Open AccessANOPHELES ANNULIPES WALKER (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) AT GRIFFITH, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1. TWO SIBLING SPECIES IN SYMPATRY
Author(s) -
Foley D. H.,
Bryan J. H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1991.tb00399.x
Subject(s) - sympatry , biology , sibling species , polytene chromosome , hybrid , zoology , ecology , genetics , botany , gene , chromosome , sympatric speciation
The existence of 2 sibling species of An. annulipes at Griffith, NSW is confirmed. The 2 species have been designated as species A and species G. In laboratory produced hybrids, the larval polytene chromosomes are largely asynaptic. The 2 species differ at the malic enzyme and the α‐glycerophosphate dehydrogenase loci. No hybrid chromosomes were detected in the offspring of 103 wild‐caught females from an area of sympatry and 98.5% of 6630 specimens from the same area were identified as either species A or species G by electrophoresis.