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Karyotypes Of Some Asian Mosquitoes Of The Subfamily Culicinae (Diptera: Culicidae)1

Authors :
M. Aslamkhan
Richard H. Baker
Source :
Journal of Medical Entomology. 6:44-52
Publication Year :
1969
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 1969.

Abstract

The chromosome complements of the following 15 species of culicine mosquitoes were studied and illustrated: Aedes (Christophersiomyia) thomsoni (Theobald), Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus), Armigeres (Armigeres) subalbatus (Coquillett), Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus Wiedemann, Culex (Lutzia) raptor (Edwards), Culex (Culex) fuscocephala Theobald, Culex (Culex) pipiens fatigans Wiedemann, Culex (Culex) annulus Theobald, Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui Colless, Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, Culex (Culex) neolitoralis Bram, Culex (Culex) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, and Culex (Culex) gelidus Theobald. The chromosomes of 11 of these species had not previously been studied, and the subgenera Christophersiomyia and Lutzia were examined for the first time. The diploid chromosome number for all species examined was 6. No heteromorphic chromosomes were found in tissues from testis or ovary. While the karyotypes of 12 of these species were in conformity to previous work, i.e., chromosome 1 being considerably shorter than chromosome 2 and 3 with chromosome 2 approximating chromosome 3, new karyotypes for 3 species, C. (L.) fuscanus, C. (L.) raptor and C. (C.) gelidus , were described in which chromosome 2 is considerably shorter and approximates chromosome 1.

Details

ISSN :
19382928 and 00222585
Volume :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Medical Entomology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9f8b106a2043b70fb99a31f7269f2364
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/6.1.44