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