Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Publication Date

10-23-1992

Abstract

The isoenzyme profiles of nine sandfly species (Phlebotomus duboscqi, P. elegonensi, P. martini, P. pedifer, Sergentomiya antennatus, S. bedfordi, S. garnhami, S. graingeri and S. schwetzi) from Kenya collected from the field and reared in the Medical Vectors Research Programme of the ICIPE were determined by isoelectric focusing (IEF) on mini ultra-thin polyacrylamide gels supplied by Pharmacia. Three of the nine isoenzymes screened (MDH, G-6-PD, PGM, ME, ICD, GAPDH, 6-PDG, HK and GPI), namely GPI, PGM and ME, gave banding patterns of taxonomic value. Cluster analysis of the simple matching coefficients gave two distinct groupings corresponding to previously described Sergentomyia and Phlebotomus respectively. However, S. garnhami, previously grouped in the genus Sergentomyia, was found to be associated with the genus Phlebotomus. © 1992.

Keywords

Phlebotominae, Phlebotomus, Sergetomyia

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