Important mosquito vector species in malarious areas

Region	Species	Remarks
Tropics (sub-genera Cellia and Nyssorhynchus)
Tropical Africa	Anopheles gambiae complex Anopheles funestus	Highly anthropophilic and abundant in villages - very efficient vectors.
South East Asia	Anopheles dirus Anopheles minimus	Anthropophilic but breed in jungle pools and streams.
Indian subcontinent	Anopheles culicifacies Anopheles stephensi	An. culicifacies is rural; An. stephensi is mainly urban.
Brazilian Amazon	Anopheles darlingi	Biting time varies regionally.
Central America	Anopheles albimanus	Bites in the evening. Multiple insecticide resistance.
New Guinea	Anopheles punctulatus	Malaria transmission in lowlands as intense as in Africa.
Temperate zone (sub-genus Anopheles)
China	Anopheles sinensis group	Breeds in rice fields.
Turkey and Central Asia	Anopheles maculipennis complex	These mosquitoes were the vectors when there was malaria in Europe and they are still present today.

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