others in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (@PNASNews), vol. 120, issue 8, art. e2216142120 - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216142120

On the worsening #AntiMalarial #DrugResistance in #Africa

#malaria #drugs #artemisinin #PlasmodiumFalciparum #Plasmodium #falciparum #protozoa #Anopheles #mosquito

https://www.dw.com/en/africa-antimalarial-drug-resistance-on-the-rise/a-64306141