Fine structure of the eggs of Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula.
The egg of Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula is described from scanning electron micrographs. Eggs of An. punctimacula are boat shaped, with lateral floats extending 70% of the length of the egg. Plastronlike polyhedral chorionic cells with distinctive boundaries and round tubercles in the cell field cover the dorsal, lateral, and ventral surfaces. Narrow decks enclosing a field of irregular jagged tubercles and 2-4 lobed tubercles are present at both egg poles.
Rodriguez
Mario H
MH
Centro de Investigaciones sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Chávez
Bibiana
B
Ulloa
Armando
A
Arredondo-Jiménez
Juan I
JI
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography