 Another example of a biologist using social values to accept or reject a species concept is Attenborough’s (2015) preference for employing the Phylogenetic Species Concept over the Biological Species Concept when trying to eradicate malaria. Attenborough argues that Phylogenetic Species Concepts performs better than the Biological Species Concept at identifying cryptic and incipient mosquito species. Identifying such cryptic groups is important for public health purposes, because such groups, and not others, can be the bearers of malaria parasites. Here, then, is an example where a biologist is choosing one species concept over another because one concept better promotes the non-epistemic aim of eradicating malaria and promoting human health. 