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Cryptic speciation in Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) trapidoi (Fairchild & Hertig) (Diptera: Psychodidae) detected by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jan 1996
Dujardin J P, Le Pont F, Cruz M, Leon R, Tarrieu L F, Guderian R, Echeverria R, Tibayrenc M
Abstract excerpt
Lutzomyia trapidoi is the major vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ecuador. In the framework of an epidemiologic study, female Lu. trapidoi sand flies were captured on human bait in La Tablada and Paraiso Escondido. Some coloration heterogeneity among the specimens caught led us to look for the existence of cryptic species using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. In 196 specimens studied, five of seven enzyme...
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