Background:Anopheles maculipennis complex species is considered as one of the most important species complexes with 12 species and significant role in the transmission of important diseases such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis and multiple Arboviral infections. The aim of the present study was to analyze Internal Transcribd Spacer (ITS) 2 fragment among Anopheles ...

To evaluate the risk of malaria transmission resumption in Morocco, we have studied the current level of receptivity of the region of the last malaria focus in the country. Anopheles (Anopheles) maculipennis labranchiae and Anopheles (Cellia) sergentii, the major vectors of malaria in Morocco, are still presents but their anthropopathic index was low and no parasite positive samples were detect...

the morphology of the adults, egg, larva and pupa of anopheles persiensis linton, sedaghat & harbach, an iranian member of the holarctic maculipennis group, was studied and compared with the morphology of the closely related and sympatric a. maculipennis meigen. anopheles persiensis was formally recognized based on dna evidence and egg morphology. the fourth member of the group, anopheles persi...

Mosquitoes found hibernating in underground shelters were studied in western Bohemia, Czech Republic. Species collected included Culiseta alaskaensis, Cs. annulata, Cs. glaphyroptera, Culex spp., and Anopheles maculipennis s.l.. Culex spp. were the most common, followed by Cs. glaphyroptera and Cs. annulata with few records of Cs. alaskaensis and An. maculipennis s.l.. Culex spp. were found in ...

Updated information on the distribution of Anopheles in the Valencian Autonomous Region of Eastern Spain is presented. Larval surveys over a four year period (20052008) detected seven species, all in the subgenus Anopheles, namely Anopheles algeriensis, An. atroparvus, An. claviger, An. maculipennis, An. marteri, An. petragnani and An. plumbeus. Distribution, biology and ecology of each are dis...

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...