Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes of the species Anopholes.The term ‘bionomics’ is used to cover both the ecology of a mosquito species (e.g. larval habitats) and its behaviour (e.g. host biting preferences). Many Anopheles vector species exhibit distinct bionomics, which need to be considered when selecting appropriate vector control strategies.
The three regional databases are available as comma delimited files. Each survey included in the vector bionomics database has been disaggregated to individual sites (geographical points), individual dates (if the same site was sampled repeatedly) and individual Anopheles DVS. They are also available from Dryad and the VecNet digital library.
When using this data, please cite the original publication:
Massey NC, Garrod G, Wiebe A, Henry AJ, Huang Z, Moyes CL, Sinka ME (2016) A global bionomic database for the dominant vectors of human malaria. Scientific Data 3: 160014. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.14
- Bionomics Africa CSVData Dictionary
- Bionomics AmericasBionomics Americas Data Dictionary
- Bionomics Asia-PacificBionomics Asia-Pacific Data Dictionary
Individual species are described below.
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- Anopheles (Cellia) aconitus Dönitz, 1902
- Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albimanus Wiedemann, 1820
- Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis species complex
- Anopheles (Cellia) annularis van der Wulp, 1884
- Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) aquasalis Curry, 1932
- Anopheles (Cellia) arabiensis Patton, 1905
- Anopheles (Anopheles) atroparvus van Thiel, 1927
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- Anopheles (Cellia) maculatus Group
- Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) marajoara Galvão & Damasceno, 1942
- Anopheles (Cellia) melas Theobald, 1903
- Anopheles (Cellia) merus Dönitz, 1902
- Anopheles (Anopheles) messeae Falleroni, 1926
- Anopheles (Cellia) minimus species complex
- Anopheles (Cellia) moucheti Evans, 1925
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- Anopheles (Anopheles) sacharovi Favre, 1903
- Anopheles (Cellia) sergentii species complex
- Anopheles (Anopheles) sinensis species complex
- Anopheles (Cellia) stephensi Liston, 1901
- Anopheles (Cellia) subpictus species complex
- Anopheles (Cellia) sundaicus species complex
- Anopheles (Cellia) superpictus Grassi, 1899
# Bibliography
Killeen GF., Kiware SS., Okumu FO., Sinka ME., Moyes CL., Massey NC., Gething PW., Marshall JM., Chaccour CJ., Tusting LS. (2017) Going beyond personal protection against mosquito bites to eliminate malaria transmission: population suppression of malaria vectors that exploit both human and animal blood. BMJ Global Health 2(2). [DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000198]
Massey, N.C., Garrod, G., Wiebe, A., Henry, A.J., Huang, Z., Moyes, C.L., Sinka, M.E. (2016) A global bionomic database for the dominant vectors of human malaria. Scientific Data, 3: 160014. [DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.14]