Principal vector species

Anopheles funestus

Anopheles funestus is a malaria vector recorded in 25 countries, and the target of 16 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.

25
countries with a GBIF record
27k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
16
intervention-research works
Malaria vector
disease group

Associated diseases

The sourced disease group for this vector, and the diseases that group covers.
Disease group
Malaria vector
Diseases
Plasmodium malaria
Competence varies
This names the vector’s associated disease group. It is not a claim that every population of Anopheles funestus transmits every listed disease, competence differs by population, pathogen strain and locale.

Where it is recorded

Countries with the most GBIF occurrence records for Anopheles funestus. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
25 countries total
+ 1 more countries with a record · browse all
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Anopheles funestus, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.

Engineered-intervention research

Research works targeting Anopheles funestus by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
17 works (tech-tagged)
Gene drive
12 works
GM release
3 works
SIT / IIT
2 works
Mosticare Ühing (2026). Mosquito Intelligence Atlas, vector distribution, disease burden, and engineered-intervention literature. Derived from GBIF, WHO GHO, World Bank, OpenAlex and Natural Earth. https://www.mosticare.org/atlas
Data vintage 2026-07-12. Independent of the funded programmes.