Entomological Review (2013) 93, 14-18

E.B. Vinogradova, E.V. Ivshina and E.V. Shaikevich (2013)
A study of the mosquito Culex pipiens (Diptera, Culicidae) population structure in the transcaucasia using molecular identification methods
Entomological Review 93 (1), 14-18
Abstract: The mosquito species Culex pipiens consists of two forms, or ecotypes: the typical pipiens form and the molestus form. These forms are similar morphologically but have significant ecophysiological differences. The Cx. pipiens population structure was studied in open and underground habitats (house basements) in several localities in Abkhazia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. The pipiens and molestus forms were identified by a molecular method, namely by restriction analysis of the amplification products with HaeIII endonuclease. Altogether, 90 individuals from 10 local populations were studied. The pipiens form was found only in surface water bodies (8 cases); in two cases both forms were found in one habitat. Homogeneous molestus populations were recorded in two underground habitats. Analysis of the Cx. pipiens population structure by the molecular method agrees with the results of biological and ecological studies of this mosquito in Georgia by Sh. Sichinava (1974, 1978, 1989). Thus, molecular diagnostics of intraspecific forms in Cx. pipiens populations is doubtlessly reliable.
Original Russian Text © E.B. Vinogradova, E.V. Ivshina, E.V. Shaikevich, 2012, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2012, Vol. 91, No. 3, pp. 492-497
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Database assignments for author(s): Elena Shaikevich, Elena B. Vinogradova

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Culex pipiens		Georgia
	Culex pipiens		Azerbaijan