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Issue: Vol. 2268 No. 1: 20 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2268.1.2
Page range: 23–40
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 13

Description and comparison of morphological structures of the eggs of Anopheles hyrcanus group and related species (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Republic of Korea

Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746 USA
Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746 USA
5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit No. 15247, APO AP 96205-5247 USA
Force Health Protection and Preventive Medicine, 65th Medical Brigade/USAMEDDAC-Korea, Unit No. 15281, APO AP 96205-5281 USA
Department of Biology, Burapha University, Cholburi, Thailand
Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
Diptera Culicidae Anopheles mosquito eggs morphology Republic of Korea

Abstract

The eggs of six Anopheles Hyrcanus Group (An. sinensis Wiedemann, An. kleini Rueda, An. belenrae Rueda, An. pullus M. Yamada, An. lesteri Baisas and Hu, An. sineroides S. Yamada) and related species (An. koreicus S. Yamada and Watanabe, An. lindesayi japonicus S. Yamada), were described from scanning electron micrographs of specimens collected from different localities of the Republic of Korea. Morphometric measurements of egg samples of the eight species were compared and relationships analyzed by multivariate statistics. About 27 characters were selected and used as a basis for principal and discriminant function analyses. Scanning electron micrographs of various parts of the eggs were selected to illustrate interspecific differences for particular morphological features (e.g. anterior and posterior tubercles, decks, plastron, micropyles, floats).

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