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Table 1 Overview of mosquito origins and subgroup identification by cox1 molecular typing

From: Improvement of mosquito identification by MALDI-TOF MS biotyping using protein signatures from two body parts

Morphological identification

Locality

No. of specimens included (sequenced)

Species identified via GenBank (accession number)

cox1 sequence coverage (%)/similarity (%)

Species identified via BOLD

cox1 sequence similarity (%)

Ae. aegypti

Deshaies, Lauricisque

16 (4)

Ae. aegypti (AY432106.1)

92/100

Ae. aegypti

100

Cx. quinquefasciatus

Gourbeyre, Lauricisque

15b (4)

No reliable ID

Cx. quinquefasciatus

98.9

Cx. nigripalpus

Baie Mahault

8 (2)

Cx. nigripalpus (KM592992.1)

87/99

Cx. nigripalpus

99.7

Cx. atratus (s.l.)

Vido

8 (2)

No reliable IDa

No reliable ID

D. magnus

Baie Mahault, Ilet à cochons

16 (4)

No reliable IDa

D. magnus

99.4

Ae. taeniorhynchus

Ilet à cochons

8 (2)

Ae. taeniorhynchus (JX259676.1)

88/99

Ae. taeniorhynchus

99.0

P. cingulata

Vido

8 (2)

P. cingulata (KM592989.1)

88/99

P. cingulata

99.1

Ae. aegypti (Bora)

Laboratory reared

8 (–)

 

Ae. albopictus (MRS)

Laboratory reared

4 (–)

 
  1. aMosquito species for which cox1 sequences were not available in the database (30th March 2018)
  2. bSpecimens identified morphologically as Cx. quinquefasciatus at Lauricisque (n = 7) and Gourbeyre (n = 8)
  3. Abbreviations: No reliable ID, similarity with top match < 97%; BOLD, Barcode of Life Data Systems; cox1, cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1; MRS, Marseille strain