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Table 1 List of the species of Anopheles (excluding subspecies) in the Afrotropical Region, excluding Madagascar and associated islands

From: Key to the females of Afrotropical Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Subgenus

Series

Section

Group/complex*

Species

Authors

Anopheles

Myzorhynchus

 

Coustani

caliginosus

De Meillon, 1943

   

Coustani

coustani

Laveran, 1900

   

Coustani

crypticus

Coetzee, 1994

   

Coustani

namibiensis

Coetzee, 1984

   

Coustani

paludis

Theobald, 1900

   

Coustani

symesi

Edwards, 1928

   

Coustani

tenebrosus

Dönitz, 1902

   

Coustani

ziemanni

Grünberg, 1902

    

obscurus

(Grünberg, 1905)

 

Anopheles

  

concolor

Edwards, 1938

Cellia

Neomyzomyia

Smithii

 

caroni

Adam, 1961

    

faini

Leleup, 1952

    

hamoni

Adam, 1962

    

jebudensis

Froud, 1944

    

lovettae

Evans, 1934

    

rageaui

Mattingly & Adam, 1954

    

smithii

Theobald, 1905

    

vanhoofi

Wanson & Lebied, 1945

    

wilsoni

Evans, 1934

  

Ardensis

 

ardensis

(Theobald, 1905)

    

buxtoni

Service, 1958

    

cinctus

(Newstead & Carter, 1910)

    

dualaensis

Brunhes, Le Goff & Geoffroy, 1999

    

deemingi

Service, 1970

    

dureni

Edwards, 1938

    

eouzani

Brunhes, Le Goff & Boussès, 2003

    

kingi

Christophers, 1923

    

machardyi

Edwards, 1930

    

maliensis

Bailly-Choumara & Adam, 1959

    

millecampsi

Lips, 1960

    

multicinctus

Edwards, 1930

    

natalensis

(Hill & Haydon, 1907)

   

Nili

carnevalei

Brunhes, Le Goff & Geoffroy, 1999

   

Nili

nili

(Theobald, 1904)

   

Nili

ovengensis

Awono-Ambene, Kengne, Simard, Antonio-Nkondjio & Fontenille, 2004

   

Nili

somalicus

Rivola & Holstein, 1957

    

vernus

Gillies & De Meillon, 1968

    

vinckei

De Meillon, 1942

  

Rhodesiensis

 

cameroni

De Meillon & Evans, 1935

    

lounibosi

Gillies & Coetzee, 1987

    

rhodesiensis

Theobald, 1901

    

rodhaini

Leleup & Lips, 1950

    

ruarinus

Edwards, 1940

 

Myzomyia

  

azaniae

Bailly-Choumara, 1960

    

barberellus

Evans, 1932

    

bervoetsi

D’Haenens, 1961

    

brunnipes

(Theobald, 1910)

    

domicolus

Edwards, 1916

    

dthali

Patton, 1905

    

erythraeus

Corradetti, 1939

    

ethiopicus

Gillies & Coetzee, 1987

    

flavicosta

Edwards, 1911

    

fontinalis

Gillies & De Meillon, 1968

    

gabonensis

Rahola, Makanga & Paupy, 2014

    

moucheti

Evans, 1925

    

schwetzi

Evans, 1934

    

tchekedii

De Meillon & Leeson, 1940

    

walravensi

Edwards, 1930

  

Funestus

Funestus

aruni

Sobti, 1968

   

Funestus

funestus

Giles, 1900

   

Funestus

funestus-like

(See Spillings et al. [26])

   

Funestus

parensis

Gillies, 1962

   

Funestus

vaneedeni

Gillies & Coetzee, 1987

   

Rivulorum

brucei

Service, 1960

   

Rivulorum

fuscivenosus

Leeson, 1930

   

Rivulorum

rivulorum

Leeson, 1935

   

Rivulorum

rivulorum-like

(see Cohuet, et al. [27])

    

confusus

Evans & Leeson, 1935

    

culicifacies

Giles, 1901

    

leesoni

Evans, 1931

    

longipalpis

(Theobald, 1903)

  

Marshallii-Hancocki

 

austenii

(Theobald, 1905)

    

berghei

Vincke & Leleup, 1949

    

brohieri

Edwards, 1929

    

gibbinsi

Evans, 1935

    

hancocki

Edwards, 1929

    

hargreavesi

Evans, 1927

    

harperi

Evans, 1936

   

Marshallii

hughi

Lambert & Coetzee, 1982

   

Marshallii

kosiensis

Coetzee, Segerman & Hunt, 1987

   

Marshallii

letabensis

Lambert & Coetzee, 1982

   

Marshallii

marshallii

(Theobald, 1903)

    

mortiauxi

Edwards, 1938

    

mousinhoi

De Meillon & Pereira, 1940

    

njombiensis

Peters, 1955

    

seydeli

Edwards, 1929

  

Wellcomei

 

distinctus

(Newstead & Carter, 1911)

    

erepens

Gillies, 1958

    

theileri

Edwards, 1912

    

wellcomei

Theobald, 1904

  

Demeilloni

 

carteri

Evans & De Meillon, 1933

    

demeilloni

Evans, 1933

    

freetownensis

Evans, 1925

    

garnhami

Edwards, 1930

    

keniensis

Evans, 1931

    

lloreti

Gil Collado, 1935

    

sergentii

(Theobald, 1907)

 

Pyretophorus

  

christyi

(Newstead & Carter, 1911)

    

daudi

Coluzzi, 1958

   

Gambiae

amharicus

Hunt, Wilkerson & Coetzee, 2013

   

Gambiae

arabiensis

Patton, 1905

   

Gambiae

bwambae

White, 1985

   

Gambiae

coluzzii

Coetzee & Wilkerson, 2013

   

Gambiae

fontenillei

Barrón, Paupy, Rahola, Akone-Ella, Ngangue, Wilson-Bahun, Pombi, Kengne, Costantini, Simard, González & Ayala, 2019

   

Gambiae

gambiae

Giles, 1902

   

Gambiae

quadriannulatus

(Theobald, 1911)

   

Gambiae

melas

Theobald, 1903

   

Gambiae

merus

Donitz, 1902

 

Paramyzomyia

  

azevedoi

Ribeiro, 1969

    

cinereus

Theobald, 1901

    

listeri

De Meillon, 1931

    

multicolor

Cambouliu, 1902

    

seretsei

Abdulla-Khan, Coetzee & Hunt, 1998

    

turkhudi

Liston, 1901

 

Neocellia

  

dancalicus

Corradetti, 1939

    

hervyi

Brunhes, Le Goff & Geoffroy, 1999

    

maculipalpis

Giles, 1902

    

pretoriensis

(Theobald, 1903)

    

rufipes

(Gough, 1910)

    

salbaii

Maffi & Coluzzi, 1958

    

stephensi

Liston, 1901

 

Cellia

  

argenteolobatus

(Gough, 1910)

    

brumpti

Hamon & Rickenbach, 1955

    

cristipalpis

Service, 1977

    

cydippis

De Meillon, 1931

    

murphyi

Gillies & De Meillon, 1968

    

pharoensis

Theobald, 1901

    

squamosus

Theobald, 1901

    

swahilicus

Gillies, 1964

Christya**

   

implexus

(Theobald, 1903)

    

okuensis

Brunhes, Le Goff & Geoffroy, 1997

  1. *Anopheles gambiae, An. nili and An. marshallii are referred to as complexes, while An. coustani, An. funestus and An. rivulorum are groups
  2. **Previously a Series in the subgenus Anopheles, Christya was elevated to subgeneric status by Harbach and Kitching in 2016 [28]