This database contains recorded collections of
members of the Anopheles gambiae species complex.
The database originated at the London School of Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine through the efforts of Professor George Davidson and
Mr Ron Page. Many entomologists who work or have worked in Africa contributed
to the database, either by sending material to the Ross Institute in the
1960's and 70's for cross‑mating identification or by donation of
reprints. We thank them for their assistance and hope that they find the
database and species distribution useful. The World Health Organization
(WHO/AFRO), South African Institute for Medical Research and South African
Medical Research Council are thanked for financial support.
Coetzee, M., M.H. Craig and D. le Sueur. 2000.
Mapping the distribution of members of the Anopheles gambiae complex in
Africa and adjacent islands. Parasitology Today 16: 74-77.
DATA DOCUMENTATION:
Spread sheet data fields with descriptions and
definitions of codes:
|
COUNTRY |
|
|
LOCALITY |
Locality
of vector collection point. |
|
LAT |
Latitude
of collection locality (decimal degrees) |
|
LONG |
Longitude
of collection locality (decimal degrees) |
|
MONTH |
Month
of collection. (Sometimes “Start of collection”.) |
|
YEAR |
Year
of collection. (Sometimes “End of collection”.) |
|
CATCH |
HRD
House Resting, Daytime LT
Light Trap ILT
Indoor Light Trap OLT
Outdoor Light Trap AB
Animal Biting ABN
Animal-Baited Net trap ABO
Animal-Biting Outdoors HBN
Human-Baited Net trap MBI
Man-Biting Indoors MBO
Man-Biting Outdoors L
Larval collection OWT
Outlet Window Trap RO
Resting Outdoors OSN
Outside Shelter Natural OSA
Outside Shelter Artificial ARD
Animal Shed Resting OS
Outside Shelter co2
TRAP
Carbon-dioxide baited net trap ?
Method of collection
unknown or we are unsure if the collection method is correct for that
particular record. |
|
SPECIES |
Species collected. In
many localities more than one species was collected, shown as two
separate records. |
|
IDEN |
1
= cross-mating experiments 2
= chromosomal banding sequences 3
= isoenzyme electrophoresis 4
= morphology 5
= polymerase chain reaction method 6
= DNA probes 7
= salinity tolerance tests |
|
NUMBER |
Number
of specimens collected. It
is not known what “a” stands for in George Davidson's original
database. |
|
REFERENCE |
R.I.
= Ross Institute Reports |