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- Title
Cytogenetic and molecular evidence for two species in the Anopheles barbirostris complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand.
- Authors
Atiporn Saeung; Yasushi Otsuka; Visut Baimai; Pradya Somboon; Benjawan Pitasawat; Benjawan Tuetun; Anuluck Junkum; Hiroyuki Takaoka; Wej Choochote
- Abstract
Abstract  Seventeen isolines of Anopheles barbirostris derived from animal-biting female mosquitoes showed three karyotypic forms: Form A (X2, Y1) in five isolines from Phetchaburi province; Form B (X1, X3, Y2) in three and eight isolines from Chiang Mai and Ubon Ratchathani provinces, respectively; Form C (X2, Y3) in one isoline from Phetchaburi province. All 17 isolines exhibited an average branch summation of seta 2-VI pupal skins ranging from 12.1â13.0 branches, which was in the limit of A. barbirostris (6â18 branches). Of the 12 human-biting isolines from Chiang Mai province, five isolines showed Form B (X2, Y2), and seven isolines exhibited a new karyotypic form designated as Form E (X2, Y5). All of 12 isolines had an average branch summation of seta 2-VI pupal skins ranging from 22.4â24.5 branches, which was in the limit of Anopheles campestris (17â58 branches). Thus, they were tentatively designated as A. campestris-like Forms B and E. Hybridization between A. campestris-like Forms B and E showed that they were genetically compatible, yielding viable progeny for several generations suggesting conspecific relationships of these two karyotypic forms. Reproductive isolation among crosses between A. campestris-like Form B and A. barbirostris Forms A, B, and C strongly suggested the existence of these two species. In addition, the very low intraspecific variation (genetic distance A. campestris-like Forms B and E supported their conspecific relationship. The large sequence divergence of ITS2 (0.203â0.268), COI (0.026â0.032), and COII (0.030â0.038) from genomic DNA of A. campestris-like Forms B and E and the A. barbirostris Forms A, B, and C clearly supported cytogenetic and morphological evidence.
- Subjects
THAILAND; CYTOGENETICS; DIPTERA; MOSQUITOES
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2007, Vol 101, Issue 5, p1337
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-007-0645-1