Variation in Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase I DNA Can Successfully Identify Culex (Melanoconion) pedroi (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex (Melanoconion) ribeirensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

A. S. Araki; D. A. Maia; H. R. Gil-Santana; C. F. de Mello; A.de J. Martins; J. Alencar

doi:10.1093/jme/tjw197

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10 December 2016 Variation in Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase I DNA Can Successfully Identify Culex (Melanoconion) pedroi (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex (Melanoconion) ribeirensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

A. S. Araki, D. A. Maia, H. R. Gil-Santana, C. F. de Mello, A.de J. Martins, J. Alencar

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J. of Medical Entomology, 54(2):485-488 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw197

Abstract

Culex (Melanoconion) pedroiSirivanakarn & Belkin 1980 and Culex (Melanoconion) ribeirensisForattini & Sallum 1985 are two morphologically very similar species of the Pedroi subgroup of mosquitoes in the Spissipes section of the subgenus Melanoconion of the genus Culex L. 1758. We carried out an analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) DNA variation between these two species. The recent observation of sympatric coexistence in a forested area of Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil) triggered the need to validate these two species previously identified based on morphology. We concluded that the COI is a useful tool for identification of Cx. pedroi and Cx. ribeirensis.

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A. S. Araki, D. A. Maia, H. R. Gil-Santana, C. F. de Mello, A.de J. Martins, and J. Alencar "Variation in Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase I DNA Can Successfully Identify Culex (Melanoconion) pedroi (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex (Melanoconion) ribeirensis (Diptera: Culicidae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 54(2), 485-488, (10 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw197

Received: 14 June 2016; Accepted: 24 October 2016; Published: 10 December 2016

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