The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition
December 15-18, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Friday, December 16, 2005
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Scanning electron microscopy of the egg of Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Andrew D. Haddow, ahaddow@utk.edu, Reid R. Gerhardt, rrgerhardt@mail.ag.utk.edu, and Carl J. Jones, cjones17@utk.edu. The University of Tennessee, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2431 Center Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN

The egg of Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus is described using scanning electron microscopy. Since its introduction into the United States in 1999, Oc. j. japonicus has continued to spread in the United States. It has been shown to be a competent laboratory vector of several arboviruses including La Crosse virus, Eastern Equine encephalitis virus, St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus, and Japanese encephalitis virus. Egg descriptions will aid in the identification of Oc. j. japonicus eggs during mosquito surveillance activities.


Species 1: Diptera Culicidae Ochlerotatus japonicus
Keywords: Vector, Morphology

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