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Mouthparts, antennae and genitalia of intersex Culicoides stellifer parasitized by mermithid nematodes
Author(s) -
McKEEVER STURGIS,
BRICKLE DEBORAH S.,
HAGAN DANIEL V.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00399.x
Subject(s) - arthropod mouthparts , biology , zoology
A 12‐month study of Culicoides in Bulloch County, Georgia, U.S.A., revealed that twelve of 23 ,859 specimens (0.05%) of C.stellifer were intersexes as a result of being parasitized by mermithid nematodes. Of these, eleven had male genitalia and female type antennae and one had female genitalia with male type antennae.