01434nas a2200157 4500008004100000245014100041210006900182260001200251300000900263490000700272520079900279100002501078700001601103700002301119856013401142 2002 eng d00aMolecular confirmation of sympatric populations of An. messeae and An. atroparvus overwintering in Kent, southeast England0 aMolecular confirmation of sympatric populations of iAn messeaei  c08/2002 a8-160 v133 a

Mosquitoes of the Anopheles maculipennis complex were collected as overwintering adults in a disused war fortification near the Cliffe marshes in the county of Kent, southeast England in January 2002. Fifty-three adult females were collected and fifty-two of these were identified as either An. atroparvus van Thiel or An. messeae Falleroni on the basis of similarity to rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequences in GenBank. Forty specimens (76.9%) were identified as An. messeae and 12 (23.1%) as An. atroparvus. DNA sequences for these species from England are provided for the first time, which enhance knowledge of the species composition and distribution of the An. maculipennis complex in England.

1 aLinton, Yvonne-Marie1 aSmith, Lisa1 aHarbach, Ralph, E. uhttps://e-m-b.myspecies.info/content/molecular-confirmation-sympatric-populations-ian-messeaei-and-ian-atroparvusi-overwintering-