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PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN RESPONSE TO SEASONAL VARIATION IN POPULATIONS OF CULEX (MELANOCONION) BASTAGARIUS
Alencar, Jeronimo et al. | Date Issued: 2016
Author
Alencar, Jeronimo
Mello, Cecilia Ferreira de
Gil-Santana, Hélcio
Silva, Christina S.
Sarmento, Juliana S.
Carbajal de la Fuente, Ana Laura
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Díptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Díptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Díptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Díptera e Hemíptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Díptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
University of Buenos Aires. Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. Laboratory of Eco-Epidemiology, IEGEBA- CONICET. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract
The present study aimed to determine the effects of seasonal variation on phenotypic variation in Culex bastagarius, using geometric morphometric analysis based on wing shape and size. Samples were collected in the Guapiaçu Ecological Reserve, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mosquitoes were captured once every 2 months (December 2012-January 2014) using light traps. The results of geometric morphometric analysis revealed variations in wing size; however, variability was not evident in wing shape. The present study provides novel data regarding phenotypic plasticity of Cx. bastagarius that have been scarcely addressed in the past.
Keywords in Portuguese
Preservação ambiental
Análise morfométrica geométrica
Rio de Janeiro
Brasil
 
Keywords
Environmental preservation
geometric morphometric analysis
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
 
Publisher
American Mosquito Control Association
Citation
ALENCAR, Jeronimo; et al. Phenotypic plasticity in response to seasonal variation in populations of Culex (Melanoconion) Bastagarius. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, v.32, n.4, p.333-336, 2016.
DOI
10.2987/16-6569.1
ISSN
8756-971X