Detection of Anopheles artemievi Gordeev et al. (Diptera, Culicidae) in Turkmenistan
Zvantsov, A.B.; Rozyev, K.; Gordeev, M.I.; Goriacheva, I.I.; Khemzaev, K.; Ezhov, M.N.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 3: 27-28
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 20873182 Document Number: 647339
Anopheles artemievi (a member of An. maculipennis complex species) described from the Transfergana region (South Kyrgyzstan) in 2004 was first found in the Lebap veloyat (Eastern Turkmenistan). A single larva of this species was collected together with An. superpictus in the irrigation channel of a rice field. Species affiliation has been proven by a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. This species is to be included into a list of Anopheles species of Turkmenistan.