Molecular confirmation of Anopheles (Anopheles) lesteri from the Republic of South Korea and its genetic identity with An. (Ano.) anthropophagus from China (Diptera: Culicidae) Author Wilkerson, Richard C. Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring Author Li, Cong Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring Author Rueda, Leopoldo M. Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring Author Kim, Heung- Chul Author Klein, Terry A. Author Song, Guan-Hong Author Strickman, Daniel Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring text Zootaxa 2003 2003-12-08 378 1 1 14 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.378.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.378.1.1 1175­5334 5014772

TABLE 2. Length, GC content and genetic distance based on rDNA ITS2 of some member species of the Hyrcanus Group from China, Philippines and South Korea. See text and Figure 1 for GenBank accession numbers. The sequence numbers match those in Fig. 1.

Species (location)	Length (bp)	GC content (%)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1 sinensis Korea	459	45.3	—
2 sinensis (Guangzhou, China)	459	45.3	0	—
3 sinensis (GenBank)	459	45.1	0.22	0.22	—
4 Unknown sp. (Korea)	441	46.7	7.57	7.57	7.79	—
5 lesteri (GenBank)	441	46.7	7.57	7.57	7.79	0	—
6 anthropophagus (Jiangsu, China)	438	46.6	28.92	28.92	28.92	28.10	28.10	—
7 anthropophagus (GenBank)	438	46.6	28.92	28.92	28.92	28.10	28.10	0	—
8 lesteri (Korea)	438	46.6	28.92	28.92	28.92	28.10	28.10	0	0	—
9 lesteri (Philippines)	438	47.3	28.68	28.68	28.68	28.12	28.12	0.69	0.69	0.69	—
10 yatsushiroensis (Korea)	443	46.5	34.37	34.37	34.36	33.60	33.60	30.89	30.89	30.89	30.68	—
11 pullus (Korea)	443	46.5	34.37	34.37	34.36	33.60	33.60	30.89	30.89	30.89	30.68	0	—