Journal of Medical Entomology (1993) 30, 969-974

P. Kittayapong, J.M. Clark, J.D. Edman, B.K. Lavine, J.R. Marion and M. Brooks (1993)
Survey of the Anopheles maculatus complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in peninsular Malaysia by analysis of cuticular lipids
Journal of Medical Entomology 30 (6), 969-974
Abstract: Anopheles maculatus Theobald sensu lato is a species complex now consisting of eight sibling species; An. maculates is still represented by two cytologically distinct forms; i.e., the widely distributed sensu strictu or B, and E from southern Thailand and adjacent areas in northern Malaysia. Cuticular lipid profiles in conjunction with principal component analysis was used to separate An. maculatus form E from sensu stricto form B in a preliminary survey of the An. maculatus complex at five locations spanning peninsular Malaysia. The relative rank orders, from the areas of the five gas chromatographic peaks used to determine lipid differences for specimens from peninsular Malaysia, matched well with those from cytogenetically identified colony specimens of An. maculatus forms B and E. The two-dimensional principal component pattern of specimens identified as form E was highly clumped, which indicated that very similar cuticular lipids were present within this putative malaria vector. Both forms coexisted in peninsular Malaysia, but form E may be dominant except in the south.
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Database assignments for author(s): John Marshall Clark, Pattamaporn Kittayapong

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Anopheles maculatus		Malaysia
	Anopheles maculatus		Thailand