Wing Morphometrics of Aedes Mosquitoes from North-Eastern France

Insects

Jean-Philippe Martinet¹  Jérôme Depaquit¹  Hubert Ferté¹  Pacôme Sientzoff¹  Eva Krupa²  Bruno Mathieu² 

[1] Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE–USC VECPAR, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims, France;Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale de Strasbourg, DIHP UR 7292, Université de Strasbourg, 3 rue Koeberlé, 67000 Strasbourg, France;

关键词: geometric morphometrics;    mosquito wings;    Culicidae;   

DOI  :  10.3390/insects12040341

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: In the context of the increasing circulation of arboviruses, a simple, fast and reliable identification method for mosquitoes is needed. Geometric morphometrics have proven useful for mosquito classification and have been used around the world on known vectors such as Aedes albopictus. Morphometrics applied on French indigenous mosquitoes would prove useful in the case of autochthonous outbreaks of arboviral diseases. Methods: We applied geometric morphometric analysis on six indigenous and invasive species of the Aedes genus in order to evaluate its efficiency for mosquito classification. Results: Six species of Aedes mosquitoes (Ae. albopictus, Ae. cantans, Ae. cinereus, Ae. sticticus, Ae. japonicus and Ae. rusticus) were successfully differentiated with Canonical Variate Analysis of the Procrustes dataset of superimposed coordinates of 18 wing landmarks. Conclusions: Geometric morphometrics are effective tools for the rapid, inexpensive and reliable classification of at least six species of the Aedes genus in France.

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