EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE WING LENGTH BODY-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP IN ANOPHELES-QUADRIMACULATUS

The effect of temperature on the relationship between wing length and body weight in a cohort of Anopheles quadrimaculatus was analyzed in a laboratory experiment. Mosquitoes reared at 23 degrees C were heavier and had longer wings than did those reared at 28 degrees C. In additi on, even after differences in body weight were removed statistically, mosquitoes raised at 23 degrees C had longer wings than did those at 2 8 degrees C. The concordance of these results with those of a previous photoperiod study suggests that temperature and photoperiod experienc ed during development have some similar effects on the morphology of A n. quadrimaculatus.