Authors: Linton, Yvonne-marie¹; Smith, Lisa¹; Koliopoulos, George²; Zounos, Athanassios²; Samanidou-Voyadjoglou, Anna³; Patsoula, Eleni³; Harbach, Ralph¹

Source: Journal of Natural History, Volume 41, Numbers 41-44, 2007 , pp. 2683-2699(17)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Abstract:

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.

Keywords: Anopheles maculipennis; An. melanoon; An. messeae; An. sacharovi; distribution; Greece; ITS2; Maculipennis Complex

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701403255

Affiliations: 1: Mosquitoes Programme and Biomedical Sciences Theme, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK 2: Laboratory of Insecticides of Public Health Importance, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifissia, Athens, Greece 3: Department of Parasitology, Entomology and Tropical Diseases, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece

Publication date: 2007-01-01

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