Gynandromorph of <i>Culex inatomii</i> (Diptera: Culicidae) collected at Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary, Tottori, Japan

• Kim Kyeong Soon

  Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University

• Tsuda Yoshio

  Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Gynandromorph of Culex inatomii (Diptera: Culicidae) collected at Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary, Tottori, Japan

Abstract

Mosquito collection was carried out monthly using dry-ice traps at Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and Culex inatomii was found to be present at a high density. One gynandromorph specimen of Cx. inatomii was collected in July 2017 and the morphology of the head, abdomen, and anterior claws of the foretarsi and midtarsi was examined and the sex was determined. The head and the right midtarsus were identified as female, whereas the abdomen and the left foretarsus and left midtarsus were male. These results indicated that the specimen had the head of a female, the abdomen of a male, and the thorax was divided bilaterally or obliquely. This gynandromorphic finding is the first report for Cx. inatomii worldwide.

Journal

• Medical Entomology and Zoology

  Medical Entomology and Zoology 69 (1), 35-38, 2018-03-25

  The Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology

Keywords

• gynandromorphy
• <i>Culex inatomii</i>
• Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary

Details

• CRID: 1390282679923272576
• NII Article ID: 130006729079
• NII Book ID: AN00021948
• DOI: 10.7601/mez.69.35
• ISSN: 21855609
• ISSN: 04247086
• NDL BIB ID: 029057403
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I029057403
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mez/69/1/69_1720/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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