Species that are known to foster the Malaria Parasites
Note.—In the case of several species it is known that they are not always susceptible to experimental infection throughout their range, and that at a given time and place all individuals are not susceptible.
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| Fig. 40.—Resting position of Culex pipiens. |
Fig. 41.—Resting position of Anopheles sinensis. |
Fig. 42.—Resting position of Anopheles maculipennis. |
Europe.—A. maculipennis; A. sinensis (=pseudopictus, Grassi); A. superpictus, Grassi; A. turkhudi, Liston (=hispaniola, Theob.).
Africa.—A. maculipennis, A. umbrosus (=strachani), A. mauritianus, A. culicifacies (=Pyrelophorus sergenti, Theob.), A. funestus, A. turkhudi, A. costalis, A. maculipalpis, A. pharoensis.
Asia.—A. umbrosus, A. barbirostris, A. sinensis (=jesoensis) A. culicifacies, A. funestus var. listoni (=formosaensis and cohaesa), A. minimus, A. turkhudi, A. ludlowi, [1]A. rossi (?), A. leucosphyrus (?), A. stephensi, A. fuliginosus, A. maculatus, A. maculipalpis, A. theobaldi, A. willmori.
North America.—A. crucians, A. punctipennis, A. quadrimaculatus.
South America.—A. punctipennis, A. pseudopunctipennis, A. pseudomaculipes, A. intermedius, A. cruzi, A. tarsimaculatus, A. albimanus, A. arygrotarsis.
Australia.—A. bancrofti (?), A. annulipes.
- ↑ This species has recently been shown by Christophers to be the transmitter of a peculiarly localized malaria in the Andaman Islands. It breeds only in brackish water, and is not found farther away from such water than half a mile.
