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EGG STRUCTURES OF ANOPHELES FLUMINENSIS AND ANOPHELES SHANNONI
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University of Florida. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Vero Beach, USA.
University of Florida. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Vero Beach, USA.
University of Florida. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Vero Beach, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Florida. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Vero Beach, USA.
University of Florida. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Vero Beach, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Eggs of two species belonging to the Arribalzagia Series of the Laticorn Section of Anopheles (Anopheles) collected in Brazil are described from scanning electron micrographs. The An. fluminensis egg is long with shallow floats displaced far dorsally. The narrow deck region is overlain by a frill modified into prominent ridges that are nearly continuous to both ends of the egg. Slightly opened decks at both poles contain an average of four lobed tubercles. Polygonal, plastron-type chorionic cells cover the lateral and dorsal surfaces. The egg of An. shannoni is unique in possessing 22-27 fingerlike filaments that project with regular spacing from each of its massive floats. These filaments and their bases are highly perforated and are believed to trap air and support flotation of the egg with the dorsal surface up, contrary to the usual orientation for anophelines. The eggs are compared with those of related species bearing similar structures, notably An. fluminensis with An. mediopunctatus s.s and An. shannoni with An. peryassui.
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