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Recognition of a novel melanotic mutant in a field population of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus in southern Zambia.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association - 1 Mar 2007
Kent Rebekah J, Mharakurwa Sungano, Hamapumbu Harry, Norris Douglas E
Abstract excerpt
Genetic mutations controlling eye color, fat body color, structural abnormalities, and insecticide resistance are common in mosquitoes. We have identified a novel color variant of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus characterized by a heavily pigmented integument in adult specimens circulating in field populations of this species in southern Zambia. Mosquitoes were collected monthly by pyrethrum spray catch between...
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