The population-and-species-specific structure of anopheles (diptera, culicidae) mosquitoes in the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany
Perevozkin, V.P.; Gordeev, M.I.; Nikolaeva, N.V.; Becker, N.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 2: 27-32
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 20614526 Document Number: 643635
The authors studied the population-and-species-specific structure of malaria mosquitoes in the Upper Rhine valley, Germany. Four Anopheles mosquito species were identified. These included An. claviger, An. maculipennis, An. messeae, and An. plumbeus. The predominance coefficients of the species were determined. An. messeae is dominant; An. maculipennis is subdominant, An. plumbeus and An. claviger are rare. The latter two species are ecologically specialized and predominantly develop inthe biotopes that are inaccessible for dominant species. The karyotypes of An. messeae show a high variability in sex chromosome XL and a low rate of homo- and heterozygotes in 3R, inversion. The greatest species-specific and karyotypic variety of malaria mosquitoes is noted for large aquatic biotopes.