The eggs of Anopheles galvaoi and Anopheles evansae, two species of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus

Maria Anice Mureb Sallum; Eduardo Sterlino Bergo; Oswaldo Paulo Forattini; Daniel Corugedo Flores

The eggs of Anopheles galvaoi and Anopheles evansae, two species of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus

J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2002 Mar;18(1):10-5.

Authors

Maria Anice Mureb Sallum¹, Eduardo Sterlino Bergo, Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Daniel Corugedo Flores

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.

PMID: 11998924

Abstract

The ultrastructure of the eggs of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) galvaoi Causey, Deane, and Deane and Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) evansae (Brethes) are described and illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. The eggs of these species are similar to those of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) aquasalis Curry, Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) oswaldoi (Peryassu), and Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) konderi Galvão and Damasceno in having floats long, widely joined posteriorly on the dorsal surface, the frill encircling the anterior end of the egg, and the crown absent. A few distinctive characters to distinguish An. evansae from An. galvaoi are given.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Anopheles / ultrastructure*
Female
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Ovum / ultrastructure*