Marinotti O. What is in a name? Anopheles darlingi versus Nyssorhynchus darlingi.
Trends Parasitol 2021;
37:856-858. [PMID:
34219031 DOI:
10.1016/j.pt.2021.06.003]
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Abstract
Taxonomic reassignments were suggested for Neotropical anopheline malaria vectors, elevating four monophyletic groups Kerteszia, Lophopodomyia, Nyssorhynchus, and Stethomyia to the genus level, upending their conventional status as subgenera of the genus Anopheles. Two questions are proposed. Do the advantages of reclassification outweigh its disadvantages? Is the reclassification generally accepted and/or scientifically imperative?
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