scholarly journals Fluorescence banding techniques in the identification of sibling species of the Anopheles gambiae complex

Heredity ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Gatti ◽  
G Santini ◽  
S Pimpinelli ◽  
M Coluzzi
Keyword(s):  
Anopheles Gambiae ◽  
Sibling Species ◽  
Gambiae Complex ◽  
Anopheles Gambiae Complex

Synthetic DNA probes for the identification of sibling species in the Anopheles gambiae complex

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSANNAH M. HILL ◽  
RACHEL URWIN ◽  
TERESA F. KNAPP ◽  
JULIAN M. CRAMPTON
Keyword(s):  
Anopheles Gambiae ◽  
Sibling Species ◽  
Dna Probes ◽  
Gambiae Complex ◽  
Synthetic Dna ◽  
Anopheles Gambiae Complex

Circadian flight activity in four sibling species of the Anopheles gambiae complex (Diptera, Culicidae)

1974 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. R. Jones ◽  
S. J. Gubbins ◽  
C. M. Cubbin
Keyword(s):  
Anopheles Gambiae ◽  
Sibling Species ◽  
Dark Period ◽  
Flight Activity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gambiae Complex ◽  
Anopheles Gambiae Complex ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Constant Dark

AbstractCircadian flight activity in the males and females of Anopheles gambiae Giles species A and B, A. melas (Theo.) and A. merus Dön. has been investigated using the acoustic actograph technique. In each species the pattern and timing of activity in males and females is almost identical. Cyclical activity continues in constant dark; the period of the cycle is approximately half-an-hour shorter in A. gambiae species A and half-an-hour longer in A. merus than in the other two species. In alternating 12 h light: 12 h dark, both sexes are active during the dark period, with peaks of activity following light-off and light-on. After light-off, the species become active in the following order: A. gambiae species A, A. melas, A. gambiae species B, A. merus. A. merus is approximately 20 min later than species A.

scholarly journals Sporozoite Infection Rate and Identification of the Infective and Refractory Species of Anopheles gambiae (Giles) Complex

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-413
Author(s):  
Music Temitope OBEMBE ◽  
Idowu J. AWOPETU
Keyword(s):  
Anopheles Gambiae ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Sibling Species ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Malaria Vectors ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Complex Span ◽  
Gambiae Complex ◽  
Anopheles Gambiae Complex ◽  
Sporozoite Infection

The ability of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes to transmit Plasmodium infection is known to be variable within sibling species of the complex with strains that cannot transmit the parasite. High sporozoite infection rate recorded showed that A. gambiae mosquitoes are potent malaria vectors in southwestern Nigeria. The aim of this study was to identify the infective and refractory strains of A. gambiae mosquitoes and to determine the sporozoite infection rate in this area. The infective strains were A. gambiae (sensu stricto) and A. arabiensis, while the refractory strains were A. gambiae (sensu stricto). However, ovarian polytene chromosome banding patterns could not be used to distinguish between the infective and refractory strains of A. gambiae (sensu stricto). This study showed that the refractory strains of Anopheles gambiae complex are present, but in low frequencies, in southwestern Nigeria, and that the sibling species of Anopheles gambiae (A. gambiae s.s. and A. arabiensis) are potent malaria vectors.

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