Serosal cuticle formation and distinct degrees of desiccation resistance in embryos of the mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti, Anopheles aquasalis and Culex quinquefasciatus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-60

  Vargas, Helena Carolina Martins ^a,b,c   Farnesi, Luana Cristina ^a,b   Martins, Ademir Jesus ^a,b,d   Valle, Denise ^a,d   Rezende, Gustavo Lazzaro ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biologia do Exército   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Desiccation resistance; Embryogenesis; Impermeability; Mosquito vectors; Serosal cuticle; Viability under dry conditions

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; DESICCATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTOMOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOSQUITO; PHYLOGENETICS; TOLERANCE; VIABILITY;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DESICCATION; DESICCATION RESISTANCE; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMPERMEABILITY; MOSQUITO VECTORS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; SEROSAL CUTICLE; VIABILITY UNDER DRY CONDITIONS;

DESICCATION RESISTANCE; EMBRYOGENESIS; IMPERMEABILITY; MOSQUITO VECTORS; SEROSAL CUTICLE; VIABILITY UNDER DRY CONDITIONS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULEX; DESICCATION; INSECT VECTORS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SEASONS;

EID: 84896840093     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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