Description and Comparison of Morphological Structures of the Eggs of Anopheles Hyrcanus Group and Related Species (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Republic of Korea

Abstract

The eggs of six Anopheles Hyrcanus Group (An. sinensis Wiedemann, An. kleini Rueda, An. belenrae Rueda, An. pullus M. Yamada, An. lesteri Baisas and Hu, An. sineroides S. Yamada) and related species (An. koreicus S. Yamada and Watanabe, An. lindesayi japonicus S. Yamada), were described from scanning electron micrographs of specimens collected from different localities of the Republic of Korea. Morphometric measurements of egg samples of the eight species were compared and relationships analyzed by multivariate statistics. About 27 characters were selected and used as a basis for principal and discriminant function analyses. Scanning electron micrographs of various parts of the eggs were selected to illustrate interspecific differences for particular morphological features (e.g. anterior and posterior tubercles, decks, plastron, micropyles, floats).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 20, 2009
Accession Number
ADA554808

Entities

People

  • Amporn Thongkukiatkul
  • Heung-Chul Kim
  • Leopoldo M. Rueda
  • Terry A. Klein
  • Tracy L. Brown
  • Van Sherwood

Organizations

  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Structures
  • Data Science
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Electrons
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Malaria
  • Measurement
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Personality
  • Republic
  • Scanning
  • South Korea
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics

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  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics