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Cytogenetic and Molecular Evidence of Additional Cryptic Diversity in High Elevation Black fly Simulium feuerborni (Diptera: Simuliidae) Populations in Southeast Asia.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Sept 2015
Pramual Pairot, Thaijarern Jiraporn, Sofian-Azirun Mohd, Ya'cob Zubaidah, Hadi Upik Kesumawati, Takaoka Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Simulium feuerborni Edwards is geographically widespread in Southeast Asia. Previous cytogenetic study in Thailand revealed that this species is a species complex composed of two cytoforms (A and B). In this study, we cytologically examined specimens obtained from the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, and Puncak, Java, Indonesia. The results revealed two additional cytoforms (C and D) of S. feuerborni. Specimens from...
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