Anopheles sinensis is a species of mosquito that transmits malaria as well as lymphatic filariasis.

It is regarded as the most important vector of these human parasitic diseases in Southeast Asia.

In China it also transmits the filalarial parasite (Wuchereria bancrofti),[3] and arthropod roundworm (Romanomermis jingdeensis).

It was first described by German naturalist Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1828, and became one of the earliest known species of Anopheles.

Due to its similarity with other mosquitos and geographical diversity, the species was redescribed several times by different taxonomists, with names like An.

[12] Anopheles sinensis is found in northeast India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kampuchea, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.

[13][14] They are found in all types of environment including naturally-made clean water, stagnant or flowing.

Their major habitats are rice fields, ditches, streams, irrigation canals, marshes, ponds, and ground pools.

Their feeding takes place throughout the night from dusk to dawn, but heaviest biting occurs between 2 and 4 in the morning.