Scanning electron microscopy of the egg of Mansonia dives (Diptera: Culicidae).
The egg of Mansonia dives (Schiner) is described by means of scanning electron micrographs and compared with other species described in previous studies. The egg of Ma. dives differs from those of Ma. uniformis (Theobald), Ma. indiana (Edwards), Ma. annulifera (Theobald), Ma. annulata (Leicester), and Ma. bonneae (Edwards) in that it has a tuberculated anterior cup. A key for identification of the eggs of the six Mansonia species, based on electron microscopy, is presented.
Iwaki
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Biological Laboratory, Kyoto Women's University, Japan.
Rongsriyam
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Y
Siriprasert
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Choochote
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D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010063:Ovum / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013785:Thailand