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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
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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