Morphological variants of Aedes sollicitans from New Jersey.
Morphological variants showing differences in length of median white scaled bands on the proboscises of female Aedes sollicitans (Cape May County, NJ) are described from F1 progeny of wild-caught mosquitoes. The length of the white-scaled band was classified into 5 categories: 1) large (0.53-0.60 mm), 2) medium (0.40-.47 mm), 3) small (0.27-0.33 mm), 4) very small (0.13-0.20 mm) band to a patch of scales on the lateral aspect, and 5) a black proboscis Misidentification of adults during surveillance can be avoided by using other species-specific characters for Ae. sollicitans lacking a white-scaled band on the proboscis.
Mahmood
Farida
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Department of Entomology, Center for Vector Ecology, Headlee Research Laboratories, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 180 Jones Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8536, USA.
D000330:Aedes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D009515:New Jersey; D010858:Pigmentation