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Issue: Vol. 3509 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3509.1.5
Page range: 77–80
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 1

Scanning electron microscopy of eggs of Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae, Aedini)

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Department of Biological and Health Sciences, University of West of Santa Catarina, 89600-000, Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz), Av. Brasil 4365, CEP 21040-360, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz), Av. Brasil 4365, CEP 21040-360, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz), Av. Brasil 4365, CEP 21040-360, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Graduation Program in Animal biology, Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Tropical Medicine Unit, Espírito Santo Federal University Av. Mal Campos 1468, CEP 29040-090 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Tropical Medicine Unit, Espírito Santo Federal University Av. Mal Campos 1468, CEP 29040-090 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Diptera Culicidae Aedini Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus

Abstract

The study of egg morphology is useful for the identification of material from aquatic habitats. For example, based on brief descriptions of external morphology of the eggs, Scotton and Axtell (1979) analysed the distribution of Ochlerotatus sollicitans (Walker) and Oc. taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) in several coastal habitats in North Carolina, United States.

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