Dusfour, Isabelle

Garros, Claire

Manguin, Sylvie

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AMCA meeting, April 1-5, 2007, Orlando, USA 
Phylogeny of the Funestus Group and phylogeography of the Sundaicus Complex, main 
malaria vectors in Africa and Asia 
 
MANGUIN Sylvie 1, GARROS Claire 1,a, DUSFOUR Isabelle 1,b 
 
Institute of Research for Development (IRD), Centre of Biology and Management of 
Populations, Montpellier, France1 manguin@mpl.ird.fr 
Current addresses: a University of California, Irvine, College of Health Sciences, Program in 
Public Health, 3501 Hewitt Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-4050, USA; b Uniformed Services 
University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), dept PMB, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, 
MD 20814, USA.  
 
Abstract 
Recent advances in systematics and molecular identifications have allowed a clarification of 
phylogenetic relationships and a simplification of species identification among and within 
sibling species or Anopheles groups. The presentation of the latest data on the Funestus Group 
and the Sundaicus Complex is highlighting the importance of precisely identifying the 
species, assessing relationships among members of complex, and testing phylogenetic 
hypotheses involving closely related Anopheles species to conduct adequate and efficient 
vector control strategies.  
The Funestus Group comprises 27 closely related species distributed in Africa and Asia 
including major malaria vectors on both continents. Based on ribosomal (ITS2, D3) and 
mitochondrial (COI, COII) sequences, a new systematic scheme is presented which reflects 
the evolutionary relationships within species of this group. Hypothetic biogeographic scenario 
of the Afrotropical and Oriental species is also examined in relation to the new phylogeny and 
estimates of divergence time. The Sundaicus Complex is distributed along the Asian coast 
where it is known as one of the main malaria vector. Recent molecular works using a 
ribosomal (ITS2) and two mitochondrial (COI, Cyt-b) sequences have allowed the recognition 
of three species for which phylogeographic evolutionary scenario is presented along with the 
malaria risk linked to specific human activities. 
 


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