A dark unspotted phenotype of Anopheles (Cellia) maculatus Theobald, with notes on its inheritance (Diptera: Culicidae).

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1979

Original Publication

Mosquito Systematics

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

163-172

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Sucharit, S., B. A. Harrison, and R. Rattanarithikul.

 

Abstract

A dark unspotted phenotype of Anopheles (Cellia) maculatus Theobald, is described for adult males and females found in a colony of wild type (spotted) maculatus (Kuala Lumpur strain). Morphological differences are tabulated for separating the melanistic phenotype from the wild phenotype. The prevalence of the unspotted phenotype throughout 5 colony generations and data from preliminary crossing experiments between the dark and wild phenotypes are tabulated. Attempts to colonize the melanistic mutant were not successful.

Notes

Author(s) - Sucharit, S., B. A. Harrison, and R. Rattanarithikul.