DNA barcoding mosquitoes: advice for potential prospectors

NW Beebe - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Mosquitoes' importance as vectors of pathogens that drive disease underscores the
importance of precise and comparable methods of taxa identification among their species …

[HTML][HTML] Making mosquito taxonomy useful: a stable classification of tribe Aedini that balances utility with current knowledge of evolutionary relationships

RC Wilkerson, YM Linton, DM Fonseca, TR Schultz… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The tribe Aedini (Family Culicidae) contains approximately one-quarter of the known
species of mosquitoes, including vectors of deadly or debilitating disease agents. This tribe …

Status and prospects of DNA barcoding in medically important parasites and vectors

DA Ondrejicka, SA Locke, K Morey, AV Borisenko… - Trends in …, 2014 - cell.com
For over 10 years, DNA barcoding has been used to identify specimens and discern
species. Its potential benefits in parasitology were recognized early, but its utility and uptake …

DNA barcoding gap: reliable species identification over morphological and geographical scales

K Čandek, M Kuntner - Molecular ecology resources, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The philosophical basis and utility of DNA barcoding have been a subject of numerous
debates. While most literature embraces it, some studies continue to question its use in …

A DNA barcode library for 5,200 German flies and midges (Insecta: Diptera) and its implications for metabarcoding‐based biomonitoring

J Morinière, M Balke, D Doczkal… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study summarizes results of a DNA barcoding campaign on German Diptera, involving
analysis of 45,040 specimens. The resultant DNA barcode library includes records for 2,453 …

Insecticide resistance in malaria vectors: an update at a global scale

JM Riveron, M Tchouakui, L Mugenzi… - … malaria elimination-a …, 2018 - books.google.com
Malaria remains the deadliest vector-borne disease in the world. With nearly half of the
world's population at risk, 216 million people suffered from malaria in 2016, with over …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological identification and genetic characterization of Anopheles stephensi in Somaliland

S Ali, JN Samake, J Spear, TE Carter - Parasites & Vectors, 2022 - Springer
Malaria control in Somaliland depends on the effective identification of potential malaria
vectors, particularly those that may be invasive. The malaria vector Anopheles stephensi has …

[HTML][HTML] Geometric morphometrics versus DNA barcoding for the identification of malaria vectors Anopheles dirus and An. baimaii in the Thai-Cambodia border

T Chaiphongpachara, T Changbunjong… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Anopheles (Cellia) dirus Peyton & Harrison and Anopheles baimaii Sallum &
Peyton are sibling species within the Dirus complex belonging to the Leucosphyrus group …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial DNA barcoding of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand

T Chaiphongpachara, T Changbunjong, S Laojun… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The correct identification of mosquito species is important for effective mosquito vector
control. However, the standard morphological identification of mosquito species based on …

[HTML][HTML] The insupportable validity of mosquito subspecies (Diptera: Culicidae) and their exclusion from culicid classification

RE Harbach, RC Wilkerson - Zootaxa, 2023 - mapress.com
Beginning about 80 years ago, the recognition of morphological varieties of mosquitoes was
gradually replaced by the recognition of subspecies. As an examination of revisionary and …