Mouthparts, antennae and genitalia of intersex Culicoides stellifer parasitized by mermithid nematodes

Mouthparts, antennae and genitalia of intersex Culicoides stellifer parasitized by mermithid nematodes

A 12‐month study of Culicoides in Bulloch County, Georgia, U.S.A., revealed that twelve of23,859 specimens (0.05%) of C.stellifer were intersexes as a result of being parasitized by mermithid nematodes. Of these, eleven had male genitalia and female type antennae and one had female genitalia with ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medical and veterinary entomology 1997-07, Vol.11 (3), p.217-222
Hauptverfasser: McKEEVER, STURGIS, BRICKLE, DEBORAH S., HAGAN, DANIEL V.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Ceratopogonidae
Ceratopogonidae - anatomy & histology
Ceratopogonidae - parasitology
Ceratopogonidae - ultrastructure
Culicoides spp
Culicoides stellifer
Diptera
Female
Genitalia, Female - ultrastructure
Genitalia, Male - ultrastructure
Georgia
Insecta
intersex
Male
Mermithidae
Mermithoidea - physiology
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
nematode
Sex Differentiation
U.S.A
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Zusammenfassung:A 12‐month study of Culicoides in Bulloch County, Georgia, U.S.A., revealed that twelve of23,859 specimens (0.05%) of C.stellifer were intersexes as a result of being parasitized by mermithid nematodes. Of these, eleven had male genitalia and female type antennae and one had female genitalia with male type antennae.
ISSN:0269-283X
1365-2915
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00399.x