Anopheles daciae: Difference between revisions

Ever since it was described, ''An. daciae'' was the subject of scientific debate about its existence due to the very small differences between ''An. daciae'' and ''An. messeae''. While results from Romania<ref name=":0" /> and Great Britain<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Linton Y, Lee A, Curtis C |date=2005 |title=Discovery of a third member of the Maculipennis Group in SW England |journal=European Mosquito Bulletin |volume=19 |pages=5–9}}</ref> supported the two-species hypothesis, studies from Italy<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Di Luca M, Boccolini D, Marinuccil M, Romi R | title = Intrapopulation polymorphism in Anopheles messeae (An. maculipennis complex) inferred by molecular analysis | journal = Journal of Medical Entomology | volume = 41 | issue = 4 | pages = 582–586 | date = July 2004 | pmid = 15311447 | doi = 10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.582 | s2cid = 40315287 }}</ref> and Russia<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bezzhonova OV, Goryacheva II | title = Intragenomic heterogeneity of rDNA internal transcribed spacer 2 in Anopheles messeae (Diptera: Culicidae) | journal = Journal of Medical Entomology | volume = 45 | issue = 3 | pages = 337–341 | date = May 2008 | pmid = 18533424 | doi = 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[337:ihorit]2.0.co;2 | s2cid = 41607708 }}</ref> disputed this. Two studies from Russia<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Naumenko AN, Karagodin DA, Yurchenko AA, Moskaev AV, Martin OI, Baricheva EM, Sharakhov IV, Gordeev MI, Sharakhova MV | title = Chromosome and Genome Divergence between the Cryptic Eurasian Malaria Vector-Species <i>''Anopheles messeae</i>'' and <i>''Anopheles daciae</i>'' | journal = Genes | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = 165 | date = February 2020 | pmid = 32033356 | pmc = 7074279 | doi = 10.3390/genes11020165 | doi-access = free }}</ref> and Sweden,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lilja T, Eklöf D, Jaenson TG, Lindström A, Terenius O | title = Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis of the ITS2 region of two sympatric malaria mosquito species in Sweden: Anopheles daciae and Anopheles messeae | journal = Medical and Veterinary Entomology | volume = 34 | issue = 3 | pages = 364–368 | date = September 2020 | pmid = 32160338 | doi = 10.1111/mve.12436 | s2cid = 212677844 | doi-access = free }}</ref> which analyzed the DNA with more advanced methods, could finally determine that ''An. daciae'' is indeed a species on its own.