PHLEBOTOMUS-SERGENTI PARROT, 1917 - MORPHOLOGICAL AND ISOENZYMATIC COMPARISONS OF 2 NATURAL-POPULATIONS FROM TENERIFE (CANARY-ISLANDS, SPAIN) AND CRETE (GREECE)

Authors
REMYKRISTENSEN A PERROTEY S PESSON B GARCIASTOECKEL M FERTE H MORILLASMARQUEZ F LEGER N
Citation
A. Remykristensen et al., PHLEBOTOMUS-SERGENTI PARROT, 1917 - MORPHOLOGICAL AND ISOENZYMATIC COMPARISONS OF 2 NATURAL-POPULATIONS FROM TENERIFE (CANARY-ISLANDS, SPAIN) AND CRETE (GREECE), Parasitology research, 82(1), 1996, pp. 48-51
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320113
Volume
82
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
48 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(1996)82:1<48:PP1-MA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Samples of two Phlebotomus sergenti natural populations from San Juan (Tenerife), representing the western edge of the distribution area of this species, and Axes (Crete) were collected. The morphological compa rison showed marked differences in the lengths of parts of the male ge nitalia, female pharynx, and spermathecae. The isoenzyme study reveale d characteristic monomorphic phenotypes for glucose phosphate isomeras e, hexokinase, and phosphoglucomutase in the Canarian specimens as com pared with the Cretan population. These results confirm the heterogene ity of P. sergenti and indicate the utility of a systematic double app roach for a revision of this taxon.