Malaria vector species



Anopheline vector-species of malaria in the epidemiological zones

Zone numbers and geographical naming follow Macdonald, G. (1957; The Epidemiology and Control of Malaria [xiv + 201 + xl +11 pp.] Oxford University Press, London). 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. The data have been compiled from: M.W. Service (1993) Mosquitoes (Culicidae) in: Medical Insects and Arachnids (R.P. Lane & R.W. Grosskey, eds.) Chapman & Hall, London, pp. 120-240.


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1. North American

2. Central American

3. South American

4. North Eurasian

5. Mediterranean

6. Afro-Arabian

7. Afrotropical

8. Indo-Iranian

9. Indo-Chinese hills

10. Malaysian

11. Chinese

12. Australasian