Anopheles and Aedes, which indirectly kill millions of people every year, are what?
Anopheles 440,000 people each year because of malaria. Some species of "Anopheles" also can serve as the vectors for canine heartworm "Dirofilaria immitis", the filariasis-causing species "Wuchereria bancrofti" and "Brugia malayi", and viruses such as one that causes O'nyong'nyong fever. An association of brain tumor incidence and malaria suggests the "Anopheles" might transmit a virus or other agent that could cause a brain tumor. Mosquitoes in other genera ("Aedes", "Culex", "Culiseta", "Haemagogus", and "Ochlerotatus") can also serve as vectors of disease agents, but not human malaria. The ancestors of "Drosophila" and the mosquitoes diverged . The culicine and "Anopheles" clades of
Taxonomy of Anopheles suggesting the following branching order: ( "Stethomyia" ( "Anopheles" ( "Cellia" ( "Lophopodomyia" ( "Kerteszia", "Nyssorhynchus"))))). The number of species currently recognised within the subgenera is given here in parentheses: "Anopheles" (206 species), "Baimaia" (one), "Cellia" (239), "Kerteszia" (12), "Lophopodomyia" (six), "Nyssorhynchus" (34) and "Stethomyia" (five). The subgenus "Baimaia" may be elevated to genus level, as it appears to be a sister group to "Bironella" and all other "Anopheles". The ancestors of "Drosophila" and "Anopheles" diverged . The Old and New World "Anopheles" species subsequently diverged between 80 and . Taxonomic units between subgenus and species are not currently recognised