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1 June 2013 Morphological Study of Eggs from Five Mexican Species and Two Morphotypes in the Genus Triatoma (Laporte, 1832)
Nancy Rivas, Ma. Esther Sánchez, Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra, Alejandro D. Camacho, Alejandro Tovar-Soto, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar
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Abstract

We describe and compare the morphology and morphometry of the egg exochorion for five species and two morphotypes of Mexican triatomines with scanning electron microscopy. The results show differences in egg ornamentation for each species, including between morphotypes. Polygonal ornamentation was observed in each species, including pentagons, octagons and, in certain cases, a majority of hexagons. We observed small perforations in T. protracta protracta, small spheres on the T. lecticularia polygons, a crown with festoons in T. barberi, and less complex ornamentation in T. mexicana. Through morphometric analysis, significant differences in egg dimensions were determined for the studied species.

Nancy Rivas, Ma. Esther Sánchez, Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra, Alejandro D. Camacho, Alejandro Tovar-Soto, and Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar "Morphological Study of Eggs from Five Mexican Species and Two Morphotypes in the Genus Triatoma (Laporte, 1832)," Journal of Vector Ecology 38(1), 90-96, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12013.x
Received: 18 October 2012; Accepted: 22 December 2012; Published: 1 June 2013
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KEYWORDS
egg
morphometry
ornamentation
scanning electron microscope
Triatoma
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