“…Following these early works, extensive efforts were made to elucidate all Palaearctic members of the Maculipennis Group, which comprise what is now known as the Maculipennis Complex ( sensu White, 1976, 1978; Harbach, 1994). Studies included egg morphology (Falleroni, 1926, 1932; Corradetti, 1934; de Buck & Swellengrebel, 1934a; Hackett & Lewis, 1935; Korvenkontio et al ., 1979), hybridization experiments (de Buck & Swellengrebel, 1934b; Kitzmiller et al ., 1967), ecology studies (van Thiel, 1927; de Buck & Swellengrebel, 1934b; Hackett & Missiroli, 1935), larval chaetotaxy (La Face, 1931; Diemer, 1935; Bates, 1939; Buonomini, 1940; Işfan, 1952; Suzzoni‐Blatger & Sevin, 1981; Boccolini et al ., 1986; Suzzoni‐Blatger et al ., 1990; Deruaz et al ., 1991), pupal chaetotaxy (Diemer, 1935; Işfan, 1952), adult morphology (de Buck et al ., 1933; Diemer, 1935; Ungureanu & Shute, 1947), chromosomes (Frizzi, 1947, 1952, 1953; Kitzmiller et al ., 1967; Stegnii & Kabanova, 1976; Stegnii, 1976; White, 1978), zymotaxonomy (Korvenkontio et al ., 1979; Bullini et al ., 1980; Bullini & Coluzzi, 1982; Jaenson et al ., 1986; Cianchi et al ., 1987; Suzzoni‐Blatger et al ., 1990), cuticular hydrocarbons (Phillips et al ., 1990) and, most recently, DNA sequences (Marinucci et al ., 1999; Proft et al ., 1999; Linton et al ., 2001b, 2002a,b,c). These works contributed to the current recognition of eight Palaeartic members within the Maculipennis Complex: An.…”