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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTENNAL SENSE ORGANS OF FEMALE CULICINE MOSQUITOES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Susan B. McIver
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, School of Hygiene, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Abstract

The type, number, and distribution of the antennal sense organs of female Culex territans Walker and Culex restuans (Theo.) were determined and compared to similar data on Culex pipiens L., Culex fatigans Wiedemann, and Culex tarsalis Coquillett. All types of sense organs have similar distribution patterns on the five species, but large differences in number occur. These differences are discussed with regard to the host preference of the mosquitoes.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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