Biological variation in Anopheles darlingi root

Abstract

Behavioural variation in the South American malaria vector

Anopheles darlingi bionomics and transmission of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium malariae in Amerindian villages of the Upper-Maroni Amazonian forest, French Guiana

“…Important geographical variations in resting and biting behaviours of An. darlingi are described in the literature (Roberts et al 1987, Charlwood 1996, Tadei & Dutary Thatcher 2000. Indeed, intensive use of insecticides on the inside walls of houses to control An.…”

Microgeographic Genetic Variation of the Malaria Vector Anopheles darlingi Root (Diptera: Culicidae) from Córdoba and Antioquia, Colombia

“…11,19,20 Anopheles darlingi populations from Central and South America demonstrate significant morphologic and behavioral variation. 21 An earlier study on An. darlingi populations from seven countries in Central and South America that used isozymes, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), morphology, and ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences found evidence of geographic partitioning according to the RAPD-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) patterns.…”

Diverse population dynamics of three Anopheles species belonging to the Triannulatus Complex (Diptera: Culicidae)

“…4). The biting time of a mosquito species at a given location is dependent on the relationship between inherited endogenous oscillators and local environmental and physiological factors such as age of the population, moon phase, rainfall, and distance from the oviposition or mating site (Charlwood 1996, Obsomer et al 2007. During seasonal population peaks of a mosquito species, a large proportion of the biting individuals consists of young nuliparous females.…”