Table 1.

Afrotropical species members and key attributes of the Anopheles funestus Group

Subgroup [28]	Species	Distribution (based on [4, 5, 9, 12, 28, 29])	Malaria vector status (based on [5, 28, 29])
Funestus	An. funestus	Sub-Saharan Africa	Major
Funestus	An. funestus-like	Malawi	Unknown
Funestus	An. aruni	East Africa	Unknown
Funestus	An. confusus	East Africa	Unknown
Funestus	An. parensis	East and southern Africa	Possible [14]
Funestus	An. vaneedeni	South Africa	Confirmed [11]
Funestus	An. longipalpis type C	Zambia	Unknown
Minimus	An. leesoni	Sub-Saharan Africa	Possible [14]
Minimus	An. longipalpis type A	South Africa	Unknown
Rivulorum	An. rivulorum	Sub-Saharan Africa	Minor to potentially locally important [13–15]
Rivulorum	An. rivulorum-like	Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Zambia, and now also South Africa.	Unknown
Rivulorum	An. brucei	Nigeria	Unknown
Rivulorum	An. fuscivenosus	Northern parts of southern Africa	Unknown