Table 2

	11
	122555557777777788888844
	111111111122222222223333333333444268113341222555701101101
	123456789012345678901234567890123456789012772784547234459190390367
Cx. theileri	TCTGGTTGATCTGCCAGTAGTATACGCTTGTCTCAAAGGTTACCGCCGGAGCGC--CGGCCGCCTT
Cx. tritaeniorhynchus	**********************************....................--..........
Cx. pipiens molestus	******************************************............--..........
Cx. pipiens quinquefasciatus	******************************************............--..........
Cx. pipiens	******************************************............--..........
Cx. restuans	******************************************............--..........
Cx. salinarius	******************************************............--..........
Cx. territans	******************************************ATATTAACTGCGTCATCT-CT-CG
	11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
	44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444455588899999999999
	22222233333333334444444444555555555566666666777712244400001111111
	13678901234567890123456789012345678901234569124691225667890123456
Cx. theileri	CGTTGGGTGTGTGGCCTCTCGGGGCG---------GTGCGCTTCCACGAAACGTGTAACAAGGTT
Cx. tritaeniorhynchus	.C.-...C...---.........------------.....T...AG.....-CC...........
Cx. pipiens molestus	...-...C.C..C..GG.CGTTC...CGGTC--GT.C...T.CT.......TCC***********
Cx. pipiens quinquefasciatus	...-...C.C..C.GGG.CGTTC...CGGTCCTGC.C...T.CT.......TCC***********
Cx. pipiens	...-...C.C..C..GG.CGTTC...CGGTC--GT.C...T.CT.......TCC***********
Cx. restuans	...-...C.C.CCT.GGT-------------------...T.CT....C..TCC***********
Cx. Salinarius	..C-.C.G.C..CCTTCGGG-----------------...T.C........TCC***********
Cx. territans	GT.---------------------------------------..ACTC.T--CC***********

Table 2: Variable positions found in the complete 18S rRNA gene sequence of Culex theleri and other Culex species. Numbers (to be read in vertical) refer to positions obtained in the alignment; . = Identical, - = insertion/deletion, * = not sequenced. Cx. tritaeniorhynchus (U48385; Miller et al. 1997); Cx. pipiens, Cx. pipiens form molestus, Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. restuans, Cx. salinarius, Cx. territans (AY988445- AY988450; Sephard et al. 2006).