Determination of the age of some anopheline mosquitos by daily growth layers of skeletal apodemes

Y. Schlein, N. G. Gratz

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Abstract

Earlier work has shown that it is possible to determine the calendar age of Culex and Aedes mosquitos by counting the daily layers of cuticular growth on the inner apodemes. In view of the epidemiological importance of age grouping in Anopheles species, the applicability of method to this genus was studied in both laboratory reared and field collected specimens. In the four species examined, it was found possible to distinguish daily growth layers for periods of up to 10-13 days provided that proper staining procedures are used.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)371-375
Number of pages5
JournalBulletin of the World Health Organization
Volume49
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1973

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