DIFFERENTIATION OF FEMALES IN SERGENTOMYIA-SENSU-STRICTO (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE) USING SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF PHARYNGEAL ARMATURES

Authors
BENABDENNBI I BOMBARD S BRAVERMAN Y PESSON B
Citation
I. Benabdennbi et al., DIFFERENTIATION OF FEMALES IN SERGENTOMYIA-SENSU-STRICTO (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE) USING SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF PHARYNGEAL ARMATURES, Journal of medical entomology, 33(2), 1996, pp. 265-268
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
265 - 268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1996)33:2<265:DOFIS(>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Scanning electron microscopy of external ornamentation and internal ar mature of the pharynx was used to identify females of Sergentomyia sen su stricto. Five species from the eastern Mediterranean basin were com pared; S. minuta clearly was separated from species of the fallax-grou p. Within the fallax-group, S. fallax was distinguished readily by its heart-shaped pharynx and the difference in armature between the dorsa l and lateral plates.