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Table 2 Number of species of Afrotropical Anopheles described per decade since 1900

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

Decade

No. species

Author/co-author (number of species authored/co-authored)

1900–1910

35

Theobald (18), Giles (3), Donitz (2), Gough (2), Grunberg (2), Liston (2), Patton (2), Cambouliu (1), Carter (1), Haydon (1), Hill (1), Laveran (1), Newstead (1)

1911–1920

6

Edwards (3), Carter (2), Newstead (2), Theobald (1)

1921–1930

13

Edwards (9), Evans (2), Christophers (1), Leeson (1)

1931–1940

24

Evans (12), De Meillon (6), Edwards (4), Leeson (3), Corradetti (2), Gil Collado (1), Pereira (1)

1941–1950

6

De Meillon (2), Leleup (2), Froud (1), Lebied (1), Lips (1), Vincke (1), Wanson (1)

1951–1960

13

Adam (2), Bailly-Choumara (2), Coluzzi (2), Service (2), Gillies (1), Hamon (1), Holstein (1), Leleup (1), Maffi (1), Mattingly (1), Peters (1), Rickenbach (1), Rivola (1)

1961–1970

11

Gillies (5), De Meillon (3), Adam (2), D’Haenens (1), Ribeiro (1), Service (1), Sobti (1)

1971–1980

1

Service (1)

1981–1990

8

Coetzee (7), Gillies (3), Lambert (2), Hunt (1), Segerman (1), White (1)

1991–2000

6

Brunhes (4), Le Goff (4), Geoffroy (4), Coetzee (2), Abdulla-Khan (1), Hunt (1)

2001–2010

4

Coetzee (2), Fontenille (2), Kengne (2), Simard (2), Antonio-Nkondjio (1), Awono-Ambene (1), Bousses (1), Brooke (1), Brunhes (1), Chiphwanya (1), Cohuet (1), Hunt (1), Koekemoer (1), Le Goff (1), Spillings (1), Toto (1)

2011–2020

4

Coetzee (2), Paupy (2), Rahola (2), Wilkerson (2), Akone-Ella (1), Ayala (1), Barrón (1), Costantini (1), González (1), Hunt (1), Kengne (1), Makanga (1), Ngangue (1), Pombi (1), Simard (1), Wilson-Bahun (1)