DNA barcoding of mosquitoes from the Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve, southeastern Mexico
Ortega Morales, Aldo I [autor] | Hernández Triana, Luis M [autor] | Chan Chable, Rahuel Jeremías [autor] | Garza Hernández, Javier A [autor] | González Álvarez, Vicente H [autor] | Ruiz Arrondo, Ignacio [autor] | Nikolova, Nadya I [autora] | Martínez Arce, Arely [autora] | Fooks, Anthony R [autor] | Rodríguez Pérez, Mario Alberto [autor].
Tipo de material: Artículo en línea Tipo de contenido: Texto Tipo de medio: Computadora Tipo de portador: Recurso en líneaTema(s): Culicidae | Códigos de barras de ADN | Citocromo c oxidasa | Taxonomía animalTema(s) en inglés: Culicidae | DNA barcoding | Cytochrome c oxidase | Animal taxonomyDescriptor(es) geográficos: Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla (Tabasco, México) Nota de acceso: Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso En: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Volumen 37, número 4 (December 2021), páginas 198–207. --ISSN: 1943-6270Número de sistema: 64019Resumen:Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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Artículos | Biblioteca Electrónica Recursos en línea (RE) | ECOSUR | Recurso digital | ECO40000064019 |
Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso
Accurate identification of mosquito species is essential to support programs that involve the study of distribution and mosquito control. Numerous mosquito species are difficult to identify based only on morphological characteristics, due to the morphological similarities in different life stages and large numbers of some species that are members of morphologically similar species complexes. In the present study, the mosquitoes collected in the Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve, southeastern Mexico, were evaluated using a combination of morphological and molecular approaches (mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I [COI] DNA barcode). A total of 1,576 specimens of 10 genera and 35 species, mostly adult stages, were collected. A total of 225 COI DNA barcode sequences were analyzed; most species formed well-supported groups in the neighbor joining, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference trees. The intraspecific Kimura 2-parameter (K2P) genetic distance averaged 1.52%. An intraspecific K2P distance of 6.20% was observed in Anopheles crucians s.l., while a deep split was identified in Culex erraticus and Cx. conspirator. This study showed that COI DNA barcodes offer a reliable approach to support mosquito species identification in Mexico. eng