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Box 2.3: Comparison of some important vectors outside of Africa<br />

Region Species Resting<br />

location<br />

Europe<br />

and<br />

Middle<br />

East<br />

South<br />

and<br />

South-<br />

East<br />

Asia<br />

An. sacharovi Inside and<br />

outside<br />

An. subpictus Inside and<br />

outside<br />

An. dirus Mainly<br />

outside<br />

An. minimus Mainly<br />

outside<br />

An. stephensi Mainly<br />

inside<br />

An.<br />

culicifacies<br />

Mainly<br />

inside<br />

An. fluviatilis Inside and<br />

outside<br />

Feeding<br />

time<br />

Peak<br />

20:00–<br />

22:00<br />

Mainly<br />

late<br />

(20:00–<br />

02:00 hrs.)<br />

Feeding<br />

location<br />

Inside<br />

and<br />

outside<br />

Inside<br />

and<br />

outside<br />

Inside<br />

and<br />

outside<br />

All night Inside<br />

and<br />

outside<br />

Late<br />

evening<br />

and night<br />

Late<br />

evening<br />

and night<br />

Peak<br />

21:00–<br />

03:00 hrs.<br />

Inside<br />

and<br />

outside<br />

Inside<br />

and<br />

outside<br />

Mainly<br />

inside<br />

Host<br />

preferences<br />

Human<br />

and nonhuman<br />

Domestic<br />

animals<br />

and<br />

humans<br />

Mainly<br />

human<br />

Human<br />

and cows<br />

Mainly<br />

cattle<br />

and<br />

domestic<br />

animals<br />

Mainly<br />

cattle<br />

and<br />

domestic<br />

animals<br />

Human<br />

and nonhuman<br />

Breeding sites<br />

Typically large<br />

brackish marshes but<br />

also other habitats<br />

Muddy pools often<br />

near houses. Also in<br />

barrow pits, buffalo<br />

wallows and artificial<br />

containers<br />

Small shady pools<br />

mainly in forests<br />

and plantations,<br />

footprints, stream<br />

seepages, wheelruts,<br />

gem pits, hollow logs,<br />

sometimes wells<br />

Streams in forest<br />

foothills<br />

Urban vector:<br />

domestic water<br />

tanks and containers,<br />

construction sites<br />

Rural vector: clean<br />

water, river margins,<br />

rice fields, man-made<br />

pits and pools<br />

Rural vector: clean<br />

water, river margins,<br />

rice fields, man-made<br />

pits and pools<br />

Grassy edges of slow<br />

moving streams,<br />

springs, irrigation<br />

channels, sometimes<br />

in the edges of<br />

swamps and lakes<br />

DEFEATInG MALARIA In ASIA, THE PAcIFIc, AMERIcAS, MIDDLE EAST AnD EURoPE<br />

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