@article {5258, title = {Taxonomic status of Phlebotomus sergenti Parrot, 1917, vector of Leishmania tropica (Wright, 1903) and Phlebotomus similis Perfiliev, 1963 (Diptera: Psychodidae). Biogeography and epidemiology.}, journal = {Bulletin de la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} de Pathologie ExotiqueBulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique}, volume = {91}, number = {4}, year = {1998}, note = {Times Cited: 7ArticleFrenchCited References Count: 23136wh}, month = {OCT}, pages = {346-352}, abstract = {A morphological and morphometrical study of the closely related taxa Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) sergenti et P. (Paraphlebotomus) similis confirms their specific taxonomic status. Differential characters between these two species are discussed. Males differ by the aspect of the basal process of the coxite which is curved and narrow in the first species whereas straight and thick for the latter The P. similis process is bigger and tuffer and its style is longer than those of P. sergenti. Females differ by the morphology of the armature of the pharynx and by the number of rings of the spermatheca.Distribution areas of these species are described. P. similis is a North-Eastern Mediterranean species (from Yugoslavia to western Turkey and Azerbaidjan). Fl sergenti is present from Canary Islands (Spain) to India. From these data, the settlement of Paraphlebotomus in the Mediterranean basin may have occurred during the Miocene age. From an Asiatic common ancestor two migration routes are proposed. One, north of the Paratethys Sea, may be responsible for the isolation of P. similis. The other south of the Paratethys and Tethys Seas, may have contributed to the individualisation of P. sergenti. The authors consider P. similis as a suspected vector of Leishmania tropica.}, keywords = {biogeography, epidemiology, Greece, identification, leishmania sp., Mediterranean, morphometry, phlebotomus sergenti, phlebotomus similis, taxonomy}, author = {Depaquit, J. and Leger, N. and Ferte, H.} } @article {5257, title = {ITS 2 sequences heterogeneity in Phlebotomus sergenti and Phlebotomus similis (Diptera, Psychodidae): possible consequences in their ability to transmit Leishmania tropica}, journal = {International Journal for ParasitologyInternational Journal for Parasitology}, volume = {32}, number = {9}, year = {2002}, note = {Times Cited: 10ArticleEnglishCited References Count: 37583nu}, month = {AUG}, pages = {1123-1131}, abstract = {An intraspecific study on Phlebotomus sergenti, the main and only proven vector of Leishmania tropica among the members of the subgenus Paraphlebotomus was performed. The internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences of 12 populations from 10 countries (Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain, Syria, and Turkey) were compared. Samples also included three species closely related to P. sergenti: Phlebotomus similis (three populations from Greece and Malta), Phlebotomus jacusieli and Phlebotomus kazeruni. Our results confirm the validity of the taxa morphologically characterised, and imply the revision of their distribution areas, which are explained through biogeographical events. At the Miocene time, a migration route, north of the Paratethys sea would have been followed by P. similis to colonise the north of the Caucasus, Crimea, Balkans including Greece and its islands, and western Turkey. Phlebotomus sergenti would have followed an Asiatic dispersion as well as a western migration route south of the Tethys sea to colonise North Africa and western Europe. This hypothesis seems to be well supported by high degree of variation observed in the present study, which is not related to colonisation or to intra-populational variation. Two groups can be individualised, one oriental and one western in connection with ecology, host preferences and distribution of L. tropica. We hypothesise that they could be correlated with differences in vectorial capacities. (C) 2002 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.}, keywords = {afghanistan, anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, biogeography, culicidae, identification, internal transcribed spacer 2, its2 rdna sequences, leishmania, phlebotomus sergenti, phlebotomus similis, polymorphism, rDNA, RIBOSOMAL DNA, sandflies, speciation, vector, vectors}, author = {Depaquit, J. and Ferte, H. and Leger, N. and Lefranc, F. and Alves-Pires, C. and Hanafi, H. and Maroli, M. and Morillas-Marquez, F. and Rioux, J. A. and Svobodova, M. and Volf, P.} }