Cytogenetic evidence for a species complex within Anopheles pseudopunctipennis theobald (Diptera: Culicidae).
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis was collected from Acapulco, Mexico and Sallee River, Grenada, West Indies and used in cross-mating experiments. Larvae from the cross, Mexico female X Grenada male, died in the third instar. However, adult progeny were obtained from the reciprocal cross Grenada female x Mexico male. These hybrid males had testes with apparently normal appearance but some without viable sperm. Polytene chromosomes obtained from hybrid females exhibited extensive asynapsis of the X chromosomes. Previously undescribed fixed inversion differences between the two populations were noted on the X chromosome. It is concluded that the two populations belong to different species. The Grenada population is designated An. pseudopunctipennis species C, since it is the third taxon recognized in this species complex.
Coetzee
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Department of Tropical Diseases, School of Pathology of the South African Institute for Medical Research and the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Estrada-Franco
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Wunderlich
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Hunt
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology; D012098:Reproduction; D013045:Species Specificity; D014900:West Indies; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000648:ultrastructure