Principal vector species

Anopheles stephensi

Anopheles stephensi is a malaria vector recorded in 17 countries, and the target of 25 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.

17
countries with a GBIF record
1k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
25
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 stephensi 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 stephensi. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
17 countries total
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Anopheles stephensi, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.

Engineered-intervention research

Research works targeting Anopheles stephensi by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
32 works (tech-tagged)
GM release
10 works
SIT / IIT
9 works
Gene drive
8 works
Wolbachia
5 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.