[Genetic analysis of malaria mosquitoes of Anopheles maculipennis (Diptera, Culicidae) complex from Armenia].

The results of morphological, cytogenetic, and molecular genetic analyses of malaria mosquitoes from Armenia have indicated that two representatives of the maculipennis complex, such as An. maculipennis s.s. and An. sacharovi, inhabit in the blotopes under study. The predominant species is An. maculipennis that is present in all the examined habitats. This species accounts for 15.5% of all the mosquitoes of the maculipennis complex. An. sacharovi has been found only in the Ararat valley where its proportion varies from 25 to 91.7%. Morphological, cytogenetic, and molecular genetic criteria are shown to be used to determine the warrior species of the maculipennis complex in Armenia.