Kengne Pierre, Le Goff Gilbert, Fontenille Didier. (2009). Molecular genetic investigation of morphological species of members of the Neomelaniconion subgenus (Diptera : Culicidae : Aedini) from Madagascar using ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2. Journal of Medical Entomology, 46 (2), p. 403-407. ISSN 0022-2585.
Source
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2009,
46 (2), p. 403-407 ISSN 0022-2585
Species of Neomelaniconion (Neo.) tire aggressive toward humans and domestic animals, Some of these species play a role in the transmission of arbovirus, In Madagascar, separation of these arbovirus vectors was based oil doubtful morphological features. Sequence variation of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 2 from morphological Neomelaniconion species of the Neoniclaniconion subgenus from Madagas;car was investigated to assess the validity of morphologically defined taxa, Both methods showed two taxonomic groups: the. Circumluteolus Group that includes Aedes (Neo.) belleci (Le Goff, Bousses, and Brunhes, 2007), Ae. (Neo.) nigropterum (Le Goff, Bousses, and Brunhes, 2007), and Ae. (Neo.) circumluteolus (Theobald, 1908); and the Sylvaticum Group that includes Ae. (Neo.) sylvaticion (Le Goff, Bousses,and Brunhes, 2007), Ae. (Neo.) fontenillei (Le Goff, Bousses, and Brunhes, 2007), and Ae. (Neo.) albiradius (Le Goff, Bousses, and Brunhes, 2007). Although sequence analysis failed to completely resolve each group, four distinct patterns of sequence variation supported by several fixed mutations were shown from specimens in Madagascar.
