We describe and compare the morphology and morphometry of the egg exochorion for five species and two morphotypes of Mexican triatomines with scanning electron microscopy. The results show differences in egg ornamentation for each species, including between morphotypes. Polygonal ornamentation was observed in each species, including pentagons, octagons and, in certain cases, a majority of hexagons. We observed small perforations in T. protracta protracta, small spheres on the T. lecticularia polygons, a crown with festoons in T. barberi, and less complex ornamentation in T. mexicana. Through morphometric analysis, significant differences in egg dimensions were determined for the studied species.
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1 June 2013
Morphological Study of Eggs from Five Mexican Species and Two Morphotypes in the Genus Triatoma (Laporte, 1832)
Nancy Rivas,
Ma. Esther Sánchez,
Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra,
Alejandro D. Camacho,
Alejandro Tovar-Soto,
Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar
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Journal of Vector Ecology
Vol. 38 • No. 1
June 2013
Vol. 38 • No. 1
June 2013
egg
morphometry
ornamentation
scanning electron microscope
Triatoma