1. Effect of Photoperiod on Wing Area in Anopheles quadrimaculatus (Diptera: Culicidae)
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Carmine A. Lanciani and Ronald Edwards
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photoperiodism ,endocrine system ,animal structures ,Wing ,Ecology ,Zoology ,Biology ,Body weight ,Insect Science ,Anopheles quadrimaculatus ,biological sciences ,reproductive and urinary physiology ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
The effect of photoperiod on wing area of a mosquito in the species complex Anopheles quadrimaculatus was tested on adults reared from a field sample. Short-photoperiod [8:16 (L:D)] individuals of each sex had greater wing areas than did their long-photoperiod [16:8 (L:D)] siblings of the same wing length or body weight. The greater wing areas of short-photoperiod mosquitoes, given any wing length, established that short-photoperiod individuals had broader wings. The greater wing areas of short-photoperiod mosquitoes, given any body weight, established that short-photoperiod individuals had a greater wing area per unit body weight.
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- 1993
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