The "Anopheles" group was divided by Edwards into four series: "Anopheles" (worldwide), "Myzorhynchus" (Palearctic, Oriental, Australasian and Afrotropical), "Cycloleppteron" (Neotropical) and "Lophoscelomyia" (Oriental); and two groups, "Arribalzagia" (Neotropical) and "Christya" (Afrotropical).