The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

Table 2 Defining the dominant Anopheles vector species of human malaria in Europe and the Middle East.

Anopheline species or species complex	White[260]	Service[253, 321]	Kiszewski[322]	Mouchet[223]	Exc.	Inc.	EO source
An. atroparvus	4, 5	4, 5	4, 5	4, 5	1	1	[260]; Manguin (pers comm, 2009); updated by TAG, 2009
An. labranchiae	5	5	5	5	1	1	[260]; Manguin (pers comm, 2009); updated by TAG, 2009
An. messeae			4, 5			1	[260]
An. sacharovi	5	5	5	5	1	1	[260]
An. sergentii	6	6	6	6	1	1	[260]; updated by TAG, 2009
An. superpictus	5	5	5	5	1	1	[260]

The exclusive (Exc.) column counts those species identified in all four reviews. The inclusive (Inc.) column counts those species identified by any of the four authors and are the candidate DVS considered for mapping. The numbers given in each of the review author columns record in which Macdonald's malaria epidemiology zones the species can be found: 4 - North Eurasian; 5 - Mediterranean; 6 - Afro-Arabian 320. The final DVS species listed were defined during two separate Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meetings. EO = Expert Opinion.