Description of Culex sitiens eggs from Oman (Diptera: Culicidae).

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1988

Original Publication

Mosquito Systematics

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

370-373

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Chadee, D. D. and H. Bennett.

 

Abstract

The eggs of Culex sitiens Wiedemann are described for the first time. Scanning electron micrographs are also presented to illustrate the characteristic features of the eggs. The egg rafts of Cx. sitiens are also described and compared with five other previously described egg-rafts belonging to the Culex (Culex) subgenus.

Notes

Author(s) - Chadee, D. D. and H. Bennett.