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ITS2-rDNA Sequence Variation of s.l. (Dip: Psychodidae) Populations in Iran.

Abstract
s.l. is considered the most likely vector of in Iran. Although two morphotypes- (A) and (B)-have been formally described, further morphological and a molecular analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtDNA-COI) gene revealed inconsistencies and suggests that the variation between the morphotypes is intraspecific and the morphotypes might be identical species.

We examined the sequence of the ITS2-rDNA of Iranian specimens of s.l., comprising , , and intermediate morphotypes, together with available data in Genbank.
Sequence analysis showed 5.2% variation among s.l. morphotypes. Almost half of the variation was due to the number of an AT microsatellite repeats in the center of the spacer. Nine haplotypes were found in the species constructing three main lineages corresponding to the origin of the colonies located in southwest (SW), northeast (NE), and northwest-center-southeast (NCS). Lineages NCS and NE included both typical and and intermediate morphotypes.