title: Ribosomal ITS2 sequence data for Anopheles maculipennis and An. messeae in northern Greece, with a critical assessment of previously published sequences.
abstract: DNA sequences were generated for eight specimens of the Anopheles maculipennis complex from Florina in NW Greece, and identified to species on the basis of comparison with ITS2 sequences for members of the complex already in GenBank. The sequences revealed the presence of An. maculipennis and An. messeae in Florina. Problems with sequence reliability and accessibility of sequences generated in earlier studies of Palaearctic members of the complex are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology and Biomedical Sciences Theme, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK. yvol@nhm.ac.uk
authors.forename: Y-M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Linton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samanidou-Voyadjoglou
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Harbach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer