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Science 7 March 1980:
Vol. 207. no. 4435, pp. 1089 - 1091
DOI: 10.1126/science.7355276
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Science, Vol 207, Issue 4435, 1089-1091
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Identification of mosquitoes of Anopheles gambiae species complex A and B by analysis of cuticular components

DA Carlson and MW Service

Two important vectors of malaria in Africa, Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae), often occur sympatrically and cannot be distinguished morphologically. A chemical method was developed to identify individual laboratory-reared adult males or females of either species by extraction and analysis of cuticular components with gas chromatography. Statistically significant differences were seen between species when selected pairs of peaks were compared.


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