title: Demonstration of hybridization between Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) and Phlebotomus bergeroti Parrot.
abstract: To determine the genetic similarity between Phlebotomus bergeroti and P. papatasi, and to explain the infrequent sympatry of these two species, cross-mating experiments were conducted. Female P. bergeroti interbred with male P. papatasi to produce hybrid offspring. The reciprocal cross, female P. papatasi X male P. bergeroti, failed to produce viable eggs and offspring. The morphology and behavior of the hybrids was intermediate between the two parent species.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fryauff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanafi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008297:Male; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity