Emerging tools for identification of arthropod vectors

A Yssouf, L Almeras, D Raoult, P Parola - Future Microbiology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The rapid and reliable identification of arthropod vector species is an essential component of
the fight against vector-borne diseases. However, owing to the lack of entomological …

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 …

The devil is in the details: Problems in DNA barcoding practices indicated by systematic evaluation of insect barcodes

Z Cheng, Q Li, J Deng, Q Liu, X Huang - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, DNA barcoding has rapidly developed as a powerful tool in taxonomy,
demonstrating its value in species identification and discovery of cryptic diversity. The …

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 …

Peering into the darkness: DNA barcoding reveals surprisingly high diversity of unknown species of Diptera (Insecta) in Germany

C Chimeno, A Hausmann, S Schmidt, MJ Raupach… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Roughly two-thirds of the insect species described from Germany belong
to the orders Diptera (flies) or Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants and sawflies). However, both …

Deep learning and wing interferential patterns identify Anopheles species and discriminate amongst Gambiae complex species

A Cannet, C Simon-Chane, M Akhoundi, A Histace… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We present a new and innovative identification method based on deep learning of the wing
interferential patterns carried by mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus to classify and assign …

DNA barcoding and traditional taxonomy: an integrated approach for biodiversity conservation

BP Sheth, VS Thaker - Genome, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Biological diversity is depleting at an alarming rate. Additionally, a vast amount of
biodiversity still remains undiscovered. Taxonomy has been serving the purpose of …

Molecular identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in southeastern Australia

J Batovska, MJ Blacket, K Brown… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
DNA barcoding is a modern species identification technique that can be used to distinguish
morphologically similar species, and is particularly useful when using small amounts of …

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 …

Identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexico State, Mexico using morphology and COI DNA barcoding

AA Adeniran, LM Hernández-Triana, AI Ortega-Morales… - Acta tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes are commonly identified to species level using morphological traits, but
complementary methods for identification are often necessary when specimens are …