Anopheles

From Ganfyd

Some mosquitoes of this genus transmit malaria in man, many might do so under experimental conditions. Only those proved to transmit disease to man are detailed here. More species and their details can be found at Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Mosquito Identification

• Anopheles aconitus
  • A prime malaria vector in Asia
• Anopheles albimanus
  • Prime malaria vector Caribbean
• Anopheles annularis
  • A secondary malaria vector in Asia
• Anopheles annulipes
  • A secondary malaria vector in Australiasia
• Anopheles atroparvus
  • Primary malaria vector Southern Europe
• Anopheles bancroftii
  • Prime malaria vector Australia
• Anopheles campestris
  • Vector for malaria and filariasis in South East Asia
  • Likes to bite indoors
• Anopheles claviger
  • Malaria vector Middle East and potentially much of Europe
• Anopheles crucians
  • Malaria vector South East USA
• Anopheles culicifacies
  • A primary malaria vector in mainland Asia
• Anopheles donaldi
  • Vector Brugia malayi causing filariasis in Malaysia
• Anopheles farauti
  • A primary malaria vector in Indonesia and Northern Australia
• Anopheles flavirostris
  • A primary malaria vector in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
• Anopheles fluviatilis
  • A primary malaria vector on Asian mainland
• Anopheles freeborni
  • Malaria and Western equine encephalitis vector South West USA
• Anopheles gambiae complex
  • A primary malaria vector in Central and Southern Africa
• Anopheles hancocki
  • A malaria vector in Central Africa
• Anopheles jeyporiensis
  • Vector for malaria and filariasis (Brugia malayi and W. bancrofti) in India and South East Asia
• Anopheles karwari
  • Secondary vector for malaria throughout Asia
• Anopheles koliensis
  • Vector for malaria and filariasis in Micronesia
• Anopheles leucosphyrus group
  • Vector for malaria Bangladesh through to Indonesia in forests
• Anopheles lesteri
  • Malaria in Northern Asia and Japan
• Anopheles letifer
  • Main malaria vector in Malaysia and distributed throughout South East Asia
• Anopheles ludlowae
  • Malaria in Asian Islands of Pacific from Taiwan south
• Anopheles maculatus
  • Vector for malaria and filariasis China and much of Asia
• Anopheles minimus
  • Vector for malaria China and much of Asia
• Anopheles messeae
  • Occasional malaria in Europe, is distributed throughout Europe and Northern Asia
• Anopheles nigerrimus
  • Possible malaria and filariasis vector in South East Asia
• Anopheles quadrimaculatus
  • A prime malaria vector Eastern USA
  • Actually has at least 4 distinct subspecies
• Anopheles pattoni
  • Main malaria vector northern China
• Anopheles philippinensis
  • Secondary malaria vector throughout Eastern Asia
• Anopheles pulcherrimus
  • Secondary malaria vector throughout Asia
• Anopheles punctulatus
  • A malaria and filariasis vector from Indonesia to Micronesia
• Anopheles sacharovi
  • Important malaria vector throughout its range from France to central Asia on to Northern Asia
• Anopheles sinensis
  • Vector for malaria and filariasis (Brugia malayi) in Southern Asia, China
• Anopheles stephensi
  • A malaria vector throughout mainland Asia
• Anopheles subpictus
  • A malaria vector in the Celebes islands but also found throughout mainland Asia
• Anopheles sundaicus
  • A malaria vector throughout Asia from India east.
• Anopheles superpictus
  • A malaria vector from southern Europe, northern Africa through to northern Asia.
• Anopheles tessellatus
  • A malaria and filariasis vector in the Maldives but found in most of East Asia
• Anopheles walkeri
  • Potential malaria vector in its habitat which is eastern USA