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Table 2 A comparison of morphological and molecular identifications

From: Anopheles cinereus implicated as a vector of malaria transmission in the highlands of north-west Ethiopia

Site

Morphological identification

Molecular identification

An. arabiensis

An. cinereus

An. pretoriensis

Anopheles sp. 1 BSL-2014-cf1

Anopheles sp. KHH11

Gondar

An. cinereus

228

0

17

1

An. funestus

7

Senbet Debir

An. cinereus

97

1

26

An. funestus

2

An. ziemanni

1

Kumer Aftit

An. arabiensis

94

Bahir Dar

An. arabiensis

41

ITS2 Accession #

MN460356

MN460357

MN460358

MN460359

cox1 Accession #

MN453868

MN453869

MN453870

MN453871

  1. Collections in Gondar and Senbet Debir were adults while those in Kumer Aftit and Bahir Dar were adults reared from larval collections. Four species (including two unknown species) were identified