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Table 2 Morphological species that amplified to approximate base pair (bp) sizes of species within the An. gambiae complex and An. funestus group

From: The importance of morphological identification of African anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for malaria control programmes

Species complex

Expected band size (bp)

Morphological species that showed approximate amplification

An. gambiae complex

 An. merus

464

An. rufipes; An. listeri

 An. gambiae

390

An. squamosus; An. rufipes; An. listeri; An. pretoriensis

 An. arabiensis

315

An. pretoriensis; An. rufipes

 An. quadriannulatus

153

 

An. funestus group

 An. vaneedeni

587

An. pretoriensis

 An. funestus

505

An. pretoriensis

 An. rivulorum

411

An. rufipes

 An. parensis

256

 

 An. leesoni

146

An. rufipes; An. rhodesiensis