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Issue: Vol. 4258 No. 5: 2 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.5
Page range: 477–489
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Morphology variation of Lutzomyia cruciata eggs (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in southern Mexico

Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto km 2.5, Tapachula, 30700, Chiapas, México.
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto km 2.5, Tapachula, 30700, Chiapas, México.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados, Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Ave. Universidad s/n, Apartado Postal 109–F, Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, 66451 Nuevo León, México.
The Ohio State University, Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center 1680 Madison Avenue, 224 Thorne Hall, Wooster OH 44691, Ohio, EEUU.
Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
intraspecific variation Neotropical region Chiapas Yucatán Veracruz exochorion sculpture pattern Diptera

Abstract

The sand fly Lutzomyia cruciata has been associated with the transmission of Leishmania mexicana to humans in Mexico. This species has a wide distribution in Mexico occupying different microhabitats and environments. In this work comparisons of the egg exochorion of Lu. cruciata from different physiographic areas are presented. Study sites are from different states of southern Mexico. Exochorion analysis was carried out using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results show differences in the exochorionic pattern among samples from Veracruz (AVER), Yucatán (HOYU) and Chiapas (TACH). The morphotype “Chiapas” has a polygonal crest pattern, the morphotype “Veracruz” shows parallel and longitudinal crests with some or few connections, and the morphotype “Yucatán” has weak connections between crest ridges. These morphological differences could be the result of local adaptations or evidence of divergence within the nominal unit Lutzomyia cruciata.

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