Evolutionary BiologyCommunications BiologyPeer-reviewed
Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii, the main malaria vector in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is a complex of at least five cryptic species
Kamila Voges, Guilherme Rezende Dias, Eduardo Guimarães Dupim…·Luísa D. P. Rona
The paper sequenced genomes of Anopheles mosquitoes to identify cryptic species within An. cruzii and An. bellator, finding at least five and three species respectively, but not in An. homunculus.
DOI 10.1038/s42003-026-09700-0