Sex chromosome variation and cytotaxonomy of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum in Cameroon and Nigeria

M. Traore-Lamizana; S. Somiari; H. B. Mafuyai; C. G. Vajime; R. J. Post

doi:10.1046/j.0269-283X.2001.00300.x

Sex chromosome variation and cytotaxonomy of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum in Cameroon and Nigeria

M. Traore-Lamizana, S. Somiari, H. B. Mafuyai, C. G. Vajime, R. J. Post^*

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Abstract

On the basis of sex chromosome variation, three cytotypes of Simulium squamosum (Enderlein) (Diptera: Simuliidae) are described from Cameroon and Nigeria. Simulium squamosum A is the typical form as originally described by Vajime & Dunbar (1975) with chromosome I as the sex chromosome. It occurs throughout most of Cameroon and south-east Nigeria. A second cytotype, S. squamosum B, is described from the river Sanaga (Cameroon). It also has chromosome I as the sex chromosome, but the nature of the sex differential region is different. Simulium squamosum C has no sex-linked chromosomal rearrangements. It is widespread in Nigeria and occurs near Mount Cameroon, where it seems to hybridize with S. squamosum A.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-223
Number of pages	5
Journal	Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0269-283X.2001.00300.x
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cameroon
Cytogenetics
Hybridization
Nigeria
Onchocerciasis
S. squamosum
Sex-chromosomes
Sibling species
Simulium damnosum complex
Taxonomy

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Sex chromosome variation and cytotaxonomy of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum in Cameroon and Nigeria

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