TY - JOUR
TI - The Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis complex (Diptera : Culicidae) in
Greece
AU - Linton, Yvonne-Marie
AU - Smith, Lisa
AU - Koliopoulos, George
AU - Zounos,
AU - Athanassios K.
AU - Samanidou-Voyadjoglou, Anna
AU - Patsoula, Eleni and
AU - Harbach, Ralph E.
JO - Journal of Natural History
PY - 2007
VL - 41
TODO - 41-44
SP - 2683-2699
PB - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD LONDON
SN - 0022-2933, 1464-5262
TODO - 10.1080/00222930701403255
TODO - anopheles maculipennis; An. melanoon; An. messeae; An. sacharovi;
distribution; Greece; ITS2; Maculipennis Complex
TODO - Mosquitoes belonging to the Maculipennis Complex of Anopheles subgenus
Anopheles were collected in 10 prefectures across Greece: Attiki, Evros,
Florina, Fthiotida, Ioannina, Lakonia, Magnesia, Rodopi, Serres, and
Xanthi. DNA was extracted from 276 specimens and sequences for the
nuclear rDNA ITS2 region were obtained from 257 of these (93.1%). Four
members of the An. maculipennis Meigen complex were identified: An.
maculipennis, An. sacharovi Favre, An. melanoon Hackett, and An. messeae
Falleroni. Species were identified based on correlation of their
sequences with those available in GenBank. All four species have been
incriminated as primary or secondary vectors of malaria. Species
distributions in relation to potential threats of reintroduction of
malaria in Greece are discussed. This study comprises the most complete
study of the Maculipennis Complex in Greece to date, and contributes
substantially to the current knowledge of the genetics and distributions
of the four species.
ER -