EFFECT OF PHOTOPERIOD ON WING AREA IN ANOPHELES-QUADRIMACULATUS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)

The effect of photoperiod on wing area of a mosquito in the species co mplex Anopheles quadrimaculatus was tested on adults reared from a fie ld sample. Short-photoperiod (8:16 (L:D)] individuals of each sex had greater wing areas than did their long-photoperiod [16:8 (L:D)] siblin gs of the same wing length or body weight. The greater wing areas of s hort-photoperiod mosquitoes, given any wing length, established that s hort-photoperiod individuals had broader wings. The greater wing areas of short-photoperiod mosquitoes, given any body weight, established t hat short-photoperiod individuals had a greater wing area per unit bod y weight.