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Fine structure of the eggs of Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula
Mario H Rodriguez1, Bibiana Chávez, Armando Ulloa
1Centro de Investigaciones sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
|May 10, 2002
Abstract:
The egg of Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula is described from scanning electron micrographs. Eggs of An. punctimacula are boat shaped, with lateral floats extending 70% of the length of the egg. Plastronlike polyhedral chorionic cells with distinctive boundaries and round tubercles in the cell field cover the dorsal, lateral, and ventral surfaces. Narrow decks enclosing a field of irregular jagged tubercles and 2-4 lobed tubercles are present at both egg poles.