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TEMPERATURE-INDUCED INTERSEXES IN AEDES MOSQUITOES: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPECIES FROM MANITOBA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. A. Brust
R. A. Brust
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
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Abstract

The larvae of 26 species of Aedes from Manitoba were reared at constant temperatures from a low of 10° or 15°C, to the upper lethal temperature. Various grades of adult intersexes occurred in 12 univoltine species. The lowest threshold temperature for intersex development was found in A. communis (19°C); the highest in A. fitchii (29°C). A constant rearing temperature of 30°C was lethal for all fully univoltine species from Manitoba. The zoogeographical significance of the distribution of species in North America is discussed with regard to their intersex threshold temperature.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 8 , August 1968 , pp. 879 - 891
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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