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Anopheles funestus<\/em> has a wide geographic distribution, extending throughout Africa where is one of the most important vectors of malaria. A typical An. funestus<\/em> larval habitat is a large, permanent or semi-permanent body of fresh water with emergent vegetation, such as swamps, large ponds and lake edges. Larvae have been found in shaded and sunlit environments where An. funestus<\/em> may use emergent vegetation as refuge against predation while the shading it casts, or the presence of shade from overhanging plants, is of lesser importance. In some areas, An. funestus<\/em> larvae are associated with rice cultivation (e.g. Madagascar, Mali) and replaces An. arabiensis<\/em> in a successive temporal process during rice plant growth, exhibiting higher densities in older, maturing fields compared to the preceding open conditions preferred by An. arabiensis<\/em>. An. funestus<\/em> is a highly adaptable species, allowing it to occupy and maintain its wide distribution and utilise and conform to the many habitat types and climatic conditions contained therein. Its genome was sequenced in 2012.<\/p>\n (source & for more information : Vectorbase<\/a>)<\/p>\n Statistics of OBPs from Anopheles funestus<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
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