Biochemical key to eight species of adult Egyptian mosquitoes.
1. An electrophoretic key is described, based on enzyme relative mobility, to distinguish eight species of Egyptian mosquito adults. 2. Using horizontal starch gel electrophoresis, five different enzyme assays unambiguously separated Culex pipiens L., Cx antennatus (Becker), Cx pusillus Macquart, Aedes caspius (Pallas), Culiseta longiareolata (Macquart), Uranotaenia unguiculata Edwards, Anopheles multicolor Cambouliu and An.pharoensis Theobald. 3. Diagnostic loci between species were: Ak-2, G6pd, alpha-Gpd, Gpi and 6-Pgd; the probability of correct diagnosis in each case was at least 0.989.
Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
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Farid
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Salem
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Kashef
D000330:Aedes / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology; D003465:Culex / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology; D004534:Egypt; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D004798:Enzymes / Q000032:analysis
D004798:Enzymes