WING MORPHOMETRY OF PHLEBOTOMUS-PERNICIOSUS (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE) - CALIBRATION OF METHODS WITH A LABORATORY POPULATION

Authors
DESILANS LMNP GUILVARD E PICOT MC LEBBE J DEDET JP
Citation
Lmnp. Desilans et al., WING MORPHOMETRY OF PHLEBOTOMUS-PERNICIOSUS (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE) - CALIBRATION OF METHODS WITH A LABORATORY POPULATION, Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, 90(5), 1996, pp. 543-550
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine",Parasitiology
Journal title
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034983
Volume
90
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
543 - 550
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4983(1996)90:5<543:WMOP(P>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The wing morphometry of a laboratory-bred population of Phlebotomus pe rniciosus was studied using a semi-automatic, measurement system. The methods used were found to be precise, reproducible and valid for morp hometrical studies. Each of several, different wing indices was found to be similar whether the wing was mounted in Hoyer's medium, Euparal or chloral balm. All samples showed similar differences between the wi ngs of males and females, the wings of the males being smaller than th ose of the females.