Ultrastructure of the eggs of Culicoides circumscriptus, Culicoides gejgelensis, and Culicoides imicola (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae).

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1997

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

076-083

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Day JF.Duzak D.Braverman Y.Chizov-Ginzburg A.Linley JR.

 

Abstract

The eggs of Culicoides circumscriptus Kieffer, Culicoides gejgelensis Dzhafarov, and Culicoides imicola Kieffer collected in Israel are described and illustrated by scanning electron micrographs. Eggs of all 3 species were morphologically similar, generally sausage- or cigar-shaped, with slight dorsal-ventral curvature and longitudinal rows of tubercle pillars covered with a thin adhesive layer. Tubercle pillars were scarce on C. circumscriptus and C. imicola eggs, but were common on C. gejgelensis eggs, forming longitudinal plastrons with an associated hydrofuge meshwork. All 3 species had micropyle domes and associated aeropyles at the anterior end of their eggs.

Notes

Author(s) - Day JF.Duzak D.Braverman Y.Chizov-Ginzburg A.Linley JR.