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MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN SEVEN BRAZILIAN POPULATIONS OF HAEMAGOGUS CAPRICORNII AND HG. JANTHINOMYS (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) USING GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRY OF THE WINGS
Haemagogus janthinomys
Culicidae
Morfometria geométrica
Brasil
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemíptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
CONICET-Buenos Aires University. Institute of Ecology, Genetics and Evolution (IEGEBA). Eco-Epidemiology Laboratory. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
CONICET-Buenos Aires University. Institute of Ecology, Genetics and Evolution (IEGEBA). Eco-Epidemiology Laboratory. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Abstract
Haemagogus capricornii and Hg. janthinomys females are considered morphologically indistinguishable. We
analyzed morphometric variability between Brazilian populations of these species using wing geometric morphometry. Methods:
Size and shape at intra- and interspecific levels were analyzed in 108 Hg. capricornii and Hg. janthinomys females. Results:
Geometric morphometry indicated size and shape variables can differentiate these species at interspecific level. However, at
intraspecific level, results show relative differentiation. Two populations of Hg. capricornii had a smaller centroid size with no
significant differences between them, whereas all Hg. janthinomys populations showed significant differences. Conclusions:
Both species were correctly identified by geometric morphometry.
Keywords in Portuguese
Haemagogus capricorniiHaemagogus janthinomys
Culicidae
Morfometria geométrica
Brasil
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