Systematics of the<i>Anopheles barbirostris</i>species complex (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae) in Thailand

Taai, Kritsana; Harbach, Ralph E.

doi:10.1111/zoj.12236

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“…saeungae and An. wejchoochotei, three species in the Barbirostris Complex of subgenus Anopheles (Taai & Harbach (2015). This brings the total number of species known to occur in Thailand to 466-remarkably representing 13% of the currently recognized species of Culicidae.…”

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Anopheles prachongae, a new species of the Gigas Complex of subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand, contrasted with known forms of the complex

Harbach

Rattanarithikul²,

Harrison

2017

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Anopheles (Anopheles) prachongae, a new species of the Gigas Complex from northern Thailand, is described and illustrated in the adult, pupal and larval stages, and bionomics and chaetotaxy tables are provided for the immature stages. The species is distinguished from Anopheles baileyi, the only other species of the complex known to occur in Thailand, and contrasted with other taxa of the complex that occur in the Oriental Region. Available morphological data indicate that An. gigas sumatrana is unique and is therefore formally afforded species status. The three other Sumatran subspecies may be conspecific. The taxonomic status of the non-Sumatran subspecies, i.e. crockeri (Borneo), formosus (Philippines), refutans (Sri Lanka) and simlensis (south-central Asia), is questioned but their status is unchanged pending further study.

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Anopheles prachongae, a new species of the Gigas Complex of subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand, contrasted with known forms of the complex

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Rattanarithikul²,

Harrison

2017

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“…In Thailand, Anopheles dissidens (formerly Anopheles barbirostris species A1) [ 16 , 17 ] is a potential vector for Plasmodium vivax [ 18 ]. However, to date only the ultrastructural morphology and sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) profile of female salivary gland proteins of An .…”

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Salivary Gland Proteome during Adult Development and after Blood Feeding of Female Anopheles dissidens Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

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Understanding changes in mosquito salivary proteins during the time that sporozoite maturation occurs and after blood feeding may give information regarding the roles of salivary proteins during the malarial transmission. Anopheles dissidens (formerly Anopheles barbirostris species A1) is a potential vector of Plasmodium vivax in Thailand. In this study, analyses of the proteomic profiles of female An. dissidens salivary glands during adult development and after blood feeding were carried out using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis coupled with nano-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results showed at least 17 major salivary gland proteins present from day one to day 21 post emergence at 8 different time points sampled. Although there was variation observed, the patterns of protein expression could be placed into one of four groups. Fifteen protein spots showed significant depletion after blood feeding with the percentages of the amount of depletion ranging from 8.5% to 68.11%. The overall results identified various proteins, including a putative mucin-like protein, an anti-platelet protein, a long form D7 salivary protein, a putative gVAG protein precursor, a D7-related 3.2 protein, gSG7 salivary proteins, and a gSG6 protein. These results allow better understanding of the changes of the salivary proteins during the adult mosquito development. They also provide candidate proteins to investigate any possible link or not between sporozoite maturation, or survival of skin stage sporozoites, and salivary proteins.

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“…and An. balabacensis in malaria transmission [55][56][57][58][59], the taxonomy of the latter species and its species group was studied more extensively than the former [33,35,[60][61][62][63]. It is therefore likely that more cryptic species will be discovered in the Barbirostris Group than within the Leucosphyrus Group.…”

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New vectors in northern Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, for the zoonotic malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi

Ang

Kadir

Mohamad

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BackgroundThe vectors for Plasmodium knowlesi, a significant cause of human malaria in Southeast Asia, identified previously in nature all belong to the Anopheles Leucosphyrus Group. Only one study has been previously undertaken in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, to identify vectors of P. knowlesi, where Anopheles latens was incriminated as the vector in Kapit, central Sarawak. A study was therefore undertaken to identify malaria vectors in a different location in Sarawak. MethodsMosquitoes found landing on humans and resting on leaves over a 5-day period at two sites in the Lawas District of northern Sarawak were collected and identified. DNA samples extracted from salivary glands of anophelines were subjected to nested PCR malaria-detection assays. The small sub-unit ribosomal RNA (SSUrRNA) genes of Plasmodium, and the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) sequences of the mosquitoes were derived from the Plasmodium-positive samples for phylogenetic analyses. ResultsA total of 65 anophelines and 127 culicines were collected. By PCR, six An. balabacensis and five An. barbirostris were found to have single P. knowlesi infecions while three other An. balabacensis had either single, double or triple infections with P. inui, P. fieldi, P. cynomolgi and P. knowlesi. Phylogenetic analyses of the Plasmodium SSUrRNA genes confirmed 3 An. barbirostris and 3 An. balabacensis with single P. knowlesi infections, while 3 other An. balabacensis had two or more Plasmodium species of P. inui, P. knowlesi, P. cynomolgi and possibly novel species of Plasmodium. Phylogenies inferred from the ITS2 and CO1 sequences of An. balabacensis and An. barbirostris indicate that the former is genetically indistinguishable from An. balabacensis in Borneo while the latter is a novel sibling species belonging to the Anopheles Barbirostris Subgroup. ConclusionsNew vectors for P. knowlesi in Sarawak were identified, including An. barbirostris, which is a species that does not belong to the Anopheles Leucosphyrus Group.

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Systematics of theAnopheles barbirostrisspecies complex (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae) in Thailand

Cited by 30 publications

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Anopheles prachongae, a new species of the Gigas Complex of subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand, contrasted with known forms of the complex

Anopheles prachongae, a new species of the Gigas Complex of subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand, contrasted with known forms of the complex

Salivary Gland Proteome during Adult Development and after Blood Feeding of Female Anopheles dissidens Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

New vectors in northern Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, for the zoonotic malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi

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