New Mosquito Subgroup Breeds Questions

摘要

IN THEIR REPORT "A CRYPTIC SUBGROUP OF Anopheles gambiae is highly susceptible to human malaria parasites" (4 February, p. 596), M. M. Riehle and colleagues discuss the existence of a previously unknown exo-philic subgroup within the major Afrotropical malaria vector An. gambiae s.s. Their evidence is based on immature mosquitoes that show a genetic make-up different from that of the rest of the larval population as well as from indoor-resting adult females collected in the same localities in Burkina Faso.