Table 1 Correspondence of formally named species in the Barbirostris Complex based on six studies [23,24,25, 35, 36, 38] and the ITS2 length of the dominant product [2, 24], known geographical distribution, biting behavior [2, 8] and experimental infection studies [10, 17]
Anopheles species | Reference | ITS2 length (bp) | Confirmed distribution | Biting behavior | Experimental infections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[35] | [36] | [23] | ||||||
An. barbirostris | X | – | A4 | Clade 1 | 1637 | Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam | Mainly zoophilic | Negative for Pf and Pv |
An. dissidens | – | A1 | – | Clade III | 1822 | Thailand | Mainly zoophilic | Low positivity for Pv (9.1%) |
An. saeungae | – | A2 | – | Clade IV | 1678 | Indonesia, Thailand | Mainly zoophilic | Low positivity for Pv (6.7%) |
An. vanderwulpi | W | – | – | Clade II | 1727 | Indonesia | Mainly zoophilic | – |
An. wejchoochotei | – | An. campestris-likea | Clade V | 1612 | Thailand | Anthropophilic | High positivity for Pv (> 60%) | |
An. campestris | – | - | – | – | 1519 | Malaysia, Thailand | Anthropophilic; malaria vector | High positivity for Pv |