Geometric morphometric wing analysis of avian malaria vector, Culiseta longiareolata, from two locations in Algeria

• Main Authors: Boumaza, Mounir, Merabti, Brahim, Adjami, Yasmine, Ouakid, Mohamed Laid, Carvajal, Thaddeus M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Mosquitoes—Anatomy; Wings (Anatomy); Mosquitoes—Algeria; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11483
• Institution: De La Salle University

The application of geometric morphometry on mosquito wings (Culicidae) is considered a powerful tool for evaluating correlations between the phenotype (e.g., shape) and environmental or genetic variables. However, this has not been used to study the wings of the avian malaria vector, Culiseta longia...