Boletín de Malariología y Salud Ambiental
versión impresa ISSN 1690-4648
Resumen
RUBIO-PALIS, Yasmin et al. First record of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi B y Anopheles (Nys.) albi-tarsis F from the Caura river basin, Bolívar State, Venezuela. Bol Mal Salud Amb [online]. 2013, vol.53, n.1, pp.68-72. ISSN 1690-4648.
Anopheles albitarsis F and Anopheles oswaldoi B were first recorded from collections in Sucre and Cedeño Municipalities, Bolivar State. Morphometric analysis of dark and pale spots on wing Costa and hind tarsomeres of adult females, showed that the range of variation for An. albitarsis F are within the reported ranges for An. marajoara sensu latu For An. oswaldoi B the range of variation are within the ranges reported for An. oswaldoi s.l., An. oswaldoi sensu stricto from Brazil and An. konderi. DNA mitochondrial analysis (Barcode region 658 bp) showed 3.2% of genetic divergence between An. oswaldoi B and An. oswaldoi s.s., while this divergence was 5.2% between An. albirtarsis F and An. marajoara s.s. Both these values are above the proposed limits for species delimitation.
Palabras clave : Anopheles oswaldoi B; Anopheles albitarsis F; species complex; malaria; Venezuela.