TY - JOUR T1 - Molecular confirmation of sympatric populations of An. messeae and An. atroparvus overwintering in Kent, southeast England JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Linton, Yvonne-Marie A1 - Smith, Lisa A1 - Harbach, Ralph E. SP - 8 EP - 16 AB -

Mosquitoes of the Anopheles maculipennis complex were collected as overwintering adults in a disused war fortification near the Cliffe marshes in the county of Kent, southeast England in January 2002. Fifty-three adult females were collected and fifty-two of these were identified as either An. atroparvus van Thiel or An. messeae Falleroni on the basis of similarity to rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequences in GenBank. Forty specimens (76.9%) were identified as An. messeae and 12 (23.1%) as An. atroparvus. DNA sequences for these species from England are provided for the first time, which enhance knowledge of the species composition and distribution of the An. maculipennis complex in England.

VL - 13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Observations on the taxonomic status of Anopheles subalpinus Hackett & Lewis and An. Melanoon Hackett JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - Linton, Yvonne-Marie A1 - Smith, Lisa A1 - Harbach, Ralph E. SP - 1 EP - 7 AB -

Progeny broods of An. maculipennis s.l. from Greece were identified as An. subalpinus Hackett & Lewis based on egg morphology and the original species descriptions. DNA sequence data from members of the progeny broods were compared to previously published sequences for members of the An. maculipennis complex. The sequences were 99.54-100% identical to those of An. melanoon Hackett, typified by its uniformly black egg. These results are discussed in relation to those of other workers, and An. subalpinus is formally synonymised with An. melanoon.

VL - 13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Contribution to the mosquito fauna of the Greek island of Samos JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2007 A1 - Linton, Yvonne-Marie A1 - LaSalle Pepin A1 - Smith, Lisa A1 - George Koliopoulos SP - 1 EP - 4 VL - 22 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New occurrence records for Anopheles maculipennis and An. messeae in northern Greece based on DNA sequence data JF - European Mosquito Bulletin Y1 - 2001 A1 - Linton, Yvonne-Marie A1 - Samanidou-Voyadjoglou, Anna A1 - Smith, Lisa A1 - Harbach, Ralph E. SP - 31 EP - 36 AB -

Bloodfed Anopheles maculipennis s.l. females were collected resting in and around sheepfolds in the northwestern prefecture of Florina, Greece. The specimens were identified as An. maculipennis and An. messeae on the basis of similarity to published DNA sequence data for the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) region. Novel DNA sequences were obtained for the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene (COl) for both species. Correlations of COl and ITS2 sequences were used to identitfy specimens, with respect to ITS2 sequences in Genbank. These results constitute new distribution records for these two species in northwestern Greece.

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