It is a genus of dipteran insect, which like many mosquitoes is hematophagous in the case of females and some transmit with their bite the parasite of malaria or malaria. The name has Greek components: 945; 957; ( an "without , out" ) 959; 966; 949; 955; 959; 962; (ophelos "utility, benefit"), which is interpreted as "useless, harmful".
