TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative egg morphology of six Meccus species and Triatoma recurva (Stål, 1868) Hemiptera
T2 - Reduviidae
AU - Rivas, Nancy
AU - Sánchez-Espíndola, Esther
AU - Camacho, Alejandro D.
AU - Alejandre-Aguilar, Ricardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Society for Vector Ecology.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - We investigated the morphology and morphometry of eggs from the colonies of the Entomology Laboratory at ENCB-IPN belonging to six species of the genus Meccus and Triatoma recurva, using both light and scanning electron microscopy. Egg ornamentation is an important parameter to consider in the differentiation of species. Samples were observed under a scanning electron microscope. Measurements of fifty eggs per species included length, width, and opercular diameter, which were used for the morphometric analysis. The results showed that the seven species display a polygonal ornamentation dominated by hexagons; the operculum shows also a polygonal ornamental characteristic in each species. Morphometry provided valuable information for discriminating between closely related species of the genus Meccus and Triatoma recurva, a species akin to this group, thereby facilitating the complete discrimination of these species.
AB - We investigated the morphology and morphometry of eggs from the colonies of the Entomology Laboratory at ENCB-IPN belonging to six species of the genus Meccus and Triatoma recurva, using both light and scanning electron microscopy. Egg ornamentation is an important parameter to consider in the differentiation of species. Samples were observed under a scanning electron microscope. Measurements of fifty eggs per species included length, width, and opercular diameter, which were used for the morphometric analysis. The results showed that the seven species display a polygonal ornamentation dominated by hexagons; the operculum shows also a polygonal ornamental characteristic in each species. Morphometry provided valuable information for discriminating between closely related species of the genus Meccus and Triatoma recurva, a species akin to this group, thereby facilitating the complete discrimination of these species.
KW - Egg morphology
KW - Meccus
KW - Morphometry
KW - Scanning electron microscopy
KW - Triatoma recurva
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U2 - 10.1111/jvec.12205
DO - 10.1111/jvec.12205
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 27232136
SN - 1081-1710
VL - 41
SP - 135
EP - 141
JO - Journal of Vector Ecology
JF - Journal of Vector Ecology
IS - 1
ER -