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MOLECULAR CONFIRMATION OF THE SPECIFIC STATUS OF ANOPHELES HALOPHYLUS (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) AND EVIDENCE OF A NEW CRYPTIC SPECIES WITHIN AN. TRIANNULATUS IN CENTRAL BRAZIL
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Department of Entomology. Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Department of Entomology. Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Anopheles halophylus Silva-do-Nascimento & Lourenc¸o-de-Oliveira was recently described
using morphological and biological variants in specimens previously identiÞed as Anopheles
triannulatus (Neiva & Pinto). Because these two species occur in sympatry in central Brazil, we used
allozymes to determine the extent of gene ßow to conÞrm that they are different species. Of 11
allozyme loci analyzed, one (Mpi) was found to be diagnostic for An. halophylus and An. triannulatus,
conÞrming their speciÞc status. This locus revealed a second sibling species within An. triannulatus
sensu lato. An. halophylus and the new undescribed species were conÞrmed using random ampliÞed
polymorphic DNA markers that showed moderate genetic divergence among these three sympatric
and closely related taxa (D 0.145Ð0.428). Moreover, this marker indicates that An. halophylus and
the new species are more closely related to each other than either is to An. triannulatus.
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