Ultrastructure of the eggs of Culicoides molestus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-368

  Cribb, Bronwen W ^a   Chitra, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeropyle; Biting midge; Chorion; Culicoides molestus; Egg morphology; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OVUM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032233844     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Bodley, H. D. and R. L. Wood. 1996. Ultrastructural studies on elastic fibres using enzymatic digestion of thin sections. Anat. Rec. 172:71-87.
2. Campbell, M. M. and D. S. Kettle. 1975. Oogenesis in Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and the development of a plastron-like layer on the egg. Aust. J. Zool. 23:203-218.
3. Day. J. F., D. Duzak, Y. Braverman, A. Chizov-Ginzburg and J. R. Linley. 1997. Ultrastructure of the eggs of Culicoides circumscriptus, Culicoides gejgelensis, and Culicoides imicola. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 13:76-83.
4. Harbach, R. E. and K. L. Knight. 1980. Taxonomists' glossary of mosquito anatomy. Plexus Publishing Inc., Marlton, NJ.
5. Hinton, H. E. 1981. Biology of insect eggs. Pergamon, New York.
6. Kariya, Y., S. Imai, T. Ishii and T. Morii. 1989. Ultrastructural comparison of surface structure of seven Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Japan. Jpn. J. Sanit. Zool. 40:55-59.
7. Kay, B. H. and T. Lennon. 1982. Seasonal prevalence and bionomics of biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) at ocean shores, New South Wales. J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 21: 207-216.
8. Kettle, D. S. 1995. Medical and veterinary entomology, 2nd ed. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom.
9. Kettle, D. S., E. J. Reye and P. B. Edwards. 1979. Distribution of Culicoides molestus (Skuse) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in man-made canals in south-eastern Queensland. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 30:653-660.
10. Linley, J. R., M. J. Geary and R. C. Russell. 1991. The eggs of Aedes funereus, Aedes notoscriptus and Aedes alternans (Diptera: Culicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 93:592-612.
11. Marks, E. N. and E. J. Reye. 1982. An atlas of common Queensland mosquitoes with a guide to common Queensland biting midges. Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
12. Nunamaker, R. A., C. E. Nunamaker and B. C. Wick. 1987. A scanning electron microscopic study of the eggs of Culicoides variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 884-885. In: G. W. Bailey (ed.). Proc. 45th Annu. Meet. Electron Microsc. Soc. Am., San Francisco, CA.