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.
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 |