Culicidae evolutionary history focusing on the Culicinae subfamily based on mitochondrial phylogenomics

AF da Silva, LC Machado, MB de Paula… - Scientific Reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Mosquitoes are insects of medical importance due their role as vectors of different
pathogens to humans. There is a lack of information about the evolutionary history and …

New data on the mitochondrial genome of Nematocera (lower Diptera): Features, structures and phylogenetic implications

X Zhang, D Yang, Z Kang - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Nematocera (lower Diptera) is a taxonomically diverse group with~ 52 000 species in 40
families, including many important agricultural and sanitary pests. The number and …

Population Genomic Evidence of Adaptive Response during the Invasion History of Plasmodium falciparum in the Americas

MJM Lefebvre, J Daron, E Legrand… - Molecular Biology …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent agent of human malaria, spread from Africa to all
continents following the out-of-Africa human migrations. During the transatlantic slave trade …

First description of the mitogenome and phylogeny of Culicinae species from the Amazon region

BLS do Nascimento, FS da Silva, JP Nunes-Neto… - Genes, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The Culicidae family is distributed worldwide and comprises about 3587 species subdivided
into the subfamilies Anophelinae and Culicinae. This is the first description of complete …

Unravelling the genome of the brackish water malaria vector Anopheles aquasalis

RM Alencar, CCP Sepulveda, L Martinez-Villegas… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
Malaria is a severe public health problem in several develo** tropical and subtropical
countries. Anopheles aquasalis is the primary coastal malaria vector in Central and South …

Genetic diversity, phylogenetic and phylogeographic analysis of Anopheles culicifacies species complex using ITS2 and COI sequences

RAS Rathnayake, WMM Wedage, LS Muthukumarana… - Plos one, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
Anopheles culicifacies is the major vector of malaria in Sri Lanka and the Indian
subcontinent which is characterized as a species complex with five sibling species …

Mitochondrial genome sequencing and phylogeny of Haemagogus albomaculatus, Haemagogus leucocelaenus, Haemagogus spegazzinii, and Haemagogus …

FS da Silva, ACR Cruz, DB de Almeida Medeiros… - Scientific Reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Abstract The genus Haemagogus (Diptera: Culicidae) comprises species of great
epidemiological relevance, involved in transmission cycles of the Yellow fever virus and …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic Analysis of Some Species of the Anopheles hyrcanus Group (Diptera: Culicidae) in China Based on Complete Mitochondrial Genomes

H Dong, H Yuan, X Yang, W Shan, Q Zhou, F Tao… - Genes, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Some species of the Hyrcanus group are vectors of malaria in China. However, the member
species are difficult to identify accurately by morphology. The development of sequencing …

Phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical Albitarsis Complex based on mitogenome data

BP Bourke, SA Justi, L Caicedo-Quiroga, DB Pecor… - Parasites & …, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Some of the most important malaria vectors in South America belong to the
Albitarsis Complex (Culicidae; Anophelinae; Anopheles). Understanding the origin, nature …

Description of the mitogenome and phylogeny of Aedes spp.(Diptera: Culicidae) from the Amazon region

LHS e Silva, FS da Silva, DB de Almeida Medeiros… - Acta Tropica, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) includes species of great epidemiological
relevance, particularly involved in transmission cycles of leading arboviruses in the Brazilian …