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Discrimination of Uranotaenia species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Madagascar based on morphology and wing morphometric traits
- Source :
- Zootaxa, Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, 2020, 4801 (1), pp.171-178. ⟨10.11646/zootaxa.0000.0.0⟩, Zootaxa, 2020, 4801 (1), pp.171-178. ⟨10.11646/zootaxa.0000.0.0⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Magnolia Press, 2020.
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Abstract
- International audience; The genus Uranotaenia (Diptera: Culicidae) has been well documented in Madagascar where it includes 73 species, 89.4% being endemic. However, one problem is that most species are morphologically similar in the adult stage. Here, 713 Uranotaenia specimens collected in the tropical forests of Anorana and Maromizaha between 2008 and 2014 were examined. Using the dichotomous keys for the Uranotaenia fauna of Madagascar published in 2004, three species were identified: Uranotaenia neireti (220), Ur. alboabdominalis (110) and Ur. mayottensis (28). The other specimens (355) were not identifiable and were classified as Uranotaenia sp1. Using wing morphometry, the four taxa were classified into four morphogroups. Within the Uranotaenia sp1 group, specimens from the Anorana forest and those from the Maromizaha forest overlapped. This result suggests that wing morphometric traits could be a good marker to distinguish Uranotaenia species in Madagascar.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
food.ingredient
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
010607 zoology
Zoology
Biology
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
MESH: Wings, Animal
MESH: Madagascar
food
morphology
Madagascar
Animals
Wings, Animal
MESH: Animals
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Taxonomy
Fauna of Madagascar
wing morphometry
Wing
Diptera
Uranotaenia neireti
Biodiversity
Ur. alboabdominalis
Culicidae
Taxon
Ur. mayottensis
Animal Science and Zoology
Taxonomy (biology)
MESH: Culicidae
Uranotaenia
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11755326
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Zootaxa, Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, 2020, 4801 (1), pp.171-178. ⟨10.11646/zootaxa.0000.0.0⟩, Zootaxa, 2020, 4801 (1), pp.171-178. ⟨10.11646/zootaxa.0000.0.0⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....49e98759dbbd1f2fc337a004f35ca401