Anopheles albitarsis complex

Karyotype of Brazilian Anopheles albitarsis sensu lato (Diptera:Culicidae)

M. Silva Rafael, Santos-Junior, I. Pereira do, Tadei, W. Pedro, Sallum, M. Anice Mure, and Forattini, O. Paulo, Karyotype of Brazilian Anopheles albitarsis sensu lato (Diptera:Culicidae), vol. 4, pp. 684-690, 2005.

Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis sensu lato is an important malaria vector in Brazil, especially in the Brazilian Amazon region. Chromosome preparations of fourth-instar larvae of A. albitarsis from Iranduba and Coari (AM) and Ilha Comprida (SP) were analyzed for karyotype determination and to improve cytogenetic identification of this species. Anopheles albitarsis possesses 2n = 6 chromosomes, with two pairs (submetacentric and metacentric) of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes, with X-Y dimorphism.

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