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Evans
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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FEC9FEC4FEFA5B86" bold="true" box="[266,363,363,387]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">moucheti</emphasis>
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var.
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(specific status by
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). Distribution:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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(
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Wilkerson
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.
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2021,
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,
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and
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are excluded).
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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FECCFE49FE105BFB" bold="true" box="[271,385,486,510]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
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—original combination:
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var.
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. Distribution:
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,
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,
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,
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Nigeria (
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Wilkerson
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. 2021
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)
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.
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FF54FDE4FEE95860" box="[151,376,587,613]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Anopheles moucheti</emphasis>
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was originally described as a variety of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FCEFFDE4FC5B5860" box="[812,970,587,613]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">An. marshallii</emphasis>
(
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)
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and elevated to species status by
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. The taxon was described from a series of adult males and females from the
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, present-day
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. The
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male was collected at Buta, which today is a city and capital of Bas-Uiele Province located in the northern area of the country. When Evans recognized
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FAC3FD18FAF658D4" box="[1280,1383,695,721]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">moucheti</emphasis>
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as a distinct species, she also described
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FDDCFD74FD0B58F1" box="[543,666,731,756]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
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as a variety of the species based on a series of
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(“co-types”), including
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and
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with associated larval and pupal exuviae, collected at Yaba, a suburb of
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,
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in southern
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. Townson (1990) verified the presence of
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in the Natural History Museum, London—
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from Yaba, and
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,
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and
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from near
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.
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and
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did not distinguish the adults of
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FED8FC20FE0759AD" box="[283,406,911,936]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
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in their keys to the
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of the Afrotropical
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; however, they did distinguish the larvae based on the development of head seta 3-C—with three or more branches in
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</emphasis>
and single, occasionally bifid in
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FDCCFC78FD1B59F5" box="[527,650,983,1008]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The complete chaetotaxy of the larvae, and also the pupae, has not been 8studied comparatively.
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specified that
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FC1DFC54FBC85E11" box="[990,1113,1019,1044]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
“Differs from the nominate subspecies only in the following characters:
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[cibarium]: Spines on pediment of cone apparently rather longer.
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FF28FBECFEBC5E59" box="[235,301,1091,1116]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Wing:</emphasis>
In a series of specimens from
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, reared from eggs and with associated larvae from the same eggbatch (C. D. Ramsdale), a 6th pale fringe spot is present in 4 out of
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.
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FC39FBC8FB435E84" box="[1018,1234,1127,1153]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">Outer clypeal hairs</emphasis>
[seta 3C]: Simple or bifid apically. We have not been able to confirm Evanss description of the mesonotal hairs as being narrower than in the
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form.”
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The taxonomic history of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FE2AFB7CFDEC5EE8" box="[489,637,1235,1261]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">An. moucheti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Moucheti Complex,
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Brunhes
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. 1998
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b) involves the closely related
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FF54FB58FEBB5F14" box="[151,298,1271,1297]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">An. bervoetsi</emphasis>
DHaenens, 1961
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, which was originally described as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FBE5FB58FB1C5F14" box="[1062,1165,1271,1297]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">moucheti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It was afforded specific status by
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based on distinctive features of the larva, and returned to subspecific status by
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Brunhes
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. (1998
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b), who also considered
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FD72FA90FCBD5F5D" box="[689,812,1343,1368]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
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to be a synonym of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FBD2FA90FBE95F5C" box="[1041,1144,1343,1369]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">moucheti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: “All of these [published] observations lead us, at least while awaiting new information, to consider
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FC20FACCFBE95F78" box="[995,1144,1379,1405]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">An. moucheti</emphasis>
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as a polymorphic species and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FF06FA28FE495FA5" box="[197,472,1415,1441]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">An. moucheti nigeriensis</emphasis>
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as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FD56FA28FCB95FA4" box="[661,808,1415,1441]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">An. moucheti</emphasis>
Evans, 1925
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[translated from the French].” In agreement with Gillies &amp; de Meillon,
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FE02FA04FDB95FC0" box="[449,552,1451,1477]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">bervoetsi</emphasis>
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was reinstated as a separate species by
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Antonio-Nkondjio
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FB6DFA04FB4F5FC0" box="[1198,1246,1451,1477]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">et al</emphasis>
. (2008)
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based on high levels of differentiation between 10 microsatellite loci of non-coding DNA.
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Kengne
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. (2007)
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investigated the use of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase b (
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FB78FA5CFB625C08" box="[1211,1267,1523,1549]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">CytB</emphasis>
) gene and the ribosomal internal transcribed spacers ITS1 and ITS2 to distinguish
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FC43F9B8FC765C34" box="[896,999,1559,1585]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">bervoetsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FAD9F9B8FA045C35" box="[1306,1429,1559,1584]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
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, which were recognized as subspecies of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FDAAF994FD415C50" box="[617,720,1595,1621]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">moucheti</emphasis>
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at the time. The results of their study suggested that
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FAF5F994FEB55C7D" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA770A13FF54F9F0FEB55C7D" box="[151,292,1631,1656]" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
occurs in the forested areas of central Africa while
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FCA1F9F0FC585C7C" box="[866,969,1631,1657]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">bervoetsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FC3DF9F0FBE85C7D" box="[1022,1145,1631,1656]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
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are only found in areas of
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and
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, which encompass their
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localities, respectively. For ITS1, the mean genetic distance was found to be greater between
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FCEBF908FC325CC5" box="[808,931,1703,1728]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FC14F908FBAF5CC4" box="[983,1086,1703,1729]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">bervoetsi</emphasis>
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(0.166) than between
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FE98F964FE535CE0" box="[347,450,1739,1765]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">bervoetsi</emphasis>
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(0.141), and lower between
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FBF5F964FB205CE1" box="[1078,1201,1739,1764]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.084). The authors stated that “This degree of differentiation between morphological forms is relatively high, indicating significant genetic divergence among the three taxa, which is comparable with that among species.” In comparison, the ITS2 sequences exhibited a lower degree of divergence, ranging from 0.03 between
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FAE2F898FA0D5D55" box="[1313,1436,1847,1872]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to 0.063 between
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<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA770A13FE98F8F4FE535D70" box="[347,450,1883,1909]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Anopheles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="moucheti">moucheti</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA770A13FE04F8F4FDC25D71" box="[455,595,1883,1908]" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FD45F8F4FD7C5D70" box="[646,749,1883,1909]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">bervoetsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Sequence differences included 30 fixed indel or substitutions between
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FF39F8D0FE635D9D" box="[250,498,1919,1945]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA770A13FF39F8D0FEF05D9C" box="[250,353,1919,1945]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Anopheles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="moucheti">moucheti</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA770A13FEA5F8D0FE635D9D" box="[358,498,1919,1944]" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FDE6F8D0FD1D5D9C" box="[549,652,1919,1945]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">bervoetsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 29 between
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FCDEF8D0FC095D9D" box="[797,920,1919,1944]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FC0FF8D0FBA25D9C" box="[972,1075,1919,1945]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">bervoetsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 16 between
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FB31F8D0FF4E5DB9" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA770A13FB31F8D0FAC85D9C" box="[1266,1369,1919,1945]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Anopheles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="moucheti">moucheti</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B7F557B2BA770A13FA9DF8D0FF4E5DB9" pageId="68" pageNumber="69" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FED7F80CFE1E5DB9" box="[276,399,1955,1980]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. For the
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FE31F80CFDBB5DB8" box="[498,554,1955,1981]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">CytB</emphasis>
gene, 26 fixed differences in the first codon position were identified among the three forms. The
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA770A13FE90F868FE1A5DE4" box="[339,395,1991,2017]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="69">CytB</emphasis>
gene sequences, in agreement with the ITS2 sequences, showed consistent but low divergence of
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between the three forms. The authors concluded that “The concordance of genetic variability of the three markers and the lack of intraspecific geographical variation suggests that the three members of the group are true species.” In summary they stated that “The three genomic regions revealed sequence differences between the three morphological forms similar in degree to the differences shown previously for members of other anopheline species groups or complexes (genetic distance d = 0.0470.05 for
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,
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for ITS1 and 0.030.05 for ITS2).” In view of the genetic evidence, we are suprised that Kengne
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FC6EFEE4FC4E5B60" box="[941,991,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">et al</emphasis>
. did not formally elevate
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FAC7FEE4FAEE5B61" box="[1284,1407,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to specific rank. But having said that, the taxonomic status of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FC86FEC0FC515B8D" box="[837,960,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was not relevant to the objective of their study, which was to elucidate molecular means for distinguishing and identifying the three nominal forms.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBA760A12FF04FE18FEFC5864" blockId="69.[151,1437,150,789]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
Despite the available morphological, molecular and distribution data,
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FC12FE18FBDD5BD5" box="[977,1100,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
continued to be recognized as a subspecies (
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;
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;
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Irish
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FD7BFE74FD795BF0" box="[696,744,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">et al</emphasis>
. 2020
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Wilkerson
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FC70FE74FC725BF0" box="[947,995,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">et al</emphasis>
. 2021
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). In fact,
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FB52FE74FA9D5BF1" box="[1169,1292,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a separate entity has largely been ignored,
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FE3CFE50FDB6581D" box="[511,551,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">e.g.</emphasis>
, in the recent list of countries in which Afrotropical species of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FB2FFE50FAF0581C" box="[1260,1377,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Anopheles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been recorded (
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Irish
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FE43FD8CFE205838" box="[384,433,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">et al</emphasis>
. 2020
</bibRefCitation>
), the authors stated “As
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FCCEFD8CFC245839" box="[781,949,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">An. nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
refers to a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FB12FD8CFAF45838" box="[1233,1381,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">An. moucheti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is not included here.”
</paragraph>
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In view of the morphological, distributional and in particular the molecular distinctions detailed above, we are compelled to formally recognize
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FDD0FD20FD1F58AD" box="[531,654,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a separate species of the Moucheti Complex:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FB00FD21FE3F58C9" bold="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FB00FD21FAAD58AC" bold="true" box="[1219,1340,654,681]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Anopheles</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FA8DFD21FA0358AC" bold="true" box="[1358,1426,654,681]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Cellia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FF54FD1CFE8458C8" bold="true" box="[151,277,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">nigeriensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABA760A12FEDEFD1CFE3F58C9" author="Evans, A. M." box="[285,430,690,717]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" pagination="129 - 143" refId="ref155079" refString="Evans, A. M. (1931) Notes on African anophelines. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 25 (1), 129 - 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00034983.1931.11684674" type="journal article" year="1931">Evans, 1931</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FE7EFD1CFD2558C9" box="[445,692,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Anopheles nigeriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not currently included as a species in the Encyclopedia of Life and should be added to the list of species of the genus. As currently understood, the Moucheti Complex includes three species,
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FEF6FD54FE0D5910" box="[309,412,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">bervoetsi</emphasis>
DHaenens
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FDECFD54FD075910" box="[559,662,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">moucheti</emphasis>
Evans
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BA760A12FCD4FD54FC745910" authority="Evans." authorityName="Evans." box="[791,997,763,789]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Anopheles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigeriensis">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BA760A12FCD4FD54FC035911" box="[791,914,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">nigeriensis</emphasis>
Evans.
</taxonomicName>
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