Wing Geometry Analysis of Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae), a Dengue Virus Vector, from Multiple Geographical Locations of Samut Songkhram, Thailand
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Abstract
Background: Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a mosquito-borne disease and remains a major public health problem, especially in tropical and temperate countries. Studying wing morphometric of Aedes aegypti as a mosquito vector of DHF can help to better understand biological process of the mosquito adaptation to the environment. We aimed to study the geometric morphometric of Ae. aegypti from multiple geographical areas.
Methods: Samples were collected from Samut Songkhram Province in Thailand, including coastal, residential and cultivated areas, by Ovitrap once per month during Oct to Nov 2016.
Results: According to size variation analysis of Ae. aegypti, the female mosquito in a cultivated area was significantly different from those in the coastal and residential areas (P< 0.05). Whereas male Ae. aegypti in a cultivated area were significantly different from those in a residential area (P< 0.05). The shape variation of both female and male Ae. aegypti from all areas was statistically different (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: Normally, living organisms, including mosquitoes, are adapted to their environment. The studied geographical locations affect Ae. aegypti morphology.
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9. Jaramillo-O N, Dujardin JP, Calle-Londoño D, Fonseca-González I (2015) Geomet-ric morphometrics for the taxonomy of 11 species of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) mosquitoes. Med Vet Entomol. 29: 26–36.
10. Henry A, Thongsripong P, Fonseca-Gon-zalez I, Jaramillo-Ocampo N, Dujardin JP (2010) Wing shape of dengue vectors from around the world. Infect Genet Evol. 10(2): 207–214.
11. Sumruayphol S, Apiwathnasorn C, Ruang-sittichai J, Sriwichai P, Attrapadung S, Samung Y, Dujardin JP (2016) DNA barcoding and wing morphometrics to distinguish three Aedes vectors in Thai-land. Acta Trop. 159: 1–10.
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13. Walton C, Somboon P, O’Loughlin SM, Zhang S, Harbach RE, Linton YM, Chen B, Nolan K, Duong S, Fong MY, Vythilingum I, Mohammed ZD, Trung HD, Butlin RK (2007) Genetic diversi-ty and molecular identification of mos-quito species in the Anopheles macula-tus group using the ITS2 region of rDNA. Infect Genet Evol. 7: 93–102.
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16. Ruangsittichai J, Apiwathnasorn C, Dujar-din JP (2011) Interspecific and sexual shape variation in the filariasis vectors Mansonia dives and Ma. bonneae. In-fect Genet Evol. 11(8): 2089–2094.
17. Valdez MRWD (2017) Mosquito species distribution across urban, suburban, and semi-rural residences in San Antonio, Texas. J Vector Ecol. 42: 1–5.
18. Briegel H (1990) Metabolic relationship be-tween female body size, reserves, and fe-cundity of Aedes aegypti. J Insect Phys-iol. 36(3): 165–172.
19. De Jesus CE, Reiskind MH (2016) The importance of male body size on sperm uptake and usage, and female fecundity in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Parasit Vectors. 9(1): 447.
20. Chaiphongpachara T, Pimsuka S, Saisanan Na Ayudhaya W, Wassanasompong W (2017) The application of geographic in-formation system in dengue haemor-rhagic fever risk assessment in Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand. Int J GEOMATE. 12(30): 53–60.
21. Motoki MT, Suesdek L, Bergo ES, Sallum MAM (2012) Wing geometry of Anoph-eles darlingi Root (Diptera: Culicidae) in five major Brazilian ecoregions. In-fect Genet Evol. 12(6): 1246–1252.
22. Morales Vargas RE, Ya-umphan P, Phu-mala-Morales N, Komalamisra N, Dujar-din JP (2010) Climate associated size and shape changes in Aedes aegypti (Dip-tera: Culicidae) populations from Thai-land. Infect Genet Evol. 10(4): 580–585.
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Chaiphongpachara T, Juijayen N, Chansukh KK. Wing Geometry Analysis of Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae), a Dengue Virus Vector, from Multiple Geographical Locations of Samut Songkhram, Thailand. J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2018;12(4):351-360.
