Mosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy

Abstract The correct identification of mosquito vectors is often hampered by the presence of morphologically indiscernible sibling species. The Maculipennis complex is one of these groups that include both malaria vectors of primary importance and species of low/negligible epidemiological relevance,...

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Autores principales:	Mattia Calzolari, Rosanna Desiato, Alessandro Albieri, Veronica Bellavia, Michela Bertola, Paolo Bonilauri, Emanuele Callegari, Sabrina Canziani, Davide Lelli, Andrea Mosca, Paolo Mulatti, Simone Peletto, Silvia Ravagnan, Paolo Roberto, Deborah Torri, Marco Pombi, Marco Di Luca, Fabrizio Montarsi
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e51ba54de9e3418c958186cd382e753e2021-12-02T17:05:00ZMosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy10.1038/s41598-021-85442-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/e51ba54de9e3418c958186cd382e753e2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85442-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The correct identification of mosquito vectors is often hampered by the presence of morphologically indiscernible sibling species. The Maculipennis complex is one of these groups that include both malaria vectors of primary importance and species of low/negligible epidemiological relevance, of which distribution data in Italy are outdated. Our study was aimed at providing an updated distribution of Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy through the sampling and morphological/molecular identification of specimens from five regions. The most abundant species was Anopheles messeae (2032), followed by Anopheles maculipennis s.s. (418), Anopheles atroparvus (28) and Anopheles melanoon (13). Taking advantage of ITS2 barcoding, we were able to finely characterize tested mosquitoes, classifying all the Anopheles messeae specimens as Anopheles daciae, a taxon with debated rank to which we referred as species inquirenda (sp. inq.). The distribution of species was characterized by Ecological Niche Models (ENMs), fed by recorded points of presence. ENMs provided clues on the ecological preferences of the detected species, with An. daciae sp. inq. linked to stable breeding sites and An. maculipennis s.s. more associated to ephemeral breeding sites. We demonstrate that historical Anopheles malaria vectors are still present in Northern Italy.Mattia CalzolariRosanna DesiatoAlessandro AlbieriVeronica BellaviaMichela BertolaPaolo BonilauriEmanuele CallegariSabrina CanzianiDavide LelliAndrea MoscaPaolo MulattiSimone PelettoSilvia RavagnanPaolo RobertoDeborah TorriMarco PombiMarco Di LucaFabrizio MontarsiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Mattia Calzolari Rosanna Desiato Alessandro Albieri Veronica Bellavia Michela Bertola Paolo Bonilauri Emanuele Callegari Sabrina Canziani Davide Lelli Andrea Mosca Paolo Mulatti Simone Peletto Silvia Ravagnan Paolo Roberto Deborah Torri Marco Pombi Marco Di Luca Fabrizio Montarsi Mosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy
description	Abstract The correct identification of mosquito vectors is often hampered by the presence of morphologically indiscernible sibling species. The Maculipennis complex is one of these groups that include both malaria vectors of primary importance and species of low/negligible epidemiological relevance, of which distribution data in Italy are outdated. Our study was aimed at providing an updated distribution of Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy through the sampling and morphological/molecular identification of specimens from five regions. The most abundant species was Anopheles messeae (2032), followed by Anopheles maculipennis s.s. (418), Anopheles atroparvus (28) and Anopheles melanoon (13). Taking advantage of ITS2 barcoding, we were able to finely characterize tested mosquitoes, classifying all the Anopheles messeae specimens as Anopheles daciae, a taxon with debated rank to which we referred as species inquirenda (sp. inq.). The distribution of species was characterized by Ecological Niche Models (ENMs), fed by recorded points of presence. ENMs provided clues on the ecological preferences of the detected species, with An. daciae sp. inq. linked to stable breeding sites and An. maculipennis s.s. more associated to ephemeral breeding sites. We demonstrate that historical Anopheles malaria vectors are still present in Northern Italy.
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author	Mattia Calzolari Rosanna Desiato Alessandro Albieri Veronica Bellavia Michela Bertola Paolo Bonilauri Emanuele Callegari Sabrina Canziani Davide Lelli Andrea Mosca Paolo Mulatti Simone Peletto Silvia Ravagnan Paolo Roberto Deborah Torri Marco Pombi Marco Di Luca Fabrizio Montarsi
author_facet	Mattia Calzolari Rosanna Desiato Alessandro Albieri Veronica Bellavia Michela Bertola Paolo Bonilauri Emanuele Callegari Sabrina Canziani Davide Lelli Andrea Mosca Paolo Mulatti Simone Peletto Silvia Ravagnan Paolo Roberto Deborah Torri Marco Pombi Marco Di Luca Fabrizio Montarsi
author_sort	Mattia Calzolari
title	Mosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy
title_short	Mosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy
title_full	Mosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy
title_fullStr	Mosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy
title_full_unstemmed	Mosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy
title_sort	mosquitoes of the maculipennis complex in northern italy
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/e51ba54de9e3418c958186cd382e753e
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Mosquitoes of the Maculipennis complex in Northern Italy

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