title: Temperature influence on embryonic development of Anopheles albitarsis and Anopheles aquasalis.
abstract: Temperature influence on the embryonic development of Anopheles aquasalis and An. albitarsis was investigated. At 26 degrees C, 75% and 60% of respectively An. aquasalis and An. albitarsis eggs hatched, with one peak of eclosion, between the 2nd and 3rd day after oviposition. At 20 +/- 2 degrees C, around 66-70% of An. aquasalis eggs hatched, with one eclosion peak, on the 5th day. On the other hand, An. albitarsis eclosion at 21+/- 2 degrees C decreased to 10-22%, with two eclosion peaks, on the 4th-5th day and on the 9th-12th day. These data indicate a stronger temperature influence over An.albitarsis than over An. aquasalis embryos.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz- Fiocruz, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sabrina Cardozo Gonçalvez
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Ademir de Jesus
authors.initials: Ade J
authors.lastname: Martins Junior
authors.forename: José Bento Pereira
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000196:embryology*; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005260:Female; D010063:Ovum / Q000254:growth & development*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors