Confirmation of Anopheles (Anopheles) calderoni Wilkerson, 1991 (Diptera: Culicidae) in Colombia and Ecuador through molecular and morphological correlation with topotypic material

Confirmation of Anopheles (Anopheles) calderoni Wilkerson, 1991 (Diptera: Culicidae) in Colombia and Ecuador through molecular and morphological correlation with topotypic material

The morphologically similar taxa Anopheles calderoni, Anopheles punctimacula, Anopheles malefactor and Anopheles guarao are commonly misidentified. Isofamilies collected in Valle de Cauca, Colombia, showed morphological characters most similar to An. calderoni, a species which has never previously b...

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Main Authors: Ranulfo González, Nancy Carrejo, Richard C Wilkerson, Joubert Alarcon, Joubert Alarcon-Ormasa, Fredy Ruiz, Ravinder Bhatia, José Loaiza, Yvonne-Marie Linton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2010-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Anopheles calderoni
morphology
DNA barcodes
COI
ITS2
Colombia
Ecuador
new country records
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