Anopheles gambiae
![](/Images/godic/202412/21/AnophelesGambiaemosquito3912.jpg")
![The tube-like heart (green) extends along the body, interlinked with the diamond-shaped wing muscles (also green) and surrounded by pericardial cells (red). Blue depicts cell nuclei.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Structural_organization_of_the_heart_of_the_mosquito_Anopheles_gambiae_-_image.ppat.v08.i11.g0013912.png")
Anopheles gambiae is a complex of at least seven morphologically indistinguishable species of mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles. This complex was recognised in the 1960s and includes the most important vectors of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa particularly of the most dangerous malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. It is one of the most efficient malaria vectors known.