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There is no doubt that with several hundred bites/man/night inflicted by Cx. quinquefasciatus∗ and Cx. antennatus in Kinshasa (Coene 1993; Karch et al. 1993), these mosquitoes could be classified as both voracious biters and important vectors, at least in some countries. Unfortunately the vectorial capacity, pest status and distribution range cannot be defined so clearly for other important species. African anophelines of secondary importance that could be involved in malaria transmission are An. labranchiae∗ (North Africa), An. merus (costal East Africa) and An. sergentii∗ (North Africa). Ae. furcifer [Diceromyia furcifer] (patchy distribution in eastern, western and southern Africa) may also be involved in the transmission of chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever viruses (Germain et al. 1980; Jupp 1996; Diallo et al. 1998).

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  1. Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Norbert Becker

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Dušan Petrić & Marija Zgomba

  3. The Pest Management Consultancy, Haverhill, UK

    Clive Boase

  4. Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Minoo B. Madon

  5. Uppsala University EMA, Uppsala, Sweden

    Christine Dahl

  6. German Mosquito Control Association (KABS), Speyer, Germany

    Achim Kaiser

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Becker, N. et al. (2020). Africa. In: Mosquitoes. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11623-1_11

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