Anopheles gambiae complex

Author

• Patton
• 1905:625 (M*, F*, L, E*).
• Aden Hinterland [West Aden Protectorate] (LU).

Distribution

• Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zaire, Guinea Bissau
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Synonyms

• davidsoni Ribiero, DaCunha Ramos, Pires and Capela
  • 1979:75 (M*, F*, P*, L*). ,
  • Type-loc: Ribiera do Mangue, Santiago Island, Cape Verde Republic (IHMT).
  • Cambournac, Petrarca and Coluzzi 1982:266 (syn.).

Bionomics

• These species occur in a great variety of types of water; the most striking are the shallow, open sun-lit pools. Females readily enter houses and bite man both indoors and outdoors starting at sunset and peaking just at dawn (Gillies and deMeillon 1968).

Medical Importance

• Primary malaria vector (Gillies and deMeillon 1968).

Additional References

• Gillies and deMeillon 1968:208.
• White 1975:311 (resurrected from syn. with gambiae; distr.).
• Mattingly 1977:324 (tax.)

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