The midgut microbiota associated with Anopheles stephensi and Anopheles maculipennis (Diptera: Culicidae) was investigated for development of a paratransgenesis-based approach to control malaria transmission in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Here, we present the results of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and biochemical-based approaches to identify the female adult and larvae mosquitoe m...

The genus Leptophion is recorded for the first time from Vietnam, including new records of three species, viz. L. giganteus Shimizu & Watanabe, maculipennis (Cameron) and radiatus (Uchida), country. comparative morphological pictorial characters Vietnamese specimens were given. In addition, variations in-country distribution newly species also provided.

Background and Objective: Anopheles maculipennis is one of the most important species of mosquito that can cause serious public health problems worldwide and applying insecticides and synthetic repellents are the current methods used for its control. The continuous application of these chemicals increases the probability of resistance, reduces insecticide efficiency and causes environmental pro...

malaria has reemerged in northern borderline of iran after the collapse of former soviet :union:. there have been several reports of malaria epidemics in azerbaijan and ardebil provinces of iran. the anopheles maculipennis complex is assumed to play an important role in malaria transmission in these regions. for the first time in iran, a diagnostic character in 4th instar larvae, i.e. seta 2 (a...

the main vector of malaria in europe and palearctic region is anopheles maculipennis complex. in order to determine the survival rate of an. maculipennis s.l. this study was carried out in garaboteh (zanjan province, iran) in july 2003. in this study anophelines were sampled for 31 consecutive days from five fixed animal shelters and five light traps. out of 24481 collected an. maculipennis s.l...

Unsettled, dubious Oecetis tripunctata taxa are studied applying the principles and practices of fine phenomics relying on ventral profile gonopods lateral phallic organ. The distribution (Fabricius, 1793) is restricted to Palaearctic Faunal Region. 14 new species were described from Oriental Region: anhua s. nov., O. baneswara sp. baoloca bhubaneswa dagna dhaulia gujara halonga hoabinha kamba ...

Twelve species of Dibrachys Förster are studied from China, of which four new species, Dibrachys golmudica Jiao & Xiao, sp. n., Dibrachys kunmingica Jiao & Xiao, sp. n., Dibrachys liaoi Jiao & Xiao, sp. n. and Dibrachys qinghaiensis Jiao & Xiao, sp. n., and four newly recorded species, Dibrachys braconidis (Ferrière & Faure), Dibrachys confusus (Girault), Dibrachys hians Bouček and Dibrachys ma...

After the West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak in 2012, we collected mosquito samples from Vojvodina province, Serbia, in 2013. We found high WNV infection rate in two species, Culex pipiens and Anopheles maculipennis. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Serbian WNV strains from 2013 were most closely related to Italian and Greek strains isolated in 2012 and 2010, respectively. Public health authoritie...