Malaria vectors in India

Anopheles stephenis

• This is an Urban or Domestic Malaria
• Breeds in disused and partially used well, overhead tanks, water stagnations, water-pipe supplies
• The larva can tolerate polluted and brackish waters.
• Responsible for creating epidemics in urban areas.
• The adult mosquito rests outside of the house during daytime.

Anopheles sundaicus

• Salt water breeder mosquito requires saline lakes, lagoons, salt water marshes and water stagnant in seacoast areas.
• It feeds on human blood

Anopheles minimus

• Important vector in tea garden areas
• Breeds in irrigation channels, shallow wells and slow running streams with marginal vegetation
• The mosquito prefers human blood

Anopheles philipenensis

• Important vector in West Bengal
• Breeds in sub soil with high water level, water stagnation, cracks in soil.