Identificación de Lutzomyia spp. (Diptera: Psychodidae) grupo verrucarum por medio de microscopía electrónica de sus huevos / Identification of lutzomyia spp. (Diptera: Psychodidae) verrucarum group through electron microscopy of eggs
Rev. biol. trop
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48(2/3): 615-22, jun.-set. 2000. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-297338
ABSTRACT
The value of Colombian phlebotomine eggs for species determination was studied with a scanning electron microscope. The species diversity and medical importance of the verrucarum group were the bases to select Lutzomyia youngi, Lutzomyia evansi, Lutzomyia coumbiana and Lutzomyia longiflocosa. The egg surface was poligonal. Lutzomyia yungi, and Lutzomyia columbiana had pentagonal or hexagonal patterns; Lutzomyia evansi elongated polygons and Lutzomyia longiflocosa irregular polygonal sculpturing, frequently rectangular. Egg scannin electron microscopy is reliable to identify species of the verrucarum group. Key words Electronic microscopy, Lutzomya, verrucarum group, sculpturing models, poligonal model
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Main subject:
Psychodidae
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Microscopy, Electron
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Eggs
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Leishmania
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Colombia
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. biol. trop
Journal subject:
Biology
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Tropical Medicine
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
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