Table 1 Defining the dominant Anopheles vector species and species complexes of human malaria in the Americas.

albimanus Wiedemann, 1820: An. (Nyssorhynchus)

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3

1

1

1

Rubio-Palis (unpub. obs., 2008), Manguin (unpub. obs., 2009), Fernandez (unpub. obs., 2009), Updated by TAG (2009).

albitarsis*: An. (Nyssorhynchus)

3

3

1

1

[94], [200], Rubio-Palis (unpub. obs., 2009), Manguin (unpub. obs., 2009), Updated by TAG (2009).

aquasalis Curry, 1932: An. (Nyssorhynchus)

2, 3

2, 3

2, 3

2, 3

1

1

1

[26], Rubio-Palis (unpub. obs., 2008).

darlingi Root, 1926: An. (Nyssorhynchus)

2, 3

2, 3

2, 3

2, 3

1

1

1

[26], Rubio-Palis (unpub. obs., 2008), Updated by TAG ( 2009).

freeborni Aitken, 1939: An. (Anopheles)

1

1

1

1

1

[201]

marajoara Galvão & Damasceno, 1942: An. (Nyssorhynchus)

2, 3

1

1

[200], [202], Rubio-Palis (unpub. obs., 2009), Manguin (unpub. obs., 2009).

nuneztovari*: An. (Nyssorhynchus)

3

3

3

3

1

1

1

[26], Rubio-Palis (unpub. obs., 2009), Updated by TAG (2009).

pseudopunctipennis*: An. (Anopheles)

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3

1

1

1

[26, 148], Rubio-Palis (unpub. obs., 2009), Updated by TAG (2009).

quadrimaculatus Say, 1824: An. (Anopheles)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

[201]