Microsatellite data suggest significant population structure and differentiation within the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi in Central and South America

Table 2 Pairwise genetic differentiation within populations of A. darlingi based on the 5 shared loci.

	CA	Peru	WCA Brazil^†	NEA Brazil^‡	SEAC Brazil^‡	Amazonia
N	276 (6)	350 (7)	381 (9)	122 (3)	247 (6)	1100 (25)
Mean F_ST	0.0470	0.0185	0.0292	-0.0016	0.0823	0.1244
Range	-0.009–0.164	-0.0006–0.061	-0.0002–0.074	-0.001–0.003	0.023–0.160	-0.002–0.220
Significance	5/15	11/21	27/36	0/3	15/15	267/300

CA includes CAV, GOL, SIB, SPB, SRO, and ELP; Peru includes ZUN, PCO, MAZ, NAU, PRT, SHP, and SAE; WCA Brazil includes MAC, PVE, SMI, COA, NAI, CAS, PUR, RBR, and BAN; NEA Brazil includes LI, GA, and STN; SEAC Brazil includes ARA, BEL, MOJ, PEX, BV, and PLT; Amazonia, includes all populations in Peru and Brazil; ^†, [38]; ^‡, some samples are from [37]; N, number of individuals (number of localities); significance = P < 0.05 after sequential Bonferroni correction.

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