Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry to identify species of Neotropical Anopheles vectors of malaria

Table 2 Description of samples subjected to analysis with the MALDI mass spectrometry procedure

Mosquito species	# of specimens	Locality code	# of expected spectra	# of obtained spectra	MALDI good spectra (%)
Anopheles (Nys) albimanus	51	a–g	153	119	78
Anopheles (An) apicimacula	40	b, d, g	120	110	92
Anopheles (Nys) aquasalis	19	c, d	57	56	98
Anopheles (Nys) darlingi	14	b, g	42	40	95
Anopheles (An) malefactor	13	b, d, g	39	39	100
Anopheles (Nys) nuneztovari	66	b, g	198	192	97
Anopheles (An) pseudopunctipennis	15	b, g	45	45	100
Anopheles (An) punctimacula	32	b, d, g	96	81	84
Anopheles (Nys) strodei	16	e	48	48	100
Anopheles (Nys) triannulatus	9	a, f	27	26	96
Anopheles (Ker) neivai	10	c, f	30	24	80
Chagasia bathana	15	f	45	45	100
Total	300	7	900	825	92

(a) = Río Indio, Colón; (b) = Jaqué, Darién; (c) = Quebrada Hilo, Bocas del Toro; (d) = La Miel, Puerto Obaldía, Darién; (e) = Finca 51, Guabito, Changuinola, Bocas del Toro; (f) = Achiote, Colón; (g) = El Coco, Darién. Nys = Nyssorynchus; An = Anopheles; Ker = Kertezia. More information about these localities can be obtained from figures and maps in references [4, 6, 7]

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