Article
Morphological and anatomical variations among Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) papatasi sensu lato (Diptera: Psychodidae).
Journal of medical entomology - 1 May 2012
Srinivasan R, Jambulingam P
Abstract excerpt
Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) papatasi (Scopoli) collected in human dwellings from an agricultural villages Chaura, located in Gaya district, Bihar, India, showed morphological and anatomical variations. Male sand flies of this species exhibited variations in the genital structures, while females showed differences in the spermathecae and antenna segment three (A3). When the mitochondrial DNA of both male and female...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
