Anopheles species-vectors for filarial parasites


This list shows the Anopheles-transmitted filarial parasites of man and their vectors in the endemic zones.

The table is updated from M.W. Service (1993) Mosquitoes (Culicidae) in: Medical Insects andA rachnids (R.P. Lane & R.W. Grosskey, eds.) Chapman & Hall, London, pp. 120-240. Abbreviations for subgenera given in parentheses are: A, Anopheles s.str.; C, Cellia; K, Kerteszia; N, Nyssorhynchus. Main (primary) vectors are distinguished from subsidiary (incidental and local) vectors by bold type.


Filaria species:  (and form)
Endemic zonesVectors

Wuchereria bancrofti: (nocturnal periodic)
Zone 1 *** Tropical America  Anopheles (K.) bellator
 Anopheles (N.) albimanus
 Anopheles (N.) aquasalis
 Anopheles (N.) darlingi
Zone 2 *** Tropical Africa  Anopheles (C.) arabiensis
 Anopheles (C.) funestus
 Anopheles (C.) gambiae
 Anopheles (C.) hancocki
 Anopheles (C.) melas
 Anopheles (C.) merus
 Anopheles (C.) nili
 Anopheles (C.) pauliani
 Anopheles (C.) wellcomei
Zone 4 *** South Asia  Anopheles (A.) barbirostris
 Anopheles (A.) donaldi
 Anopheles (A.) kweiyangensis
 Anopheles (A.) letifer
 Anopheles (A.) nigerrimus
 Anopheles (A.) sinensis
 Anopheles (A.) whartoni
 Anopheles (C.) aconitus
 Anopheles (C.) antrhopophagus
 Anopheles (C.) balabacensis
 Anopheles (C.) dirus
 Anopheles (C.) flavirostris
 Anopheles (C.) jeyporiensis
 Anopheles (C.) leucosphyrus
 Anopheles (C.) maculatus
 Anopheles (C.) minimus
 Anopheles (C.) philippinensis
 Anopheles (C.) subpictus
 Anopheles (C.) tessellatus
 Anopheles (C.) vagus
Zone 6 *** New Guinea  Anopheles (A.) bancroftii
 Anopheles (C.) farauti
 Anopheles (C.) koliensis
 Anopheles (C.) punctulatus



Brugia malayi:(nocturnal periodic)
South Asia   Anopheles (A.) barbirostris
 Anopheles (A.) campestris
 Anopheles (A.) donaldi
 Anopheles (A.) kweiyangensis
 Anopheles (A.) nigerrimus
 Anopheles (A.) sinensis
 Anopheles (C.) arthropophagus



Brugia timori: (nocturnal periodic)
Flores, Timor, Alor, Roti   Anopheles (A.) barbirostris